Computing At School

South West

Welcome to CAS Regional Centre South West

The School of Computing, Electronics and Mathematics (SoCEM) at Plymouth University has a long tradition of supporting local teaching staff for computing related subject knowledge. For over 10 years members of staff from within the school have been involved in outreach activities, going into schools to deliver talks and practical sessions. These activities have either been carried out as part of personal contacts or through the Research Centres, such as CSCAN, that are part of the University. Events have included evening meetings, invitations to project showcase days, specific computing taster days, residential events, competitions for year 8s, Safer Internet Day and Security related days.

Over the last couple of years, SoCEM has initiated and supported the CAS Hub for Plymouth bringing the CAS initiative into the region. Close collaboration with the original Master Teachers, along with colleagues in the Plymouth Institute of Education allowed the University to support the start of the centre.

The Regional Centre is made up of a team of 3 people from Plymouth University. These are Shirley, an academic from SoCEM with advanced subject knowledge alongside Sophie who works part time supporting the administrative side and Beverly who works part time as Outreach support for teachers across the region.

Regional Centre Info

Upcoming Events

Week of June 5

Thursday

Jun 8 from 10:30AM to 2:30PM

Shaping the Curriculum/Enrichment Opportunity

Blandford, Dorset, DT11 8RH
Teachers and other interested parties are invited to meet with museum and other colleagues to look at ways of shaping Computing and cross curricular workshops, with a view to increasing enrichment opportunities for students in the South West region. Teach

Jun 8 from 4:00PM to 5:30PM

CAS Somerset Primary Hub Meeting

Wincanton, BA9 9DZ
Focus: Transition, Assessment and Mastery

Friday

Jun 9 from 9:00AM to 5:00PM

Future Sync Conference - SOFTWARE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS INNOVATION

Plymouth, PL4 8AA
Encourage the exchange of ideas and the forging of new partnerships whilst experiencing some of the innovative work happening across the region. It’s a great opportunity to engage with the thriving digital community of the South West.

Week of June 12

Tuesday

Jun 13 from 4:00PM to 6:00PM

CAS Cheltenham Primary Hub Meeting

Cheltenham, GL504AZ
One of four weekly sessions to support completion of online training. All resources supplied.

Thursday

Jun 15 from 4:00PM to 6:30PM

CAS North Devon Hub Meeting

Barnstaple, EX311RB
Inaugural CAS Hub meeting

Week of June 19

Tuesday

Jun 20 from 4:00PM to 6:00PM

CAS Cheltenham Primary Hub Meeting

Cheltenham, GL504AZ
session two of four weekly sessions to support completion of online training. All resources supplied.

Thursday

Jun 22 from 9:30AM to 4:00PM

Micro:bit challenge

Plymouth, PL4 8AA
There is a limit of 25 places. To start with we will limit it to 5 per school. Year 7s must bring their micro:bit for the hackathon challenge.

Jun 22 from 9:30AM to 4:00PM

Code Skool: Web coding competition

Plymouth, PL4 8AA
This will be the fifth year it has run. Schools need to apply for a team place - only 5 available. Teams have to be of 6 people. The day will focus on using web technologies to solve a problem. They will go through HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Week of June 26

Tuesday

Jun 27 from 4:00PM to 6:00PM

CAS Cheltenham Primary Hub Meeting

Cheltenham, GL504AZ
Session three of four weekly sessions to support completion of online training. All resources supplied.

Wednesday

Jun 28 from 2:00PM to 6:00PM

CAS Bristol Hub Meeting (Unplugged Activities for Secondary - Bits and Chips)

Bristol, BS32 9BL
Bits and Chips - To support learning about Boolean Logic, machine architecture, express combinational logic circuits as Truth Tables, make connections with exemplar circuits in processors (adders) and much more.

All Events

Region

CAS Regional Centre South West covers Bath and North East Somerset, Bournemouth, Bristol City of, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Isles Of Scilly, North Somerset, Plymouth, Poole, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, Torbay, Wiltshire

Contact

CAS South West (Plymouth University)
Plymouth, PL4 8AA

Web: www.plymouth.ac.uk

Coordinators

Shirley Atkinson

Email: Shirley.atkinson@plymouth.ac.uk

Beverly Clarke

Email: beverly.clarke@computingatschool.org.uk

Sophie Shaw

Email: sophie.shaw@plymouth.ac.uk

Regional Centre News

CAS South West Outreach Support

Published by Beverly Clarke at 2017-01-24 13:48:18 +0000

Beverly Clarke, CAS SouthWest Outreach Support, CAS Master Teacher. Former CAS Sunbury Hub leader and now co-leader of the CAS Plymouth Hub.

"The fun to be had – and thus the learning – is enormous. "

Published by Philip Anley (posted by Simon Humphreys) at 2016-03-01 13:50:06 +0000

Philip Anley, Bishopstone Priomary School, is a CAS Master Teacher and leader of Swindon hub. Philip writes about his experiences with the new curriculum in his school with the active support of his H...