AQA Entry Level Certificate for ICT (4952)

Subject: Special Educational Needs
Level: Secondary
Age Group: 14 - 16
Order Number: 8028

This material has been developed to help students following AQA's new Entry Level Specification (4952) which will first be examined in 2007. It aims to provide structured and interesting material to engage students of low ability or ESL students. The material is, therefore, aimed to be fully inclusive. Elements of the course can be taught alongside GCSE. The material would also be useful at KS3 to prepare students for end of key stage ICT examinations.

All twelve units are covered by the material including the three core units of Word processing, Using a spreadsheet and Database. Teachers, therefore, will have maximum flexibility in terms of determining which units to adopt and offer to students. The material has been designed to appeal to students, but also to broaden their general knowledge through the use of interesting scenarios.

Each unit has a full set of fully photocopiable resources that have been designed to be accessible to students with special educational needs. The sheets are intended to be used as practice for all External Assignments and are accompanied by separate worksheets that can be used as evidence for the Internal Portfolio. Few additional resources are required, and these are contained on the accompanying CD Rom.

Files needed for the tasks:

• Word documents: 'Olympians', 'Ice cream', 'Holiday', 'Tara's T shirts'
• Database files: 'Hotel', 'Ark'
• Spreadsheet files: 'Cake shop', 'Planets'
• Graphics files: 'House', 'Image of New York City skyline'
• Text software: two text messages from teacher to student
• Email software: two email messages from teacher to student
• Music software: two music files of teacher's or student's choice

Software: all materials were prepared using Microsoft Office XP