Our annual coding competition for pupils in Wales is back! This year, we’re asking participants to create a piece of software under the theme Health and Wellbeing. Our Game of Codes competition is an opportunity for pupils to develop their problem solving, communication, and teamwork skills while improving their knowledge of computer programming in a fun and inventive way. The … Read More
GiST: International Women’s Day Special
To celebrate International Women’s Day in March, we’re hosting two very special GiST (Girls into Science and Tech) events for learners in North and South Wales. It is widely recognised that girls are underrepresented in STEM industries, and we aim to redress the balance. We offer clubs and seminars, exclusively to girls through our GiST (Girls into STEM) Cymru programme. … Read More
Newsbyte: Winter 2023
Happy New Year and welcome to 2023’s first edition of Newsbyte! It’s our 20th anniversary year and we can’t wait to see what this year brings. 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…
Working with Menter Iaith to support Welsh Language STEM Education
Technocamps’ partnership with Menter Iaith has continued to go from strength to strength, ensuring we can continue to promote Welsh language STEM activities in Wales. Since 2021, we have been working with local Menter Iaith projects, including Menter Iaith Abertawe, Menter Iaith RCT and Menter Iaith Caerdydd to offer workshops and events to Welsh speaking pupils across the country. This … Read More
LGBTQ+ event
Join us for an online STEM careers event for all LGBTQ+ and curious/questioning young people aged 11-16. Speakers will include members of the LGBTQ+ community working in STEM, academia and studying at University, as well as a guest talk and Q&A with Mark Etheridge, the curator of the Wales is… Proud exhibition currently on display at St Fagan’s Museum of … Read More
Robotics Competition 2023
Announcing our 2023 Robotics Competition in partnership with the RAF! The theme of this year’s competition is Green Machines, and pupils from across Wales will be challenged to design and create a robot that is capable of sorting recycling and rubbish. Teams should consider whether the robot can recognise what it near and know where to arrange it. Creativity is … Read More
Annual Report 2022
We had a busy 2022, with a mixture of virtual and in-person teaching, hosting our huge STEM Academy in the Summer and creating a whole host of new ways to support children and teachers in Wales with their Computing education. All in all, we’ve had a successful year, thanks to the commitment of our wonderful staff members and partners, and … Read More
WiST Webinar: Finding a Work/Life Balance
Technocamps’ WiST events are aimed at women in the technology sector (or with a keen interest in the industry) to learn from other inspirational women and network with like-minded people. All events are entirely free thanks to funding support from the Welsh Government’s European Social Fund. We’re all still trying to find out what works best for us in the … Read More
Case Study: Becki Bawler
Becki Bawler has been involved with Technocamps for about 6 years. Having qualified as a French teacher but with a little IT experience and an interest in the subject, she became the IT teacher and used support from Technocamps to run more computing based activities for learners at her school. Becki also attended an Introduction to Python workshop a few years … Read More
Computer Scientist Posters
We have designed some bilingual posters with information about well-known computer scientists for you to display in your classroom. These figures all appear in the curriculum and these posters contain useful information about their work. There are individual posters and a larger poster that contains biographies from all six scientists: James Gosling, Ada Lovelace, Alan Turing, Tim Berners-Lee, Steve Jobs … Read More