Two Day Python Programming Course for A level

CAS Master Teacher: Leader of CAS High Wycombe Secondary Community,
CAS Master Teacher,
Head Of Computing, 
Royal Grammar School,
High Wycombe,
Buckinghamshire,
HP13 6QT

Darren Travi

The course will show and highlight the key skills involved at delivering the A level, as well as the progression of the techniques from GCSE

Day 1 Stating out
Session 1 – Recap of GCSE Coding skills
<UL>
	<LI>How to set out effective pseudocode.</LI>
	<LI>Use of string slicing and Boolean operators for validation</LI>
	<LI>Functions / subroutines and parameter passing</LI>
</UL>
Session 2 – Moving into A level - Nested lists,
<UL>
	<LI>List slicing, sorting, passing to functions</LI>
</UL>
Session 3 – Flat file database structures
<UL>
	<LI>Reading and writing CSV files, records and fields, interacting with spreadsheets and using SQL</LI>
</UL>
Session 4 – How to write to relational databases
<UL>
	<LI>SQL with Sqlite, queries: selection, update, insert, and delete, primary and foreign keys and setting up relationships</LI>
</UL>
Day 2
Session 1 – Object Orientated Programming
<UL>
	<LI>Class definition, object instantiation, inheritance, polymorphism</LI>
</UL>
Session 2 – Developing your user interface –
<UL>
	<LI>Introduction to GUI - how to add forms, screens, buttons, radio and check buttons, text boxes, labels, combo boxes and list boxes.</LI>
</UL>
Session 3 – Approaches to the coursework and questions in common with exam boards

The Khalsa Academy

Day 1 Stating out 
Session 1 – Recap of GCSE Coding skills 
•	How to set out effective pseudocode.
•	Use of string slicing and Boolean operators for validation
•	Functions / subroutines and parameter passing
Session 2 – Moving into A level - Nested lists, 
•	List slicing, sorting, passing to functions
Session 3 – Flat file database structures 
•	Reading and writing CSV files, records and fields, interacting with spreadsheets and using SQL
Session 4 – How to write to relational databases 
•	SQL with Sqlite, queries: selection, update, insert, and delete, primary and foreign keys and setting up relationships 

Day 2 
Session 1 – Object Orientated Programming
•	Class definition, object instantiation, inheritance, polymorphism
Session 2 – Developing your user interface – 
•	Introduction to GUI - how to add forms, screens, buttons, radio and check buttons, text boxes, labels, combo boxes and list boxes. 
 Session 3 – Approaches to the coursework and questions in common with exam boards

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