About Course
Year two is studied over 28 Weeks, where we’ll be covering the more complex topics, improving your ability to work with programming concepts, and prepare for the final exam.
There are 28 weekly lessons in this course which will guide you through the steps needed to prepare for the final iGCSE Computer Science Exams. This leads on from our year 1 introduction content & does not cover the full course. Scroll down to open each lesson.
Each week, you should follow a similar pattern:
| Complete the introduction online lessons | Attend the live lesson | Submit your weekly assignment |
For this year’s lessons, you will need:
- A free account at www.repl.it to write your code
- A Google Account for sharing documents
- A free student Classkick account
CIE iGCSE Computer Science (0984/0478)
Covers both theory & practical papers
✔ 28 weeks of guided learning
✔ Weekly assignments with marking & feedback to help with your EHE reports
✔ Practical python challenges
✔ Learn through interactive content and live lessons
✔ Online help from an experienced & qualified Computer Science teacher (and home educator)
✔ Mock Exams & exam preparation
If you need help during your course, click on the “comments” tab at the top of any lesson – this will let you send me a message (please don’t add personal details to comments). When you ask for help, it’s really useful to include:
- What problem you have found
- If you’re stuck, what have you tried so far?
- If you’re having technical issues, what device you are using
Course Content
Progress Reports, Lesson Recordings, & Attendance
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Personal Progress Report From Year 1
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Live Lesson Recordings, Attendance, & Notes
Week 35 – High and Low Level Languages & Programming Challenge 8
Week 36 – Types of Translator & Programming Challenge 9
Week 37 – Features of an IDE & Programming Challenge 10
Week 38 – Domain Name Servers & The Role of The Internet Browser
Week 39 – Creating HTML Web Pages & The Role of ISPs
Week 40 – Creating HTML Web Pages Part 2
Week 41 – Understanding Logic Gates & Programming Challenge 11
Week 42 – Understanding Logic Circuits
Week 43 – Identifying Types of Database & Understanding Database Structures
Week 44 – Understanding Database Tables
Week 45 – Selecting Data from Database Tables
Week 46 – Practice with SQL
Week 47 – Understanding Blockchain & Tutor Marked Assignment
Week 48 – Automated Systems & Programming Challenge 12
Week 49 – Ethics for Automation & Programming Challenge 13
Week 50 – Robotics in Industry & Programming Challenge 15
Week 51 – Robotics in The Home & Programming Challenge 15
Week 52 – Assistance Robots for Disabilities
Week 53 – The Impact of Plagiarism
Week 54 – Artificial Intelligence
Week 55 – Exam Question Walkthrough (Theory)
Week 56 – Exam Question Walkthrough (Programming)
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