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Pupils of 4th. And 5th. Years attended a course of touch typing at the beginning of the year. This was a four week course in which they used a touch typing programme and learnt how to type with both hands, without looking at the keyboard.

During the course they have to take the lessons , and for each lesson there is a skill check. To be able to pass from lesson to lesson, they should .

Once they finish taking all the lessons and skill checks, they can practice in the challengerīs option, where they type paragraphs and once they finish, the programme informs the speed and the accuracy.

The ideal final speed to have at the end of 5th. Grade is 15 words per minute and at the end of 6th. year they should type at least 20 words per minute.

At the end of the year, pupils receive Touch Typing Diplomas of different levels :

Begginers - Between 15 wpm and 20 wpm (5th. grade desired speed)

Intermediate - Between 20 wpm and 30 wpm (6th. grade desired speed)

Advanced - Between 30 wpm and 50 wpm

Master - More than 50 wpm

Typing tests were taken to see the improvement of typing speed of the pupils.

Interhouse Competitions take place during the year.

House points were granted like this :

 Personal Housepoints :