Lahore Grammar School

Landmark Project

Curriculum Outline
ICT (Information Communication Technology)
Class VIII
Academic Session
2025-26
 Text Book: ICT Starters On track Stage 2 (Cambridge)
Introduction to Computing Using Python (booklet)
Edition: 4th Edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Teaching Resources:
• Teacher’s Resource Book

Scheme of Work
First Term (August 2025 – December 2025)
Weeks: 18
Teaching weeks: 15 Revision + Examination: 1+2
Suggested Number of lessons per week:2

Second Term (January 2026 – May 2026)

Weeks: 20
Teaching weeks: 17 Revision + Examination: 1+2
Suggested Number of lessons per week:2
 Assessment Format
First Term
First half/quarter: August-October
Monthly Test:30 Marks
Time Duration: 45minutes
Theory Practical
15 marks 15 marks
(Viva 5 + Practical 10)
December Examinations: Marks 70
Time Duration: 1 hour
Theory Practical
30 marks 40 marks
(Viva 10 + Practical 30)
Total marks: 100
Second Term
First half/quarter: January-March 2026
Monthly Test:30 Marks
Time Duration: 45minutes
Theory Practical
15 marks 15 marks
(Viva 5 + Practical 10)
Final Examinations: Marks 70
Time Duration: 1 hour
Theory Practical
30 marks 40 marks
(Viva 10 + Practical 30)
Total marks: 100
Instructions for the Teachers: Assessment Method:
1. Technology Integration: 1. Practical Exams (Hands-On Tasks)
• Use digital tools (educational software, apps). 2. Written Tests / Quizzes
• Enhance learning and engagement.
2. Digital Citizenship: • Multiple choice, short answers, and fill-in-the-
• Teach online safety and etiquette. blanks for terms and definitions.
• Discuss digital responsibility. • Diagram-based questions (e.g., label parts of a
Additional General Guidelines
network).
1.Student-Centered Approach:
• Prioritize student interests and needs. • Scenario-based questions (e.g., “What will
• Encourage student autonomy. happen if this part of the code is changed?”).
2. Inclusivity: 3. Project-Based Assessment
• Create a welcoming environment. 4. Viva / Oral Examination
• Respect diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
3. Clear Communication: 5. Peer Assessment
• Articulate expectations and instructions.
6. Homework completion
• Provide constructive feedback.
4. Flexibility: 7. Monthly tests
• Adapt to changing student needs.
• Be responsive to student concerns.
8. Final Exams
5. Continuous Assessment:
• Monitor student progress.
• Adjust teaching strategies.
6. Collaboration:
• Encourage student-to-student interaction.
• Foster teamwork and communication.
7. Respect and Empathy:
• Treat students with respect and kindness.
• Promote positive classroom culture.
8. Digital Citizenship
• Teacher should focus on cyber bullying
 Syllabus Outline
Academic Session 2025-2026

Chapter First Term Chapter Second Term

Topic Topic
2 Website design for a purpose 1 Programming for a purpose

3 Networks for a purpose 4 Video or animation for a purpose

Handouts Python
 1st Term August –December 2025

Chapters Topics Months

Website Design for a Purpose

• Create a series of connected web pages
• Include links
Chapter 2 August- September
• Insert images
• Demonstrate user awareness
• Recognize HTML code

Network For a Purpose

• Design a simple network
• Identify the purpose and
Chapter 3 components of a network
October November
• Demonstrate understanding of
management of networks
• Understand network security issues

Revision Revision of the 1st term topics and final December

exams.
 2nd Term January-May 2026

Chapters Topics Months

Programming for a Purpose

• Plan an interactive program using
abstraction January
• Create and test an interactive program
using selection, input and output February
Chapter 1 • Predict the output of an interactive
program that uses input and selection
• Create and formally test and interactive
program using selection, input and
output
• Correct a short interactive program
containing more than one error.
Video or animation for a purpose
• Create a plan for video or animation
• Create source material for video or
animation
• Demonstrate awareness of how
finished media text addresses a
Chapter 4 specific audience March
+ Python
Python • Translator April
• Comparison
• Operators
• Data type (Numeric, String,
Boolean

Revision + Examination Revision of the 2nd term topics and final May
exams.
 1st Term August –December 2025

Chapters Topics Suggested

Activities

• Mini Web Project: Create a 3-page website

Website Design for a Purpose on a topic of choice (e.g., a favorite hobby,
Chapter 2 school club, or environmental cause).
• Create a series of connected web pages • Peer Review Sessions: Exchange websites
• Include links with classmates to give feedback on design
• Insert images and usability.
• Demonstrate user awareness • HTML Code Lab: Use Notepad++ or online
• Recognize HTML code editors (e.g., Replit) to write HTML manually
and observe outputs.
• Design Critique: Analyze popular websites
and discuss their design purpose and
effectiveness.

• Network Design Blueprint: Draw and

present a layout for a small school network
Network For a Purpose using tools like Lucid chart or draw.io.
• Role Play Activity: Act as network roles
• Design a simple network (e.g., server, client, firewall) in a simulated
• Identify the purpose and classroom network setup.
components of a network • Cybersecurity Case Study: Explore a real-
Chapter 3 world network security breach and present
• Demonstrate understanding of learnings.
management of networks • Build a LAN Game (Optional): Use
• Understand network security issues Minecraft Education or simple networked
games to understand real-time networking.

