mcafee - bletchley park trust 'design a cyber superhero' competition finalists
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To coincide with the opening of the new cyber security exhibition at Bletchley Park, McAfee and Bletchley Park Trust invited schools to participate in a competition, asking children from aged 8–11 to create a superhero mascot to represent the Bletchley Park–McAfee partnership. The competition received over 500 entries – here are the wonderfully imaginative creations of our top 15 finalists, including the winner ‘Super Safe Cyber Sally’ who was heralded the ultimate next-generation superhero who will protect the online world from cybercrime.TRANSCRIPT
• July 2014
McAfee – Bletchley Park Trust ‘Design a Cyber Superhero’ competition winners
The McAfee and Bletchley Park Trust partnership
In October 2013, McAfee announced a major five-year partnership with the Bletchley Park Trust, whose mission is to preserve and develop the home of Britain's pioneering World War Two Codebreakers.
In June 2014, McAfee and Bletchley Park Trust unveiled the International Cyber Security Exhibition and Computer Learning Zone, located within the new Bletchley Park Visitor Centre in Block C. This
collaboration brings together two organisations highly committed to keeping people of all ages safe online.
At the new site, children and adults will be able to learn how the breathtaking achievements of the WW2 Codebreakers are relevant in today's war against cyber threats.
The ‘Design a Cyber Superhero’ competition
To coincide with the opening of the new site and cyber security exhibition at Bletchley Park, McAfee and Bletchley Park Trust invited schools to participate by asking children from aged 8–11 to create a superhero
mascot to represent the Bletchley Park–McAfee partnership.
The competition received over 500 entries – here are the wonderfully imaginative creations of our top 15 finalists, including the winner ‘Super Safe Cyber Sally’ who was heralded the ultimate next-generation
superhero who will protect the online world from cybercrime.
Pope Paul Primary School
Entrant: Sophie
Super hero: Com-Kid
Super powers: glasses that turn
all written dangers into
anagrams so you can’t read them; buzzer that goes off every time an online danger is
senses
Pope Paul Primary School
Entrant: Shayan
Superhero: Cyber Man
Super powers: blocks dangerous websites; side kick Super Pooch bites
viruses
Gayton Junior School
Entrant: Divjot
Superhero: Cyber Lightning Strike
Super powers: can sense danger on her radio; flies quicker than a swirling storm; a whiz kid that loves computers
Gayton Junior School
Entrant: Holly
Superhero: Cybershade
Super powers: a web protector that is strict with cyberbullies; can suck cyberbullying from computers with scanner on her hand
Gayton Junior School
Superhero: Justice
Super powers: zaps computers that are being hacked; reverses viruses; deletes rude videos
North Heath Primary School
Entrant: Francesca and Mark
Superhero: Roary
Super powers: a powerful roar that scares away viruses; McAfee badge blocks trolls from getting your personal information
North Heath Primary SchoolEntrants: Beth and Tara
Superhero: Firewall Phill
Super powers: virus-stopping bike helmet; fast-typing fingers; firewall-producing epic shoes!
North Heath Primary School
Entrant: George
Superhero: The Hacker Attacker
Super powers: electric boots to run quickly through the wires; a shield to block hackers; binary cape to decode dodgy websites
Our second place winner!
St Gregory's Catholic PrimaryEntrant: Sophia
Superhero: KYSO (Keep You Safe Online)
Super powers: Red laser beam to block viruses; radar to spot cyber bullying; invisibility to secretly watch children and keep them safe online
Little Paxton Primary
Entrant: Kirstyn
Superhero: Super Safe Cyber Sally
Super powers: special glasses to see every computer in the world; bow with bubble machine to float mean messages away; belt to detect problems
Our first place winner!
Little Paxton PrimaryEntrant: Hannah
Superhero: Bletchy The Brilliant
Super powers: kills viruses with his magical computer; transforms cyber bullies into kind people
Potters Gate C of EEntrants: Kiran and Joe
Superhero: Cyber Sam
Super powers: super sonic ears to hear aggressive language; USB to show the police what’s happened online; Sam’s pet Rex is super suspicious on the web and helps him track down the bad guys
St Mary’s C of E School
Entrant: Cameron
Superhero: Captain Enigma Cybersafe
Super powers: Superhero suit; gives children the power to stay safe online
Our third place winner!
Online blog submissionCould that hero be McCyber!? Madam’s masterpiece meets E’s theories to form their character who I’m told started on the wrong side of the battle. Having been a caught hacking he knows how to think like the bad guys. He doesn’t need any weapons as he has spent so much time online he now has a smart chip embedded in his brain. His huge hands are due to all the muscles he’s built up in his fingers spending so much time speed typing. We think he’s the bad turned good guy for McAfee’s mission.
Entrants: Madam and E (children of blogger who writes for Family Four Fun)
Superhero: McCyber
Super powers: micro chip embedded in brain to make him smart; huge hands from speed typing and tracking down bad guys
Roberts Primary School
Entrants: Ben Williams and Pharrell Edwards
Superhero: Cyber Man
Super powers: if you press the button on his back, it locks up all of the hackers’ bad stuff; super strength; super flight; speed
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