Computing

Goals

• make coding exciting and fun through industry relevant standards
• engage students with relevant future focused content and curricula
• ensure all students are comfortable and safe working in online environments
• enhance students ability to adapt to changing needs of the workplace
• promote computing and code development as a lucrative career pathway

Activities

• Unity Game Training
• RoboCup Junior - Hunter Region
• Minecraft Hour of Code
• Premier's Coding Challenge
• Young ICT Explorer’s Challenge
• NCSS Challenge

Links

• Canvas
  
• Google Drive
  
• Grok Learning
• Microsoft Office
• Minecraft Education
• Scratch Creator
• Unity Game Training
• Visual Studio
• W3 Schools HTML

Team

• Nick Biddle  _{^{HEAD TEACHER}}
• Matthew Smith ^{_{TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT OFFICER}}
  

Courses

STAGE 4: Y7 & Y8

• Students complete fifty hours of Digital Technologies with a variety of coding and electronics activities. This is taught on a rotational basis as part of the Technology Mandatory course.
• Video Game Creator is offered as an optional passion project where students design and code their own 3D video game using the Unity game engine.  
• Flight Simulator is offered as an optional passion project allowing students to participate in a variety of aviation related activities. They will learn about major aircraft types, international rules and regulations, flight controls, as well as design and build airports in Minecraft and pilot drones.

STAGE 5: Y9 & Y10

• Computing Technology: a course for Y9 and Y10 with a focus on coding and project development. Students will study 3D modelling, build websites and robotic prototypes, and code programs and electronic products.     

STAGE 6: Y11 & Y12

• Software Engineering - the highest level computing course at Newcastle High School with students designing and coding real computer programs to operate in the Microsoft Windows environment, as well as investigating and operating mechatronic prototypes. The course counts towards an ATAR and teaches industry standard coding skills allowing students the ability to go straight into the computer programming workforce.