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Inclusivity is first and foremost the action of bringing all people together in one space, no matter the ability level, race, background, and so on. This is a priority in every...
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Inclusivity is first and foremost the action of bringing all people together in one space, no matter the ability level, race, background, and so on. This is a priority in every...
Posted by Lucy Joannou
On Tuesday 26th March we held our termly pizza party for all students in years 7-11 who have an outstanding 100% attendance record. Over 100 students across Key stage 3 and 4 were...
Posted by Daniel Mitman
On Tuesday evening, Parents, Carers and Year 11 students gathered in the main hall for the annual raising achievement evening. With only 19 school days left until the first GCSE...
Posted by Jackson Helyer
During NCW we invited guest speakers and Alumni in to speak to our students about their journey, about the different career opportunities within the world of Football and...
Posted by Donna King
The Year 9 Food and Nutrition groups were treated to an enlightening visit from Lynne Snowden an educational speaker for Animal Aid last week. This was to consolidate the topic...
Posted by Fiona Amao
On 22nd March 2024, the IT STEMPOINT organisation organised an IT workshop at Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School, Stevenage. The purpose of this workshop is to encourage Year...
Posted by Siew Young
Flair Week has once again graced our school with lots of activities and opportunities, leaving students buzzing with excitement and inspiration. From insightful career talks to...
Posted by Maryam Razavi
At the beginning of March, the launch of Time to Shine marked the commencement of a journey for our Year 11 More Able students. This session served as an overview of...
Posted by Maryam Razavi
It was great to join the Year 7 assembly this week led by Assistant Headteacher Mrs Greenwood and hear her important messages about Growth. We all grow throughout our lives and...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Just before the Easter holidays Mr Furr, the IT Manager across the Bushey St James Trust (BSJT), attended the termly Trust Board meeting chaired by Mr Russell, Chair of the Trust...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
On 22nd March 2024, the IT STEMPOINT organisation organised an IT workshop at Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School, Stevenage. The purpose of this workshop is to encourage Year 8 and Year 9 girls to take the STEM subjects as their GCSE choice. This is also the current government’s initiatives.
Thirteen Year 8 girls went on this trip and they learned about cloud computing, building a simple website using HTML and manipulating an electronic output device using microbit programming in MIT Scratch environment.
The workshops were delivered by professionals from the IT industries where the trainers/professionals have at least a Degree qualification and they deliver the activities at the workshops.
The person who delivered the microbit session was an electronic engineer and he has been working in collaboration with software engineers and programmers in the past many years. He set up tiny light bulbs, buzzers and switches inside a transparent box where the students could attach their microbit that was installed with a program implemented by the students themselves; using the click and drag technique in Scratch. The trainer was trying to simulate a scenario where a diamond was in a vault and if the diamond was removed from the vault, the light would turn on and buzzer would sound. This is very exciting as the girls have never seen a microbit can be useful in a real-world scenario, that if a thief steals from a vault, there are outputs such as light and sound. The trainer explained that microbit is very useful to demonstrate the input and output concept of programming and of an electronic device.
The person who delivered the cloud computing was someone who has a Computer Science Degree and he is currently working for an IT company. He taught the meaning of cloud computing and tried to involve the students by asking relevant questions. Later he taught the students how to create a website using Hypertext Markup language (HTML). Students learn how to:
When the sessions were finished, students filled in an evaluation form and we headed straight back to Bushey Meads School at 3.30pm. The Year 8 girls were so happy with the trip that they even requested to take a group photo before we departed. I am glad that the girls had enjoyed the workshop and it has been a very educational trip indeed.
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