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More pics of S1 presenting their country research to the class. This time 1T. Good job!

More pics of this morning's S1 country presentations. We particularly enjoyed the deep fried oreos, butter beer and marshmallows from 1Qs Florida group. Well done everyone!

Well Done class 1V on your country presentations on Wednesday! We particularly liked Japan's free sushi samples and the Australian fairy bread. Yum!

To all N5 and Higher Administration and IT students - Mr Morrison and Mrs Benedetti are available all morning for any last minute revision questions you may have. Just pop in any time before your exam. Wishing everyone the best of luck!

Cyber Security Helpful Hint No4: Use a good, modern browser. Different browsers are considered more effective at protecting their users’ privacy than others. Popular browsers such as Firefox and Chrome regularly receive very positive security reviews.

Wishing all our N5/Higher Administration and IT students the very best of luck for their exam tomorrow! Go on and SMASH IT!!

Cyber Security Helpful Hint No3: Use an antivirus that offers frequent updates. Modern antivirus programs look for malware in several different ways, and can help prevent virus infections on your computer, or clean them up should your computer become infected.

Quick reminder to all N5 and Higher Administration & IT students that there will be a Masterclass this afternoon 12.25 - 3.40pm. N5 with Mrs Benedetti and Higher with Mr Morrison. Hope to see you all there.

Cyber Security Helpful Hint No2: Use the ‘Firewall’ feature of any device you use. Firewalls act as sort of guards between your device and the outside world, only allowing specific types of network traffic through to protect your computer systems.

Know what software you have and use. If you don’t use a piece of software, uninstall it. You should also update your software. Often, software is found to have a weakness, and then that weakness is fixed through software updates. Make sure the ‘auto-update’ feature is switched on

A large part of managing your personal cyber risk is about what you do as a person, and the steps you take to minimise your risk by implementing simple interventions, and following lower risk behaviours. This week we will be publishing some handy general advice.

Cybersecurity is one of modern life’s buzzwords. We’re warned of car alarms that can be hacked, bank-card skimming, phishing and spam emails, and creepy internet connected children’s toys that can be hijacked remotely. What people really want is to reduce their cyber risk.

Congratulations Nathan!

Monday 22nd April sees the launch of Cyber Scotland week, a joint initiative between ScotlandIS and the Scottish Government. We will be issuing some handy advice daily on how to be more cyber resilient, as well as other activities in class. So look out!

Thanks to @ged_freel and the staff from @AyrshireColl for a very informative and interesting day yesterday. I'm sure you'll see some of these faces again in the future.

A massive thank you to @ged_freel from @AyrshireColl for a very informative presentation to our senior Business and Computing students about potential progression routes into future careers. Great to see the students engaged in finding out where their current studies might lead.

We are excited to announce that this year our students will be taking part in several local and national competitions. These include: The @SirTomHunter Challenge, @YesEastAyrshire (company programme) Challenge, BAFTA Young Games Designer and Cyber Centurion contest.

A massive thank you to Alexa from @ScottishEvents for a fantastic presentation and workshop delivered to our Higher Business Management students yesterday. Valuable experience gained and lots of fun had!