At Y Pant, you start your GCSE Portfolio in Year 9. It is part of your GCSE coursework. For Full Course ICT, the Portfolio is worth 30% of the marks. You also have to do the project. For Short Course ICT, the Portfolio is worth 60% of the marks and it is the only piece of coursework.

The Portfolio is split into 3 main sections;

• Communicating Information
• Data Handling
• Spreadsheet Modelling

Select the navigation buttons on the left to access guidance and links to these sections.

Each module or section of work may be accompanied by one or more of the icons above. Each icon indicates a skill that you should be developing whilst tackling that topic. From left to right the skills are:-

1. Developing Communication
2. Application of Number
3. Developing ICT
4. Developing Thinking
5. Personal and Social Education
6. Curriculum Cymreig, Wales, Europe and the World
7. Careers and the World of Work

National Curriculum Orders (Year 9)

GCSE Specification 07-08

GCSE Specification 2009 onwards

You should take time now to sort out your folders on the network.

1. Put all your year 7 and 8 work in a folder called ICT_Year7and8.
2. Make sure all pictures are in the Pictures folder.
3. Put all other work in appropriate folders.
4. Create a new folder called ICT. Open that folder.
5. Create 3 new folders called Project, Portfolio and From Public Drive.
6. Open the Portfolio folder.
7. Create 3 new folders called Communicating_Information, Data_Handling and Spreadsheet_Modelling.

All of your work for your portfolio should go in these 3 folders. If you copy any folders down from the public drive, put them into the From Public Drive folder unless your teacher tells you otherwise.