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CAS North West: Manchester Newsletter    January 2017
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More events and hub meetings are constantly being added so please keep an eye on our regional events page here.
Dear CAS member,

Happy New Year!

2016 proved to be a very productive and eventful year for the teachers of computing in the North West with many school and teacher events being well attended - Thank you!
You can read all about many of our events on our news pages.
So what is next? Here at CAS Manchester we are very excited and busy planning for the year ahead. We hope you find some useful information in this newsletter however if there is any support we can offer please get in touch we are more than happy to help and would be delighted to hear from you.
 
Carl, Carol, Dave, David and Sarah
Team CAS Manchester

Master Teachers 

Master Teachers are at the core of all support that Computing At School offers and we are delighted to welcome our newest Master Teachers to CAS Manchester.
 

Computing At School is actively recruiting Master Teachers. For further information visit here (you will need to be logged in to CAS to view the profiles above and Master Teacher information - not a member JOIN HERE it is FREE) or if you would like to meet for a chat just drop us an email casmanchester@computingatschool.org.uk and we can arrange one.

CAS North West Manchester hubs


CAS hubs are the perfect opportunity to meet colleagues, share ideas receive support and training.

Why hubs? Read all about them here.

Do you know where your nearest hub is?
Have you attended a session at your local hub yet?
Have you contacted your hub to request particular training/information?

Where is your nearest hub? Enter your postcode here and find out. 

No hub near you? Have you thought about becoming a hub leader? Read about the importance of hubs here.
Express your interest in becoming a hub leader here or for an informal chat drop us an email casmanchester@computingatschool.org.uk

We are working with existing hubs and are keen to support any news in the region.

We our delighted to welcome our newest hubs
  • Oldham hub - A newly incorporated Hub based out of the Blue Coat School in Oldham. The hub leader is Andrew Mkandawire who will be delighted to welcome you at his forthcoming events.
  • Rochdale hub - A new hub based out of Cardinal Langley RC High School, Middleton. The hub is hosted by Wahida Hamid a CAS Master Teacher.


We are very much looking forward to seeing you at one of the CAS hubs or events over the coming months.
Check out the constantly updated events page for details of events near you.
 

Teach Meet in Manchester

The University of Manchester School of Computer Science, CAS Manchester and Exa Foundation present:

 

TeachMeet Manchester - #tmmanchester

Thursday 23rd March
17:30 - 20:00


What is a TeachMeet? A fun, informal event for sharing great ideas for teaching and learning with opportunities to network with other educators.

Read more about this FREE event and for details of how to book click here.
Tickets are moving quickly so book now and pass on to colleagues who may be interested.

FREE Edge Hill Computing
Workshops for Teachers
November saw colleagues from across the North West join us for a day full of brilliant workshops at Edge Hill University.
 

The day consisted of workshops including: Wearable Technology, Sphero programming, Tenderfoot, 3D printing, Python, code bug, MYSQL. You can read all about it here.

Sign up for Edge Hill University
events in 2017
We are really pleased to continue to offer FREE, quality workshops for all teachers of Computing. These will take place at Edge Hill University,  we'd love you to see you there.

There will be several workshops running and these are currently being finalised so if you have any particular requests please get in touch and we will try to accommodate them.
We have 3 further days planned for 2017 that you can sign up to.
Don't miss out on these brilliant opportunities.
Click on the date to make a booking.
Our colleagues further North in Lancaster also have numerous events planned over the coming year. We would recommend that you look at their events page also as many of you may find that some of these are easily accessible to you.

More CPD for teachers
There are already numerous CPD events planned across the region. Many of these are already being advertised on the events page and are open for bookings.
Below we are highlighting some of the upcoming events.
Programming Minecraft using Python on the Raspberry Pi with Jamie Edmondson
This event will provide activities and ideas for using the Raspberry Pi in the Primary Computing classroom. This is a half day event and you can find further information and booking opportunities on the link below.
Details and booking 

An introduction to Kodu 
This training session will explore Kodu and how primary aged pupils can program their own X-box style platform games, whilst at the same time learn key programming concepts such as reasoning, selection and use of variables.
Details and booking

Beginners Python
An introductory session to introduce teachers to text-based programming using the Python language.
Details and booking

Intermediate Python (KS3 and KS4) with Jamie Chadwick
This is a continuation course following the very successful beginners session held previously.
Details and booking

The 'Flipped' classroom for GCSE Computer Science
Delegates are introduced to the benefits of the flipped classroom methodology and will develop strategies for implementing it successfully.
Details and booking
 
Are there any CPD opportunities that you would like us to offer?
Get in touch and let us know.

School Events
In the previous year we have ran extremely successful event at The University of Manchester for school children and their teachers. In the calendar so far for this year we have 'Fun with Computing@ primary days, Explore Computer Science and CAS Girls events. You can read about these events on our webpage. The events for 2017 are fully booked however if these events interest you please drop us an email and we can add you to our waiting list or even try to arrange events in your school.
Junior Hack event on March 6th 2017

This is an event for teachers and their Year 10 pupils. 

Digital companies will set challenges and offer prizes for the best hack. This doesn't just mean the best code - its about working well as a team, being willing to learn, showing all kinds of skills. This is a fun event where the aim is to work together, learn and produce a cool app, website or game (or just try to!) If you've not done a hack before, no matter - there'll be friendly mentors on hand to help you out. You just need to form a team of four and some enthusiasm and be ready to try things out.
Click here for further information

A Level Master Classes
We headed into new territory this December by offering a VI-th Form Master Class day at The University of Manchester. The sessions were delivered by University of Manchester staff on Object-Oriented Programming, Functional Programming and Algorithms and their Complexity.
The event was extremely popular with over 100 students and their teachers attending. 
Should we run more of these events? Let us know if you would be interested in bringing your A' Level students in to the university to take advantage of this opportunity.
Master Teachers
We are actively recruiting Master Teachers for our region. 
Are you interested?
If you are a member of CAS click here to find out more.
If you are not yet a member click here to join - it is FREE!
 

Coming Soon
As you can see there are lots of plans afoot already for 2017.
However we do need to hear from YOU! What support and events would you like? Please get in contact and we can help - and if we can't we will know someone who can!
Keep checking the regional website for updates, especially the Upcoming Events section on the right hand side - scroll down to the bottom of this section and click on all events, this will help you see the whole year.
Regional Website : CAS North West Manchester
 

Contact Us
email: CASManchester@computingatschool.org.uk
Twitter: @CAS_Manchester
Regional Website : CAS North West Manchester
National Website: Computing At School
 
Our mailing address is:
CAS North West: Manchester, School of Computing Science, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester. M13 9PL.

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