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  • 18/07/24

    BCS Cyber Challenge 2024 ​​​​​​​

    The competition is held every year by the British Chartered Institute for IT, and our children have been taking part since 2018 with a great amount of success each year. Part of the Institute’s role includes improving the importance of Computing within Education.
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  • 20/07/23

    COMPUTING CLUBS

    In CODERGang, the boys and girls learnt how to make a simple game using Scratch. They worked through the popular Flappy Bird Game, adapting and coding it to make it workable on the program. The children enjoyed this immensely, while finding it challenging and satisfying at the same time, helping the...
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  • 20/07/23

    BCS Cyber Challenge Competition

    This year was the fifth year the Hills Academy has entered this Coding Competition which is run by the Bedford branch of the Chartered Institute for IT, Computing at School and Cranfield University. It engages students interests in Computer programming and STEM.   The dedication of all the c...
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  • 20/07/23

    COMPUTING

    As we started the new academic year, Computing learning finally returned to normal post pandemic. Everyone has been working very hard during the year, and I am sure the children have talked about their skills with you at home. Here is what the children learnt during 2023:
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  • 09/05/23

    Celebrating the Coronation of King Charles III in Computing

    In order to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III, in Computing we got into the Royal spirit!
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  • 18/07/22

    Computing Blog Spring/Summer 2022

    As we started the Spring and Summer terms, Computing started by still being taught in year group blocks, and then reverted back to hourly lessons per class after Easter. This is what the children learnt during 2022:
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  • 18/07/22

    BCS Cyber Challenge 2022 – Our trip to the Finals (Presentation Afternoon)Cranfield University, Bedfordshire.

    This year the BCS Cyber Challenge was able to return to its normal timetable. Once again, applications from Years 5 and 6 were invited to enter the biggest local Coding competition covering Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes.
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  • 11/01/21

    HOW TO ACCESS REMOTE LEARNING THROUGH YOUR CONSOLE – XBOX/PLAYSTATION.

    Here are some simple instructions to help you get online using your games console.
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  • 15/07/20

    CODING COMPETITION!

    At our first meeting about the coding competition, excitedly our Year 5 and Y6’s all gathered in the Computer Suite to learn more about the expectations of the event. With lots of chatter, and frantic discussion of ideas and who was going to be in whose teams, all the children listened inte...
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  • 14/02/20

    ONLINE SAFETY!

    Following the recent Parent Presentations about online safety, I think it is a good idea to let parents and carers know of the recent findings from Ofcom (Office of Communication) which has published their annual report into Media use and Attitudes for Parents and Children.
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  • 08/11/19

    ONLINE SAFETY!

    During this term at The Hills Academy, our focus in Computing is “Online Safety”. 
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  • 18/07/19

    CODING!

    Well, another busy year has nearly passed us by and before we knew it, we received an invite to the BCS Competition 2019.
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