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Festival of Play comes to three locations this summer

Festival of Play, the fun-filled creative careers and computing conference in association with Electronic Arts and Northern Ireland Screen, aimed at students aged 9-14, returns this summer with a jam-packed schedule of interactive workshops, inspiring talks, and innovative games - all showcasing the...

31.01.24 12:02 PM - Comment(s)
Regional Champions prepare for esports semi-final

After a thrilling 4 weeks, we have found our regional champions! Students from around the UK battled it out for a place at the upcoming semi-finals, with 11 of the 55 competing schools now going forward to the next stage of the tournament to fight for their place in the grand final in April.


Followin...

17.01.24 04:19 PM - Comment(s)
Meet a Lead Teacher: Allen Tsui, Willow Brook Primary School Academy

As the school year comes to an end for 2022-23, I look back on mine and recount the big successes – one of which had been an aspiration of mine since becoming subject lead for Computing in 2020 to join the Digital Schoolhouse programme.  Whilst its collaboration with the global gaming giant mak...

16.01.24 12:02 PM - Comment(s)
Digital Schoolhouse launches new workshop inspired by F1®️23

Digital Schoolhouse is excited to launch our newest workshop resource, F1: Recycled Racers, inspired by F1® 23, the latest F1 title developed by Codemasters and published by EA SPORTS. 


In this workshop, students will learn how to create a balloon-powered recycled racer and compete in their...

10.01.24 04:57 PM - Comment(s)
Esports and Careers - Coordinator Spotlight

Hello! Simon here. This is my first year as tournament Coordinator for Digital schoolhouse, and what a year it has been. This has been so fun and rewarding on many levels - which is a wonderful thing to say about your day job eh... I have always coordinated esports tournaments, covering a range of v...

16.08.23 02:48 PM - Comment(s)
Welcome to Bella, our new Senior Project Manager





Bella is our new Senior Project Manager, who will be joining the DSH team as a maternity cover for Amii Oldham. You can learn more about Bella below.

Hi everyone! I’m joining Ukie to cover for Amii while she is on maternity leave, so I will be working as Senior Project Manager with Digital Schoolhous...

01.08.23 01:42 PM - Comment(s)
Esports and Careers - Intern Spotlight

Hi! I’m Yiren, and I’ve recently joined the Digital Schoolhouse team as an events intern. This is my first professional venture into the world of esports, a world I love. I am very excited to share my experiences with you as I learn new skills, hints, tips and tricks along the way alongside the stud...

23.07.23 03:25 PM - Comment(s)
Norton College win the Super Smash Bros Ultimate Team Battle 2023 tournament

After months of competition, the Digital Schoolhouse Super Smash Bros Ultimate Team Battle 2023 tournament was brought to exciting end on Friday as our four finalists came together to battle it out for the championship title at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly. 


It was hard to say at the beginning of t...

30.04.23 01:54 PM - Comment(s)
International Women's Day 2023: Girls in Esports

We were excited to see that the UN’s theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality. For Digital Schoolhouse, this theme is one that we believe is an essential focus in preparing all young people for their future careers, regardless of ...

08.03.23 03:57 PM - Comment(s)
Celebrating our senior tournament semi-finalists

As we start to wrap up the spring term, the team would like to recognise the incredible efforts of our semi-finalists, who will be battling it out after the holidays to claim the championship title as part of our Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Team Battle 2023!


Over the past 6 months, schools across the ...

28.02.23 03:05 PM - Comment(s)