First TermSS 3Digital Technology
First Term lessons
This term plan follows the supplied weekly sequence. The objectives and activities are expanded teaching guidance and should be adapted to actual period length, learner readiness, resources and the approved school calendar.
- Weeks
- 12 weeks
- Lesson notes
- 12 note sets
- Teacher plans
- 12 teacher plans
- Curriculum outlines
- 12 curriculum outlines
Weekly lessons
Open a week to read the notes, the teacher plan and the curriculum outline.
W01Senior Review and Computational Problem SolvingNotesPlanMonday 7 September 2026 to Friday 11 September 2026Senior-Level Review; Computational Thinking and the Four Pillars; Problem Analysis and Drafting a Requirements Document; CIA Triad: Confidentiality, Integrity and AvailabilityW02Advanced ProgrammingNotesPlanMonday 14 September 2026 to Friday 18 September 2026From a Clear Problem to a Working Program; Control Structures and Structured Programming; Functions, Modules and Coding Style; Building Small Working ProgramsW03Functions, Arrays and Data StructuresNotesPlanMonday 21 September 2026 to Friday 25 September 2026Arrays and Lists in Detail; Functions That Process Lists; Searching, Sorting and Why Data Structures Matter; Core Coding Styles and Structured Programming Principles; Control Structures: Sequence, Selection and Iteration; The S...W04Object-Oriented ProgrammingNotesPlanMonday 28 September 2026 to Friday 2 October 2026Classes, Objects, Attributes and Methods; Encapsulation and Inheritance; Polymorphism and Comparing OOP with Procedural Programming; Advanced Data Structures: Arrays and Records; Non-Linear Data Structures: Trees and Graphs; Fi...W05Database SystemsNotesPlanMonday 5 October 2026 to Friday 9 October 2026Introduction to Databases and DBMS; SQL Fundamentals; SQL UPDATE, DELETE and Database Design; Primary Keys, Foreign Keys and Entity Relationship DiagramsW06Computer Networks and Internet TechnologiesNotesPlanMonday 12 October 2026 to Friday 16 October 2026Network Types, IP Addressing and DNS; Protocols, TCP/IP and HTTP/HTTPS; Internet Infrastructure and Network Security; Network Topologies and Devices Review; Internet Technologies, Protocols and the World Wide Web; Network Secur...W07Web Development and Web DesignNotesPlanMonday 19 October 2026 to Friday 23 October 2026How Websites Work; HTML Structure and CSS Styling; Client-Side, Server-Side, Databases and Building a Page; Foundations of Web Development; HTML Structure and Tags in Depth; Simple CSS Styling in Practice; Domains and Web Hosti...W08Software Development Life CycleNotesPlanMonday 26 October 2026 to Friday 30 October 2026What Is the SDLC and Its Phases; Waterfall versus Agile (Scrum); Applying the SDLC and Testing; The SDLC Phases in Order; Other SDLC Models; Types of Testing, Documentation and MaintenanceW09Electronic CommerceNotesPlanMonday 2 November 2026 to Friday 6 November 2026Meaning and Types of Electronic Commerce; Parts of a Website Used for Trading; Making Payment Safely; Benefits and Risks; Electronic Payment SystemsW10Cyber Security and Emerging Digital TechnologiesNotesPlanMonday 9 November 2026 to Friday 13 November 2026The Parts of Computer Security; Threats to Computer Security; Protecting the Computer; Security in a School Laboratory; Responding to an Incident; Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; Blockchain; Other Emerging Technol...W11RevisionNotesPlanMonday 16 November 2026 to Friday 20 November 2026Review of Computational Thinking and Programming; Review of Databases and Networks; Review of the SDLC and SecurityW12ExaminationNotesPlanMonday 23 November 2026 to Friday 27 November 2026Before the Examination; During the Written Paper; During the Practical Paper; After the Examination