Our annual Technocamps Robotics Competition was held on 17 July 2019 in the University of South Wales, Cardiff. The theme of this year’s competition was ‘Disaster Droids’ and we challenged pupils from across Wales to answer the question: “Can robots provide relief where humans cannot?” 30 teams signed up across Wales with 8 teams competing in the final. The challenge … Read More
Congratulations to our 2019 VTCT Graduates!
Technocamps is extremely proud to be able to announce and celebrate the success of our most recent graduates from the VTCT/Technoteach course. Fifteen primary and three secondary school teachers from across Wales have completed the programme this year, and we would like to offer our sincere congratulations to all of them. The VTCT course is delivered free of charge in … Read More
Setting up our Stall for Science and the Assembly
The event is hosted annually in the Senedd and Pierhead Building in Cardiff Bay and offers companies and projects a showcase for their activities. Organized by the Royal Society of Chemistry, representatives from science-related industries came together with representatives from educational establishments across Wales, all of whom had travelled to Cardiff to hear keynote speakers and to learn from each other about all … Read More
FREE Accredited CPD Opportunity for Teachers across Wales 2019!
Technocamps is once again offering a fantastic, unique opportunity to teachers from both primary and secondary schools across Wales; training towards the accredited QCF-Level 3 Certificate in Computing for Teachers, commencing in the Autumn Term 2019. Technocamps is offering this qualification absolutely FREE to teachers and schools. This qualification provides teachers with a wealth of content and pedagogical knowledge to enable and enhance … Read More
Swansea University Launches into the CoSMOS
CoSMOS occupies the second floor of the Margam Building on the Singleton Campus. The space is home to five major outreach and public engagement projects. Further Maths Support Programme Wales(FMSP) aims to increase the numbers of students studying AS/A Level Mathematics and Further Mathematics and to generate higher numbers of students from Wales applying to study higher education courses in Mathematically-rich … Read More
FLL Robotics Team Egni collect Judges Choice Award for ‘Thinking Big’ at World Festival in Detroit
The First Lego League Festival takes place annually and is a huge celebration of all things robotic with fierce but friendly competition between the nations. This year’s event attracted over 70.000 visitors from across the World and featured over 1300 robots going head-to-head on a range of challenges set by the organisers and marked by an esteemed panel of judges. The team, … Read More
Technocamps joins the expert judging panel at the First© Lego League World Festival 2019
Technocamps continues to develop its international reputation within the field of Computer Science Education as we aim to take our core values to inspire, be creative and have fun onto the global stage. In previous years, Technocamps has supported and mentored a number of Welsh teams competing against others from across the globe as part of the First©Lego League World Festival. … Read More
Technocamps Robotics Competition 2019 – Disaster Droids
We are pleased to announce that the Technocamps Robotics Competition is back with the final competition day to be held on the 17th of July 2019. The theme of this year’s competition is “Disaster Droids” and we are challenging pupils from across Wales to answer the question: “Can robots provide relief where humans cannot?” The challenge is to design and … Read More
Super Science Sunday comes to Swansea
The Technocamps team was privileged to have been invited to participate in Super Science Sunday, organised by Swansea University‘s Oriel Science project as part of British Science Week 2019. Visitors at the event taking place in the wonderful surroundings of the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, were treated to a huge range of interactive science exhibits and were given the opportunity to explore current research with talks … Read More
Technocamps’ Smart Cities Coding Competition arrives at Cardiff University for the 2019 Finals
Technocamps recently headed to the capital for the national finals of its annual coding competition, this year hosted by Cardiff University. Pupils from across Wales were set the challenge to create a piece of software on the theme of Smart Cities. The judges were overwhelmed by the creativity, innovation and technical skills demonstrated by all the teams who entered, and by the exceptionally high … Read More