13 April 2022
Year 7
The Year 7 students engaged with coding in Term 1. They began by understanding binary coding, while also converting binary to decimal before later embarking on colour coding. The term finished with the students block coding on Scratch to create their own, unique algorithms.
Year 8
The Year 8 students engaged with learning about how their computers transfer data through several networks. The students investigated the Sydney Train Network and investigated how it mirrors computer networks. The students investigated a range of networks before the term ended with them researching and understanding different protocols computers use to interchange data.
Year 9
The Year 9 students developed their HTML knowledge from last year by creating a website of interest. Along with HTML coding, they practiced CSS for styling along with adding a JavaScript element for interactive purposes. The students ended the term with understanding data compression while practicing lossy and lossless image compression.