ICT-Diploma-Details

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Level 1 (Foundation) IT Diploma  


“Children cannot be effective in tomorrow’s world if they are trained in yesterday’s skills”

- HMI 1998

Level 1 (Foundation) IT Diploma -   Introduction



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Asus 1000HE
HP IPaq 914c
HP IPaq 914c
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Shoulder PAC-II

The Level 1 (Foundation) IT Diploma is one of the new Diploma courses. [Mount Tamar School] have been fortunate to be asked by Plymouth LEA to run the Level 1 (Foundation) Diploma.

The teaching of the Level 1 (Foundation) Diploma will take place on Tuesday mornings to keep in line with the cross-Plymouth timetable.

The breakdown of the Level 1 IT Diploma course can be found at the following link [1].

In addition: All students on the Level 1 (Foundation) Diploma will receive, for the duration of the course:

  • a laptop
    • Asus EeePC
      • The laptop will be pre-configured with the a Linux operating system
      • Any further setup required will be carried out as part of the first unit of work
  • a mobile device
    • Business communicating device with integral camera
      • The device will come pre-configured with an operating system
      • Any setup required will be carried out as part of the first unit of work
  • a case
    • the case will allow pupils, who have agreed to the terms and conditions of taking the equipment home, to use the equipment away from school
  • stationary equipment
    • pen and pencil
    • notebook


The funding for the above has been granted by Plymouth LEA. If students wish to use the equipment outside of school then a home / school agreement will need to be completed and signed.

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