Thomas Fricker took part in our Robotics Competition back in 2016 and – along with his fellow team members from Archbishop McGrath Comprehensive School and teacher Fiona Greenwood – won at our grand final. This year, he supported his younger sister and the 2023 Archbishop McGrath team in their bid to reclaim the title of Champions! Here’s his story… Thomas … Read More
Free After-School Coding Clubs for Pupils in Wales
Our commitment to providing children with the skills they need to develop and grow continues. We offer after-school code clubs for children aged 9-16. Technoclub is an opportunity for young people to gain computing experience during interactive sessions outside of school. The club provides a free weekly session where pupils will learn new Computer Science skills whilst working towards an end project goal. … Read More
Newsbyte: Summer 2023
Shwmae and welcome to our Summer 2023 edition of Newsbyte! The sun is shining, the school year is ending and we have big plans for the new term. As always, get in touch if there is anything we can help you with. Here’s what we have been up to since the last edition…
Free Certified CPD Programme for Primary School Teachers *Course Now Full*
We are offering a free 10-session virtual CPD programme for primary school teachers with the aim of improving knowledge of Computer Science and Computational Thinking, and applying these skills in the classroom and across the school. Following the success of the virtual training sessions we offered primary school teachers during the lockdown period, we are pleased to be able to … Read More
Free online CPD course for secondary teachers
Following the popularity of our CPD course for computing teachers, we’re now offering free training courses for teachers of any subject! Whatever your subject, any secondary school teachers are eligible to join our virtual course to upskill through sessions on computational thinking and programming concepts and how to implement them across the curriculum for Wales. The course is split into … Read More
WiST Seminar | Cyber Security: Personal and Professional
Free | 5.30-7.30pm Monday 11th September | USW Newport Campus In this informal event, cyber experts Rachel Medhust and Bethan Jenkins from University of South Wales will discuss the importance of understanding cybersecurity and best practices in an everchanging digital world. You will have an opportunity to hear from our speaker, ask any questions you have and network with like-minded … Read More
Battle of the Bots at our Annual Competition
Pupils from 23 teams went head to head in our 2023 RAF Robotics Competition grand finals in North Wales and South Wales! The theme of this year’s competition was Green Machines, and pupils from across Wales were challenged to design and create a robot that could tackle climate change. In their teams, participants considered whether the robot could sort recycling, … Read More
STEM Academy 2023
Anyone who has ever taken part in our workshops knows that we have a knack of turning complicated science and technology into fun and interesting activities! This Summer, we are inviting you to do something a bit different and really exciting over the summer holidays. Come along to our STEM Academy for some science-based activities in South Wales. We have … Read More
Developing the skills of future cyber security experts
We’re working with the University of South Wales on a nationwide project to develop the skills of Wales’ next generation of cyber security experts. Our Technocamps hub in the University of South Wales, which is a Gold standard National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) partner and which has won ‘Cyber University of the Year’ for four consecutive, is leading the NCSC’s CyberFirst … Read More
Case study: Byron Hopkin
Byron has been teaching for over 20 years, and is currently an IT teacher at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman. He is undertaking Technocamps’ 18-day Professional Learning Programme for Computing teachers and support staff. Before the course, Byron was teaching Music and Music Technology (key stage 4 and 5), as well as IT (key stage 3), and is now concentrating on IT, … Read More