Safer Internet Quiz Final Results

11th February 2021A Hayward

Congratulations to everyone taking part in our Safer Internet Quiz.  We had loads of fun doing it, and from your comments and smiles, you did too!  We were really impressed with your super powers of deduction –  you managed to spot the fake news stories and the fake photos.  As you can see from this photo, we faked our backgrounds as well, but it does look cool!

 

So, get on with it I hear you cry!  Who won!  Well it was really close.  Three teams all tied on 26 points, Fellgate Y4, Mortimer Monkeys and Spectacular Six from SS Peter & Paul Primary.  We had to go to the tie breaker.  The tie break question was: according to PC Mag, how many millions of people use fortnight every month?  The answer 131 million.  The closest of the three teams to that figure was ……. Mortimer Monkeys!!!!!   So huge congratulations to them and their teachers.

Thank you all for taking part, we look forward to running another quiz very soon.  Have a great half term.

 

 

First Lego League Regional Champions

6th December 2019A Hayward

Yesterday we held our annual First Lego League Regional Tournament.  We all had a fabulous day.

We’ll post more pictures soon, but going to Bristol to represent South Tyneside at the National Finals are … Harton Puzzlers.  Congratulations to them, and huge thanks to everyone who took part.

Hour of Code 2019

20th November 2019P Chippendale

DanceParty-Updated!

This years Hour of Code resources from Code.Org sees an update to the popular Dance Party activity.  Hour of Code: Dance Party inspired tens of millions of students in classrooms around the world to dance and code last year, and we can’t wait for you to discover all the exciting new updates this year!

There are new songs, backgrounds and a new character. You can code your own dancing sloth! this will no doubt be a huge hit with the students!

Hour of Code – Artificial Intelligence

Computer science is about so much more than coding! Learn about artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, training data, and bias, while exploring ethical issues and how AI can be used to address world problems. Enjoy Code.org’s first step in a new journey to teach more about AI.

 

When you use the AI for Oceans activity you are training real machine learning models.

Hour of Code 9th – 15th December 2019

15th October 2019P Chippendale

Last year, the Hour of Code theme of creativity inspired students globally to create technology using computer science. On Code.org alone, students have created over 55 million projects!

Starting this year, the Hour of Code will continue inspiring student creativity with a new theme: Computer Science for Good. #CSforGood

CS Education Week, December 9th – 15th 2019, we hope you’ll join us!

Inspired by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Hour of Code will highlight how we can all use computer science to make a positive impact on our world, from writing apps to solve a local problem, to using innovative ideas in data science to address global challenges.

 

 

Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, prosperity, and peace and justice. The Goals interconnect and in order to leave no one behind, it ís important that we achieve each Goal and target by 2030.

 

First Lego League Jr 2019 – Mission Moon

12th June 2019P Chippendale

Final

OpenZone @ The Word

Thursday 6 June 2019

What is Junior First Lego League?

“Each year, FIRST LEGO League Jr. presents a new and exciting Challenge to ignite the creativity of children age 6 to 10. Each team of up to 6 children begins the exploration of this real-world theme with an exclusive LEGO® Education Inspire Model. Using this model as a starting point, they design a new model of their own with LEGO® elements. As they work, they learn basic engineering and programming skills with LEGO® Education WeDo and apply those concepts to make their model move. Teams also document their work in an Engineering Notebook and share their journey through a team Show Me Poster. Throughout their experience, teams operate under the FIRST Core Values, celebrating discovery, teamwork, and Gracious Professionalism®.”

This year we were joined by 9 teams for our Junior Lego League Expo.

Teams

Ashley Primary School

  • Super Ashley Astronauts

Cleadon Village Academy

  • Moon Marvels
  • Rocket Rangers

Mortimer Primary School

  • Mortimer Master Movers

Fulwell Junior School, Sunderland

  • Moon Masters
  • Mission Geckos

West Park Academy, Darlington

  • Moonpig
  • West Park Space Station – WPSS

Willow Fields Primary School, Sunderland

  • Team Lego Fields

What a fantastic afternoon we had. Everybody won a medal and certificate and there were awards given to each team. The medals were build it yourself Lego ones and were a huge hit

Many thanks to all of those schools who joined us and we look forward to seeing you all next year!

Last call for FIRST® LEGO® League 2018-19 – Into Orbit

9th October 2018P Chippendale

 

LAST CALL before take off.

This week is the last chance for your school to join our FIRST® LEGO® League – Into Orbit Tournament.

Our tournament will be hosted at The Word on Thursday 6th December 2018

Here is the link to join

https://firstlegoleague.theiet.org/ 

 

 

There is a FREE webinar being delivered by Raising Robots which may be useful for our teams taking part in this years  FIRST® LEGO® LeagueTournament

DON’T MISS this week’s Mindstorms training webinar from our friends at Raising Robots:

    • Wednesday 10 October 16.00 – 17.15
    • Thursday 18 October 16.00 – 17.15

All the sessions will use the same link:

https://www.gotomeet.me/raisingrobots

Delegates can check that their devices will work properly before the session using the following link: https://support.logmeininc.com/gotowebinar/help/join-a-test-session-g2w060001