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Operating System, Application and Utility Software

Know the types of operating system and how one manages the processor, memory, devices and programs; diagnose common operating system problems with utility software; sort application software into categories and use the Irembo e-government portal; and install, extend and remove programs safely, including an antivirus.

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Word Automatic Tables

Structure a long Word document with heading styles, sections and automatic page numbers; build and update a table of contents, a list of figures and a list of tables from captions; and use mail merge to produce personalised letters from a new or existing recipient list.

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Charts and Objects in Spreadsheets

Choose the right chart for a purpose; insert column, bar, pie, line and scatter charts from worksheet data; label and restyle them, from chart type and layout to colours, fonts and axis scales; format cell data as a table; and set up margins, headers, footers and page numbers to print a clear datasheet.

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Presentation

Explain the role of presentation applications; create, save and open a presentation; insert, navigate and rearrange slides; add text boxes, pictures, tables, WordArt, SmartArt, shapes, charts and media; format slides with themes, backgrounds, layouts and the slide and handout masters; add transitions and animations; and deliver a presentation with a projector.

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Platform Game Programming with AI

Identify the components of a platform game and the AI behaviours of its characters; build a Scratch platformer with gravity, jumping, collisions, obstacles and a variable-based score; program an enemy that patrols, chases and decides with a state machine; train a Teachable Machine model and use its predictions in Scratch; and judge AI in games for fairness, privacy, copyright and inclusive storytelling.

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Robot Logic in Scratch

Describe the parts, types, uses and importance of robots and the ethical questions they raise; know the hardware and Scratch block categories used to program a robot; use variables to store readings; simulate touch, colour, distance, temperature and sound sensors; program an obstacle-avoiding robot; and combine several sensors with if, if-else, nested if and sensor fusion.

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