This competition is now closed. Can you combine Welsh culture and history with your hopes and dreams for the future to enter our competition and build the Club of the Future? The WRU and Hwb have launched a competition that brings these aspects of Wales together in a challenge to design and build a ‘Club of the Future’ in Minecraft: Education Edition.
Nesta Challenges Longitude Explorer Prize
This competition has now closed. Nesta Challenges has teamed up with Amazon to launch fourth edition of the Longitude Explorer Prize – £20,000 available for the winning school or youth group. The Amazon Longitude Explorer Prize is calling on young people across the UK to develop innovative ‘tech for good’ solutions to society’s biggest issues, to help people to live … Read More
CPD for Secondary School Teachers
What is excellent teaching? What are the ingredients of an excellent lesson? What does an excellent lesson look like? Three questions, each of which has no definitive correct answer. Answers vary depending on viewpoint, age group, educational setting and the subject being taught. Computer Science is an enigma of a subject whereby not only do educators have to try and … Read More
STEM Fortnight
Join us for two free STEM workshops focussed on renewable energy! Between 18-29th January, we’re offering free STEM workshops for schools in Wales, concentrating on Engineering and Computer Science. Sessions will be delivered virtually through Teams and all necessary kits will be sent to the school prior to the session. All you’ll need is a projector, speakers, mic and webcam … Read More
Calling All Welsh Primary School Teachers! Certified Teacher Programme
Following on from the success of the virtual training sessions we ran during lock down for Primary schools’ teachers we are pleased to be able to offer a full programme of support to Primary schools’ teachers from the end of September through to 2021. These free CPD sessions will be run all through the school year with the opportunity to enrol on … Read More
More STEM resources
We have opened up the portal we developed for the Summer programme and the resources we developed as a team are available for you to use and share. We had a lot of fun developing and delivering them over the summer and it would be great to hear if you have developed anything new by using them too. Please share … Read More
Survey
When it comes to our children’s learning, we might consider science and maths to be something that’s best left to the professionals, the realm of teachers and schools. While there is no substitute for the important work that goes on in our schools, the influence of parents on their children cannot be understated. Parents have a profound effect on their … Read More
WOW! What a Summer of STEM
The school holidays have been a bit different this year, with pupils from all parts of Wales enjoying an extended break after months of enforced lockdown learning online. It seems, though, that some pupils can’t get enough of science and technology. We were completely bowled over with the response to our FREE Summer of STEM event which took place over … Read More
Technocamps Summer of STEM
Anyone who has ever participated in one of our workshops knows that Technocamps Delivery Officers have a knack of turning complicated science and technology into fun and interesting activities in the classroom. This year we have decided to use all our skills and experiences to do something a bit different and really exciting over the summer holidays. Like everyone else, … Read More
Supporting Distance Learning for Post-16 Learners
As part of the ongoing Welsh Government’s #StaySafeStayLearning initiative, Technocamps is pleased that it has been able to put its experience to good use. The team has been working hard behind the scenes, to develop exciting and enriching opportunities for students in Years 12 and 13, as they begin to prepare for their transition into Higher Education. A variety of … Read More