Revision + Examination Revision of the 1st term topics and final December
exams.
 2nd Term January- May 2026

Chapters Topics Suggested

Activities
Programming for a Purpose 1. Interactive Storytelling
• Plan an interactive program using • Objective: Learn sequencing,
abstraction broadcast messages, and sprite
interactions.
• Create and test an interactive program
Activity:
using selection, input and output Students design an interactive story
Chapter 1 • Predict the output of an interactive with at least two characters.
program that uses input and selection • Use costume changes, speech
• Create and formally test and interactive bubbles, and backdrops to simulate
program using selection, input and conversations and scenes.
output • Use the “when clicked”,
Correct a short interactive program containing “broadcast”, and “wait” blocks for
more than one error. interactions.
• Extension: Add sound effects and
allow users to click choices (like a
“choose-your-own-adventure” story).

2. Simple Game Creation – Maze Runner

• Objective: Learn conditional
statements and sprite movement.
Activity:
Create a maze and a character sprite.
• Use arrow keys to move the sprite.
• Use “if touching color” or “if
touching wall sprite” to reset or
lose the game.
• Add a goal object to win the game.
• Extension: Add a timer or score
counter.
3. Math Quiz Game
• Objective: Understand user input,
variables, and conditional logic.
Activity:
Build a math quiz where the sprite
asks questions, accepts answers via
the “ask” block, and keeps score.
• Use “if-else” statements to check
answers.
• Create a score variable to track
correct answers.
• Extension: Randomly generate
numbers using “pick random” for
dynamic quizzes.
4. Animated Greeting Card
• Objective: Understand sprite
animation, sounds, and events.
Activity:
Design a greeting card for an event
(e.g., Eid, National Day, Teacher’s
Day).
• Use animations, background
music, and timed effects.
• Animate text and images using the
“glide”, “change size”, and “say”
blocks.
• Extension: Add interactive buttons
that play different animations.
5. Virtual Pet Simulation
• Objective: Practice loops, events,
and state changes.
Activity:
Create a virtual pet that responds to
clicks or keyboard events.
• Feed it, play with it, or let it sleep.
• Change costumes to show different
moods or actions.
• Extension: Add a health or
happiness meter using variables.
6. Sprite Dance Party
• Objective: Learn synchronization,
loops, and music integration.
Activity:
Make sprites dance to music using
repeat and forever loops.
• Sync movements to beats.
• Use “when I receive” blocks to
coordinate actions between sprites.
• Extension: Add a background that
changes with the music.
7. Scratch Drawing Tool
• Objective: Explore user input and
the pen extension.
Activity:
Create a simple paint program where
the user can draw using arrow keys
or the mouse.
• Use the Pen extension to draw lines.
• Add options to change colors, erase,
or clear the screen.
• Extension: Add shapes or stamp
tools.

8. Reaction Timer Game

• Objective: Learn about timing, input
detection, and loops.
Activity:
The sprite says “Go!” after a random
delay, and the player must press a
key as fast as possible.
• Use “wait pick random”, “timer”,
and “key pressed” blocks.
• Measure and display the player’s
reaction time.
 Video or animation for a purpose • Storyboard Workshop: Sketch a
• Create a plan for video or animation storyboard for a short-animated
• Create source material for video or clip or explainer video.
animation • Animation Lab: Use Scratch or
Canva to create short animated
• Demonstrate awareness of how
videos on a school-related theme.
finished media text addresses a • Audience Targeting Challenge:
specific audience Create two versions of the same
Python video for different age groups.
• Translator • Showcase Day: Present final
• Comparison animations/videos to the class or
• Operators in a school exhibition.
Data type (Numeric, String, Python:
Chapter 4 Boolean 1. Personal Info Collector (Input &
+ Variables)
Python Objective: Learn to take user input and store it in
variables.
Activity:
Create a short program that asks the user for their
name, age, and favorite food, then prints a fun
sentence.
python
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name = input("What is your name? ")
age = input("How old are you? ")
food = input("What is your favorite food? ")
print(name + " is " + age + " years old and loves
eating " + food + "!")
2. Simple Calculator
Objective: Practice arithmetic operations and
user input.
Activity:
Build a calculator that adds, subtracts, multiplies,
or divides two numbers entered by the user.
python

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 num1 = float(input("Enter first number: "))
num2 = float(input("Enter second number: "))
print("Sum:", num1 + num2)
print("Product:", num1 * num2)
3. Guess the Number Game
Objective: Use loops, conditionals, and random
module.
Activity:
The computer generates a number between 1–10.
The user keeps guessing until they get it right.
python
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import random
number = random.randint(1, 10)
guess = int(input("Guess a number between 1 and
10: "))
while guess != number:
guess = int(input("Try again: "))
print("You guessed it!")
4. Even or Odd Checker
Objective: Understand conditionals and modulo
operation.
Activity:
Ask the user to input a number and tell them
whether it’s even or odd.
python
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num = int(input("Enter a number: "))
if num % 2 == 0:
print("It’s even!")
else:
print("It’s odd!")

Revision + Examination Revision of the 2nd term topics and final May
exams.