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Our GCSE Computer Science masterclasses span 32 separate lessons run throughout the academic year covering topics for both GCSE & iGCSE specifications. Lessons may be booked individually here, or as a monthly subscription saving you 20% of the total cost of lessons over the academic year. Every masterclass includes:
- Pre-Recorded video introducing the key aspects of the topic
- Downloadable tasks
- Exam style questions
- Quiz / Interactive task to test your knowledge
- Optional live lesson with a subject specialist tutor via Zoom
For students looking for a fully supported iGCSE Computer Science course, these masterclasses are also available as an integrated part of our CIE iGCSE Computer Science course.
Topics & live lesson dates are shown below. Where a live lesson date has passed, the recorded & downloadable content remains available to students.
*courses are available to students for 6 months following the live lesson or enrolment date (whichever is later) but will be repeated each academic year with new content
sion | Topics | Date of Live Lesson |
Tutor | ||||
1 | Hexadecimal | Saturday, September 26, 2009 | Holly Billinghurst | GCSE Level Exam Dates : | |||
2 | Python Programming 1 | Saturday, October 3, 2009 | Holly Billinghurst | AQA | OCR | ||
3 | Bitmap Images & File Sizes | Saturday, October 10, 2009 | Holly Billinghurst | 8520 1 | J276 1 | 21st June | |
4 | Searching Algorithms | Saturday, October 17, 2009 | Holly Billinghurst | 8520 2 | J276 2 | 28th June | |
5 | Sorting Algorithms | Saturday, October 24, 2009 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
6 | 1D Arrays in Programming | Saturday, October 31, 2009 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
7 | 2D Arrays In Programming | Saturday, November 7, 2009 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
8 | The CPU & Processor Performance | Saturday, November 14, 2009 | Holly Billinghurst | CIE | 0984 1 | 14th May | |
9 | Translators & Low Level Languages | Saturday, November 21, 2009 | Holly Billinghurst | 0984 2 | 18th May | ||
10 | Network Hardware | Saturday, December 5, 2009 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
11 | Interpreting Algorithms With Trace Tables | Saturday, December 12, 2009 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
12 | Network Addressing & Protocols | Saturday, December 19, 2009 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
13 | iGCSE Programming Tasks Walkthrough | Saturday, January 9, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
14 | Logic Gates & Truth Tables | Saturday, January 16, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
15 | Main & Virtual Memory | Saturday, January 23, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
16 | Flowcharts for Programming | Saturday, January 30, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
17 | Types of Network | Saturday, February 6, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
18 | Beyond Arrays (The use of records & SQL) | Saturday, February 13, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
19 | Malware & Other Threats | Saturday, February 27, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
20 | Defensive Programming (Robust Programming) | Saturday, March 6, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
21 | Ultility Software & Data Safety | Saturday, March 13, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
22 | Characteristics of an IDE | Saturday, March 20, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
23 | Testing Programs | Saturday, March 27, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
24 | Compression Algorithms | Saturday, April 10, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
25 | Methods of Encryption | Saturday, April 17, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
26 | The Internet & The Cloud | Saturday, April 24, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
27 | Long Answer Questions (Legal) | Saturday, May 1, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
28 | iGCSE Exam Paper Walkthrough | Saturday, May 8, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
29 | Long Answer Questions (Ethics) | Saturday, May 15, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
30 | Long Answer Questions (Environmental) | Saturday, May 22, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
31 | OCR Exam Paper Walkthrough | Saturday, May 29, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
32 | AQA Exam Paper Walkthrough | Saturday, June 5, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
33 | TBC | Saturday, June 12, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst | ||||
34 | TBC | Saturday, June 19, 2021 | Holly Billinghurst |