Primary School Children Try IT at SERC

Over 100 children, parents and guardians attended Come and Try IT workshops at SERC’s Bangor, Downpatrick and Lisburn Campuses recently.

The workshops were aimed at introducing primary school-aged children (from 4 to12) to the world of computing and were organised in partnership with the Bring IT On initiative.  

Ryan Major, Deputy Head of School for Computing at SERC said, “We were delighted with the response to our six, free to attend, 2-hour sessions, which saw children and their families enjoy a series of computing related challenges such as computational thinking, problem-solving, security and logic."

He added, “The fun, interactive sessions - developed by some of our current Level 2 Traineeship in Information Technology students as part of their placement - provided inspiration for parents and guardians to further develop children’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) skills.  The sessions also raised awareness of computing as a potential career amongst the children, highlighting direct links between the activities and how they could be used in the workplace.”

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