Year 11 Learners Engage in the WJEC Level 2 Award in Semiconductors Qualification

Bassaleg School is the first school in the UK to offer this exciting qualification to learners. We are hugely grateful to our Chair Of Governors, Andrew Evans, the Director of KLA, who made this opportunity possible.  KLA is a Newport based semiconductor manufacturing company. CSConnected funded the project in Bassaleg School and we are grateful to both them and Iungo Solutions who delivered the workshops to our learners. The course was an exciting collaboration between our school and local industries to educate our learners and support the development of the future workforce in this world-leading semiconductor industry.   Bassaleg school were fortunate enough to be nominated for a South Wales Community Award for STEM project of the year, and were delighted to receive the award.

On Tuesday the 13th of October we interviewed some students who have been participating in the new semi-conductor course. We asked a variety of questions about the qualification and what they had learned. When asked about a future career in semiconductors Evan said that he would like to go into an industry “which would link to semiconductors”.  Some students were asked if they were aware of South Wales’ semiconductor industry before the course. One student, Dan said “ I was very surprised when I got told that a lot of semi conductors were made around here”. Another student, Gethin, said that “The technology I use, I’ve realised what actually goes into it. For me, with guitar playing, I’ve realised more about the electronics side of it”

We are very much looking forward to visiting KLA in December to see and experience all that we have learned in practice in a real life setting and to learn more about how semiconductors impact our lives.  Come back in December to learn more about our visit.