Opencast donates 12 more laptops to help school coders

"We can't thank CMYK and Opencast enough for the support they have shown us, and we look forward to working closely with both businesses in the years to come. Our children have already started using our donated MacBooks to develop their coding skills ahead of our autumn and summer competitions. We can already see the difference the technology has made to our speed and collaboration when developing a more complex code.”

One of the young Year 6 recipients said: "Our new MacBooks are fantastic! They have helped us to develop our coding skills further and work together on new coding techniques.”

Craig Pratt, regional sales director at CMYK, added: “We are extremely privileged to be playing a part in this initiative and assisting Opencast with its donation of MacBooks to Portobello Primary School.

“After meeting Conor, Callum and the pupils at Portobello, you can clearly see their enthusiasm towards STEM programmes and how they embrace the opportunities these projects can unlock for the pupils. The impact these tech donations is having on schools and their pupils is remarkable.

“Seeing first-hand the schools’ aspirations in embracing STEM and robotics projects makes these donations all the more rewarding, and the possibilities this is creating for our next generation of tech champions is wonderful.”

Photos by Simon Williams at Crest Photography.