St. Pat's ICT & Business

🎉Today is #SaferInternetDay, and we are looking forward to seeing how you are celebrating today 😀 Learn more about the event👉 bit.ly/3SN8Ani

We were delighted to celebrate #PositiveNoticingDay throughout the ICT department today with pupils creating Tweet sheets to share a positive message with a peer. It was very uplifting to see the reactions between pupils when celebrating kindness and POSITIVITY🙌🏻 @pauldixtweets

BelTech Edu is a competition for 13-18 year olds with moderate to no tech experience to design an app concept or an app prototype. Entrants will have the chance to win prizes of £500, £250, £150, or £100. Find out more here: bit.ly/3i5tRWh

Happy #SaferInternetDay 💻📱 A lot of creativity is on show today in ICT with KS3 pupils using the tools of PowerPoint to create an informative presentation focusing on “The Dangers of Social Media & How to Stay Safe Online!” @safeinternetday #SSID2022

Starting to make plans for what’s next after your GCSEs? Check out our latest animation on a range of options available to you youtu.be/SASPHUdMX6Q. #GCSEs #CareersInIT #nextsteps

Many thanks to @AllstateNI for a very informative insight into Cybersecurity Careers. Our Year 12 students found today’s webinar both exciting and captivating as they consider future career pathways over the coming months! #NIDAW21 @BringITOnNI @CivicaUK

Do you need help with a digital device? It’s #GetOnlineWeek next week and the #GoONNI team and @BITC are offering a Digital Help Service. It’s open to anyone who needs help using digital devices. Simply text DIGITAL to 67300 or call 07551 852684 and a volunteer will contact you.

It’s great to see a little bit of friendly competition between our Year 11 Digital Technology students and Mr McCabe during revision of key Network terms and definitions on @quizlet - we can’t wait to see who lands top spot tomorrow during our live lesson #funlearning #revision💻

To celebrate #SaferInternetDay today, 8ES produced a Jamboard during their PD live lesson to discuss the importance of being ‘SMART’ on the Internet. Pupils showcased excellent awareness of online risks and helpful preventative measures! Great work everyone✅ @safeinternetday

#SaferInternetDay2021 💻📲🖥✅

Our Year 11 IT students enjoyed a very informative @BringITOnNI Virtual Presentation today via Zoom focusing on Career Opportunities within the IT sector! Many thanks to Gerard for providing our students with such insightful information. #ITsector #Careers #futureplanning

Congratulations to Tara Russell who is now the second Year 9 student to achieve a Bronze Award in the online Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award (iDEA). Tara highlighted that the programme is very enjoyable where she found “The Citizen” topic most interesting! #Proud @idea_award

Congratulations to John Kearney (Year 9) who successfully achieved a Bronze Award in the online Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award (iDEA) programme. John highlighted that the animation and graphic badges were his favourites! Well done John! #DigitalLearning #achieve @idea_award

Young Enterprise NI have updated their free online resources with new and exciting content to support learning at home. For parents and young people of all ages to access these fantastic resources, visit their website at yeni.co.uk #KeepLearning @YE_NI

@StPats_ICT Awesome! We love to see students enjoying learning with iDEA.org.uk! 😁👏Thank you for sharing this with us.

Great to receive an email from one of our KS3 students expressing their enjoyment while working through the @idea_award Programme at home 🏠💻 #DigitalLearning #innovation #positivity

10OG held a focus group with our student council as part of the @MtechAcademy innovation challenge to discuss “the issues related to phone usage in school”. Findings were insightful with the importance of feedback fully appreciated by students. #teamwork

Today is Safer Internet Day 2020!! Eleanor from REIM delivered an informative workshop on ‘Cyberbullying’ and ‘Sexting’ to all our Year 9s along with students from Banbridge High School as part of our Shared Education Partnership. #SaferInternetDay2020 @ReimTraining

Don’t forgot. Minecraft Club resumes again tomorrow!!!

Letters for Minecraft Club have now been issued and it will resume next week. Can all letters be returned to Mr McCabe by Friday.