Computer Science Revision Taster 4 GCSE (Year 10 and 11)
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Spark4Kids – teaching children computer coding, games design and touch-typing since 2014.
This CompSci Revision Taster 4 GCSE session is designed to give Year 10 and 11 students planning to take the GCSE Computer Science exam, a sneak peek into the GCSE CompSci Revision 4 GCSE course.
Spark4Kids – teaching children computer coding, games design and touch-typing since 2014.
Course Information
This CompSci Revision Taster 4 GCSE session is designed to give Year 10 and 11 students planning to take the GCSE Computer Science exam, a sneak peek into the GCSE CompSci Revision 4 GCSE course.
During this engaging and interactive taster session, attendees will get a sense of the material and topics covered for revising topics in both Paper 1 (computer organisation) and Paper 2 topics (computational thinking and algorithms).
The full course is mostly exam-board agnostic, applying to all UK exam boards (with a few exceptions which will be highlighted during the course). All of the sessions are attended online, enabling students to attend from home.
Whilst the Taster session will focus on a single topic, here is a list of topics covered over the full revision course:
Data Representation
- Binary System
- Hexadecimal System
- Character Sets
- Images
- Sounds
- File Formats & Data Compression
Memory & Data Storage
- Random Access Memory (RAM)
- Secondary Data Storage
Networking
- Network Topology
- Wired & Wireless Networks
- Network Protocols & Layers
- Data Transmission Technologies
- Internet Technologies
- Cloud Computing & Web Applications
Computer Security & Ethics
- Computer Security
- Ethics
Algorithms
- Problem Solving & Design of Algorithms
- Linear Search
- Binary Search
- Bubble Sort
- Insertion Sort
- Merge Sort
- Algorithm in Pseudocode
- Efficiency of algorithms
Programming
- Fundamental Programming Constructs
- Data Types & Variables
- String Manipulation
- Functions & Procedures
- File Handling
- Data Structures
- Producing Robust Programs
Databases
- Relational Databases
- Querying Databases – Structured Query Language (SQL)
- Data Organisation
- Database Management Systems
- Automated & Emerging Technologies
Autumn Dates 2025
This Autumn, sessions (across all of our courses) start during week commencing Monday 15th September 2025 and run until Saturday 6th December (inclusive).
Kindly note that at Spark4Kids, new joiners who start after the term has begun do not miss out on any course content. New joiners start at the beginning of the syllabus (regardless of when they join) and continue attending into subsequent terms until they complete their full complement of allotted classes.
Here are the dates when classes are in session for the Autumn 2025 term:
- Monday classes: Starting 15th September running until 1st December (inclusive)
- Wednesday classes: Starting 17th September running until 3rd December (inclusive)
- Thursday classes: Starting 18th September running until 4th December (inclusive)
- Friday classes: Starting 19th September running until 5th December (inclusive)
- Saturday classes: Starting 20th September running until 6th December (inclusive)
Please make note of the following dates, when there will be no online sessions:
- October Half-Term: Monday 20th October until Saturday 1st November (inclusive)
Minimum System Requirements
The system requirements below only apply if your child is attending the online, remotely accessible version of this course.
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- Hardware: Desktop or laptop computer, microphone and speakers (or headset with mic), mouse and keyboard, fast internet connection
- Operating System: Windows, Mac, Chromebook
- License: None
- Memory: n/a
- Disk Space: n/a
- Processor: n/a
To find out what your computers’ technical specifications are, kindly use the links below:
Our online classroom software requires minimum internet speeds of 5 Mbps for upload and 15 Mbps for download. The vast majority of broadband providers’ packages will exceed these speeds. To test the speed of your broadband click the link below:
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Course Information
This CompSci Revision Taster 4 GCSE session is designed to give Year 10 and 11 students planning to take the GCSE Computer Science exam, a sneak peek into the GCSE CompSci Revision 4 GCSE course.
During this engaging and interactive taster session, attendees will get a sense of the material and topics covered for revising topics in both Paper 1 (computer organisation) and Paper 2 topics (computational thinking and algorithms).
The full course is mostly exam-board agnostic, applying to all UK exam boards (with a few exceptions which will be highlighted during the course). All of the sessions are attended online, enabling students to attend from home.
Whilst the Taster session will focus on a single topic, here is a list of topics covered over the full revision course:
Data Representation
- Binary System
- Hexadecimal System
- Character Sets
- Images
- Sounds
- File Formats & Data Compression
Memory & Data Storage
- Random Access Memory (RAM)
- Secondary Data Storage
Networking
- Network Topology
- Wired & Wireless Networks
- Network Protocols & Layers
- Data Transmission Technologies
- Internet Technologies
- Cloud Computing & Web Applications
Computer Security & Ethics
- Computer Security
- Ethics
Algorithms
- Problem Solving & Design of Algorithms
- Linear Search
- Binary Search
- Bubble Sort
- Insertion Sort
- Merge Sort
- Algorithm in Pseudocode
- Efficiency of algorithms
Programming
- Fundamental Programming Constructs
- Data Types & Variables
- String Manipulation
- Functions & Procedures
- File Handling
- Data Structures
- Producing Robust Programs
Databases
- Relational Databases
- Querying Databases – Structured Query Language (SQL)
- Data Organisation
- Database Management Systems
- Automated & Emerging Technologies
Autumn Dates 2025
This Autumn, sessions (across all of our courses) start during week commencing Monday 15th September 2025 and run until Saturday 6th December (inclusive).
Kindly note that at Spark4Kids, new joiners who start after the term has begun do not miss out on any course content. New joiners start at the beginning of the syllabus (regardless of when they join) and continue attending into subsequent terms until they complete their full complement of allotted classes.
Here are the dates when classes are in session for the Autumn 2025 term:
- Monday classes: Starting 15th September running until 1st December (inclusive)
- Wednesday classes: Starting 17th September running until 3rd December (inclusive)
- Thursday classes: Starting 18th September running until 4th December (inclusive)
- Friday classes: Starting 19th September running until 5th December (inclusive)
- Saturday classes: Starting 20th September running until 6th December (inclusive)
Please make note of the following dates, when there will be no online sessions:
- October Half-Term: Monday 20th October until Saturday 1st November (inclusive)
Minimum System Requirements
The system requirements below only apply if your child is attending the online, remotely accessible version of this course.
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|
|
|
|
Icons courtesy of Icon8
- Hardware: Desktop or laptop computer, microphone and speakers (or headset with mic), mouse and keyboard, fast internet connection
- Operating System: Windows, Mac, Chromebook
- License: None
- Memory: n/a
- Disk Space: n/a
- Processor: n/a
To find out what your computers’ technical specifications are, kindly use the links below:
Our online classroom software requires minimum internet speeds of 5 Mbps for upload and 15 Mbps for download. The vast majority of broadband providers’ packages will exceed these speeds. To test the speed of your broadband click the link below: