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Shortlist of coding enthusiasts revealed in PA Consulting Group’s Raspberry Pi schools’ competition
PA’s annual competition aims to inspire the
innovators of the future and challenges school children and college students to put their programming skills to the test. Using the credit- card-size yet highly capable Raspberry Pi computer, entrants to the 2018 competition have been challenged to Some of the ideas that have made it through
to the 2018 final include: • a game to educate children on how to save energy by switching off appliances
Finalists for PA Consulting Group’s annual Raspberry Pi programming competition have been selected. The nine teams of school children will present their inventions to nine expert judges on Tuesday, 17 April at the IET in London.
• a system for automatically monitoring the temperature of your home throughout the day, which will send you a tweet if your house gets too hot or too cold
• a water meter which measures how many litres of water you use in the shower. After
your shower, a message is sent to your device stating how much water has been used and the impact that this has had on the environment. Anita Chandraker, who leads the digital
service team at PA Consulting Group and is the sponsor for the competition, says: “Our competition is a unique opportunity for school children and college students to invent, design and create using the Raspberry Pi. We are delighted to have received a record number of entries to the competition this year; a reflection of the ever-growing importance of coding as a critical skill to support innovation.”
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Ocado calls on kids to help bin the nation’s food waste dilemma
Ocado has launched a nationwide project with Little Inventors, with the mission of fighting household food waste by uncovering ingenious inventions from the country’s most meticulous minds and brilliant brains – our children. The Ocado Food Waste Challenge with Little Inventors is calling on all
budding Edisons and Einsteins to cook up an invention idea that could help to reduce food waste in the home. Little Inventors is founded on the belief that children’s ideas are invaluable, and their uninhibited imagination can lead to some amazing and powerful inventions. All ideas to help avoid throwing food away are welcome without limits, whether wonderfully wacky or perfectly practical. To help the nation’s budding brains get inspired, Chief Inventor at Little
Inventors, Dominic Wilcox, is hosting interactive workshops at selected schools across the country, where he will share some of his very own food waste inventions to get young imaginations and creativity flowing. Primary schools across the country are getting involved in the Ocado Food
Waste Challenge with workshops hosted by Little Inventors The winner will get to see their invention drawing turned into reality by the
Little Inventors ‘Magnificent Makers’ and exhibited at the Great Exhibition of the North this summer. They will also win a trip to Newcastle to see the showcase with their family, as well as £250 of Ocado vouchers. To enter the Ocado Food Waste Challenge, simply visit
Ocado.LittleInventors.org, download the handy Ocado Food Waste Challenge
resource pack and upload a drawing of your inventions that could help tackle food waste at home. All entries will be showcased on the online gallery for inspiration. The competition is now open and will close for entries on Monday 7 May 2018.
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School ed tech competition launched nationwide Promethean has recognised that schools are
increasingly faced with budget pressures and believes this should not prevent them from having access to the latest teaching technology. The Promethean Grant aims to give schools throughout UK an opportunity to win the latest ed tech in a creative competition. All Saints HwB in Preston was one of 30
Global education technology provider Promethean® recently announced the launch of the UK Promethean Grant 2018. Following the phenomenal success of the initiative in 2017, the company has identified a demand in the education sector for a second Promethean Grant in the UK this year.
schools chosen by judges to win an ActivPanel® in the 2017 UK Promethean Grant. Rory Dixon, Year 3 Teacher and Computing Lead at All Saints HwB, said: “The Promethean Grant was an opportunity that we just couldn’t miss out on. As soon as I told the children about the competition, they came up with so many ideas and were very enthusiastic. In our class, we’re really passionate about using technology for learning. When I
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broke the news that we won, the children were in complete disbelief, but we were thrilled. We even had a party. To participate, schools are invited to submit
video entries explaining why they would benefit from winning an ActivPanel – the latest interactive front of class display. Entries will be judged on three criterias: creativity, need, and the impact the technology will have if they are successful. 30 winners will be selected to receive a fully installed ActivPanel package valued at around £3,000. A maximum of one ActivPanel can be awarded
per school, but multiple entries are welcomed. The competition opened on Monday 19th March and will close on Friday 15th June.
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