Cyber First – Computing Competition

The National Cyber Security Centre run an annual competition called CyberFirst. They run it to encourage girls to think about Cyber Security as a possible career path in what is a traditionally male-dominated role. The competition is an online game where students work through puzzles to crack codes and catch the hackers.

Offered out to Senior Schools within the Wandsworth Schools Partnership cluster as well as the West London Partnership.

Aims

We will be pushing the competition to all Year 8s in the next few weeks to get as many involved as possible.

Background

The idea was identified by our Digital Innovation lead in school and is the first event of this type that we have held.

The GDST Cyber Security lead will come and talk to the students about his 30yr career in the Police including Cyber Crime.

Resources

The workshop is being hosted and staffed by Putney High School and by our visiting specialist from GDST.

Impact

We will evaluate the project by means of student voice feedback following the event.

Pupil Involvement

Students participating are from Year 8.

Frequency

This is a stand-alone workshop and competition opportunity.