WKGS Computing Dept

Twitter account for the Computing Department at West Kirby Grammar School.

[WKGS Mathematics Department @WKGS_Maths]

📢 KS4 STEM Day this Saturday at Liverpool Maths School!
Dive into Maths Applications: Economics, Number Theory & Game Theory. 📊♟️
⏰ 9:45am–3:00pm
📍 University of Liverpool
Sign up: https://t.co/WHpqH81nWJ
More info: https://t.co/ljp0PeHXxt
#STEM #Maths
@WestKirbyGS

[WKGS Computing Dept @WKGS_Computing]

Good luck to Isi, Lillia, Amber, Yusuf and Carlo who are competing in the Round 1 of the British Informatics Olympiad. This is a national programming competition for 6th Form students. They have 3 hours to plan and code solutions to complex computational problems @WestKirbyGS

[WKGS Computing Dept @WKGS_Computing]

Congratulations to all students who solved this year's GCHQ Christmas Card Challenge! Special congratulations to some of the first students to finish: Casey, Evie, Daira, Holly and Serena (Year 11) @WestKirbyGS

[WKGS Computing Dept @WKGS_Computing]

Congratulations to all students who solved this year's GCHQ Christmas Card Challenge! Special congratulations to some of the first students to finish: Erin (Year 9) @WestKirbyGS

[WKGS Computing Dept @WKGS_Computing]

Congratulations to all students who solved this year's GCHQ Christmas Card Challenge! Special congratulations to some of the first students to finish: Biranavi (Year 10) @WestKirbyGS

[WKGS Computing Dept @WKGS_Computing]

Congratulations to Ellie, Ellen, Elspeth and Mavya from
8T who were the highest ranking WKGS team scoring 2861 points in the CyberFirst Girls 2024 competition.

Well done to everyone who took part, it was great to see at least one team representing each form.

@WestKirbyGS

[WKGS Computing Dept @WKGS_Computing]

We are very pleased to be preparing a record 138 Distinction and 135 Merit score certificates for form folders. Well done everyone! @WestKirbyGS

[WKGS Computing Dept @WKGS_Computing]

It's that time of year again for the GCHQ Christmas Card Challenge! Students in all year groups are invited to take part. The challenge takes place on Wednesday 11th November so please come and collect a card from B13 at break or lunchtime on the day. @WestKirbyGS

[WKGS Computing Dept @WKGS_Computing]

Well done to the 528 participants for their efforts in the Bebras House Challenge. Congratulations to Gonner who were overall winners for the second year. Individual results have been sent out via email, certificates for Merit and Distinction scores to follow. @WestKirbyGS

[WKGS Computing Dept @WKGS_Computing]

We would like to invite #WKGSY8 students to take part in the CyberFirst Girls competition 2024. For more information and to register a team to take part, please check your emails! @WestKirbyGS

[WKGS Computing Dept @WKGS_Computing]

It's time for the annual Bebras Computational Thinking House Challenge!

Year 7-9 students will take part in their Computing lessons, all other year groups are invited to take part in their own time between Mon-Fri this week.

Check emails for your invites! @WestKirbyGS

[WKGS Computing Dept @WKGS_Computing]

#WKGSY9 Girls in ICT Day...

We also bumped into and had a chat with BBC presenter, actor and comedian Craig Charles between workshops...

[WKGS Computing Dept @WKGS_Computing]

#WKGSY9 Girls in ICT Day part 3.. (highlight of the day!)

We recorded a BBC Newsbeat episode with the studio director. They took turns between working on the mixing desk and being the presenters.

We were using the real BBC studio, just after today's broadcast was recorded...

[WKGS Computing Dept @WKGS_Computing]

#WKGSY9 Girls in ICT Day part 2..

Over to Quay House studios to visit the Research & Development Blue Room where the latest computing technology used in broadcasting is developed for a workshop in generative AI audio

We got to see the famous BBC Breakfast red sofa on the way!

[WKGS Computing Dept @WKGS_Computing]

#WKGSY9 students visited BBC Salford today for the STEM Girls in ICT Day. They participated in a series of workshops with BBC staff of all levels including technicians, producers, editors, and engineers. Workshop 1 with AI & cyber security experts solving a series of challenges..

[WKGS Computing Dept @WKGS_Computing]

Many thanks to @LivUni Department of Computer Science who hosted a series of workshops for #WKGSY9 students today. They enjoyed practical activities based on parallel sorting algorithms, application of Wavefunction collapse in generating images, encryption and coding / robotics.

[WKGS Computing Dept @WKGS_Computing]

We're starting to get some correct solution submitted now! Well done to the first three who have cracked the code by the end of lunchtime today. It's not too late to submit an entry.

Please note - the full solution to all parts must be submitted, not just the final answer.

[WKGS Computing Dept @WKGS_Computing]

We are always delighted to hear what our former A-Level Computer Science students are up to.

Emma (Class of 2019) has recently co-authored a paper which has been published in the Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation journal.

https://t.co/hd3rTpumMs

[WKGS Computing Dept @WKGS_Computing]

Come and get them! (B13) #GCHQChristmasChallenge

[WKGS Computing Dept @WKGS_Computing]

It's that time of year again where the Computing Department invites all students to take part in the GCHQ Christmas codebreaker challenge!

Details will be sent out to all students by email on Thursday morning. You have until the end of the day on Friday to submit your responses.