BCS (BBN Branch) Cyber Challenge 2024

Prize Presentation, 4th July.

Over 100 students, teachers and parents attended the 2024 Cyber Challenge competition prize presentation at the Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre at Cranfield University on 4 July 2024.

Since 2013, the BCS Bedford Branch has been running a competition to cultivate young computing leaders. The competition is open to all Year 5 to Year 10 students from schools in the areas of Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, North and West Northamptonshire.

The judges were looking for:

• Creativity
• Selection use, combination and presentation of images and text
• The appropriate choice and use of programming instructions and should include Custom blocks, Loops and Variables
• The clarity of the finished presentation in demonstrating improved learning outcomes

The submission quality is very high, and the judging panel had to make difficult choices.

Selected quality entries were shown off to inspire the future computing leaders. Veri Granger from the Bedfordshire Police reinforced the message of CyberChoices.

See Flyer (DOCX) and news item for full details of winners

Invitation, 12th March

Schools were invited to introduce the competition to students from Year 5 to Year 10

Participating in the Cyber Challenge is a positive way to fulfil STEM Gatsby benchmarks like linking curriculum learning to careers, encounters with employers and employees, encounters with further and higher education.

The competition is open to all schools in the areas of Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, North and West Northamptonshire.

See Flyer (PDF) and news item for full details