International Women’s Day is a global celebration of the economic, political, and social achievements of women, past, present, and future. Every year, thousands of events take place worldwide to inspire and empower women while highlighting their remarkable contributions. Our annual International Women’s Day gala dinner brought together over 170 guests at the Swansea.com Stadium, which has become a popular event … Read More
Technocamps’ Game of Codes Competition Celebrates 10th Birthday
On Wednesday, 13th March 2025, we celebrated our Game of Codes Competition’s 10th Birthday! We welcomed over fifty learners from across Wales to the final round of our annual coding competition in Cardiff University’s state-of-the-art Abacws building. This year, we asked learners to create a piece of software under the theme Superheroes of Science. Our Game of Codes competition is … Read More
Case Study: Victoria Goodall
Tell us a little about yourself and your work. I’m a Test Analyst at Digital Health & Care Wales (DHCW). I’m currently working on the Welsh Immunisation System, which manages the administration of Covid-19 and flu vaccinations in Wales, so it is very rewarding work. More recently, I’ve been working on automating our tests, which has involved coding in my … Read More
Adroddiad Blynyddol 2024
We are excited to share our 2024 annual report. This report provides a snapshot of the various initiatives in which Technocamps has been involved throughout 2024. Reflected are – amongst much else – our engagements with primary schools through our Playground Computing programme; our secondary school engagements; our initiatives for upskilling teachers through our Technoteach programme; our business engagement activities … Read More
Case Study: Jake Laycock
Tell us a little about yourself and your work. Hi, I’m Jake Laycock, a Software Engineer at CGI based in South Wales. I joined the Swansea DA course through CGI straight after finishing my A-Levels. I have a passion for problem-solving and tackling challenges, which is at the core of what I do as a Software Engineer. My work focuses … Read More
Yn Galw ar Bob Addysgwr: Archwiliwch Ddysgu Peiriannau a Chofnodi Data gan ddefnyddio micro:bits yn ein Digwyddiadau sydd ar ddod!
To continue our support of the BBC and micro:bit Foundation’s micro:bit – the next-gen campaign, Technocamps are again hosting professional learning events for practitioners in Wales during February and March 2025. The event is most suited to practitioners in upper primary and lower secondary. The training events will run as follows: South West WalesTechnocamps HQ – Margam Building – Swansea … Read More
Digwyddiadau Hyfforddi Athrawon Technocamps PDC, Ionawr i Fawrth 2025
From January to March, we will be running teacher training events, to help you to improve your skills to be able to deliver Computer Science skills from the ‘Computation is the foundation for our digital world’ Description of Learning, from the Science & Technology Area of Learning, as well as skills from the ‘Problem-solving and modelling’ Element of the ‘Data … Read More
Mae canlyniadau arolwg iard chwarae micro:bit y BBC yma!
Primary school teachers and pupils across the UK have been taking part in the BBC micro:bit playground survey. An exciting investigation to help children aged 7-11 get to grips with data science and digital skills in a way that relates to their everyday lives. Back in March, we had the privilege of hosting the micro:bit Launch Event for schools across … Read More
Cwrs Dysgu Proffesiynol Ar-lein Newydd i Athrawon Ysgolion Cynradd Yn dechrau ym mis Ionawr!
We are pleased to announce our upcoming Professional Learning (PL) programme for primary school teachers happening this January! This free programme aims to improve teachers’ knowledge of Computer Science and Computational Thinking and help them apply these skills in the classroom and across the school. The sessions link with the DCF and work across the new curriculum’s AoLEs. The 10 … Read More
Clwb Cod Ar-lein yn Nôl!
We’re thrilled to announce the return of our online Technoclub for ages 9 – 16! When: Every Tuesday during term time, starting Tuesday 7th JanuaryTime: 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM What is Technoclub? Technoclub offers free, interactive after-school coding sessions where children of all abilities can explore the world of Computer Science. Whether they’re complete beginners or experienced coders, everyone … Read More