Staff:

Head of Department: Mrs L Smith BSc, MBCS

Course offered:

In Year 10 & 11 the pupils can choose GCSE ICT as an option and we follow the WJEC Specification
http://www.wjec.co.uk/uploads/publications/10512.pdf

In Year 12 & 13 we offer A level  ICT following the OCR Specification
http://www.ocr.org.uk/download/kd/ocr_9640_kd_gce_spec.pdf

Investing in our pupils’ future

Learning has become even more up-to-the-minute at Llandovery College with a significant and exciting commitment to IT both in and beyond the classroom. Each pupil has been provided with a Samsung netbook, fully equipped with the latest software required to enhance the whole learning experience. Added to this, all classrooms now have up-to-the-minute interactive Smart Boards, enabling staff to deliver lessons in an exciting and dynamic way, and showing a significant investment and a clear commitment to the development of technology within the College.

The netbooks are equipped with Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, and many other forms of specialist software – everything necessary to support the curriculum. 

Our ethos:

The ethos of the ICT & Computing department is to give the pupils a rounded experience of computing & ICT, giving them skills they can take on to GCSE/A Level coursework, university and eventually work life.

The pupils cover a variety of topics through Yr 7 – Yr 9 such as :-

The inside of a computer

Internet Safety

Computers in Industry

Controls

Programming using Scratch

Networks

Legal implications of ICT

Word Processing

Spreadsheets

Presentations

Databases

Films/Animations/Graphics