West Derby School
West Derby School
West Derby School
Quarry Road
Liverpool
L13 7DB
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F: 0151 259 4711



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ESSENTIAL FREEWARE
To be installed at home obviously!
Open Office - Alternative to Microsoft Office
Spybot - Keeps PC free from spyware
C-Cleaner - Cleans unwanted temp files and tracks
AVG Anti Virus - Beats Norton anyday!
K Lite Codec Pack - Plays all known media files through Media Player Classic.
Paint.net - Excellent free graphics package
Zamzar - On-line file converter
Senduit - Temporary on-line storage (ideal for sending work home from school)
Audacity - Sound Editor (don't forget Lame Codec)


Recommended WebSITES
Good sites to increase your overall knowledge of this subject
The Register - UK Based ICT News and opinion
Lifehacker - Tips and Advice on working smarter
BBC Technology - Interesting ICT News
Webscape - BBC Click's Top Website round-up
Computerworld - General Computer News
Computing - IT News with Business Slant
CNET - Oldest newsite on the web
Revise ICT - Curriculum ICT games & activities
BBC Bitesize - GCSE Theory
Fat Max - A-Level ICT Theory and General Tutorials
Teach ICT - Curriculum ICT vault covering allsorts
Year 7 Homeworks

Year 8 Homeworks

OCR NATIONALS - Level 2
yEARS 9, 10 & 11

(SPORTS PARK)

OCR NATIONALS - Level 3
yEARS 12 & 13

(tourism)

AS THEORY Unit G061:
yEAR 12

(Information, Systems
and Applications)

A2 THEORY Unit G063:
yEAR 13

(ICT Systems,
Applications and Implications)
Basic Skills Award
Financial Services Award
Healthy Schools Award
Investors In People Award
Maths & Computing School
Part of Specialist Schools Trust
Sportsmark 2008
Inclusion Charter