Hands-on A-Level Computing: Programming for A-Level - Developing key programming skills using Python (2 days)

The course will highlight the key skills for delivering the A Level, plus the progression of techniques from GCSE Computer Science. It aims to give teachers the confidence to program solutions for past A-Level questions, and to provide an awareness of the skills required for the successful completion of an A-Level programming project.

Date: 08/06/2019 09:30 - 09/06/2019 16:30
Location: wetherby senior school (Map)

Price: £270

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Description

If booking for one day the charge is £150.00

DAY 1

Session 1 – Recap of GCSE coding skills

How to set out effective pseudocode
Use of string slicing and Boolean operators for validation
Functions / sub-routines and parameter passing.

Session 2 – Moving into A Level

Nested lists, list slicing, sorting, passing to functions.

Session 3 – Flat-file database structures

Reading and writing CSV files, records and fields, interacting with spreadsheets

Session 4 – How to write to relational databases

SQL with SqLite, queries (selection, update, insert and delete), primary and foreign keys, and setting up relationships

DAY 2

Session 1 – Object-oriented programming

Class definition, object instantiation, inheritance, polymorphism.

Session 2 – Developing your user interface

Introduction to GUI: how to add forms, screens, buttons, radio and check buttons, text boxes, labels, combo boxes and list boxes.

Session 3 – Approaches to the coursework and questions common with exam boards.

All materials and resources used on this course will be made available to all delegates after the course.

For further information: darren.travi@computingatschool.org.uk