Computer Science Education Week & HOUR OF CODE 2015

Hour of Code

This week, for Computer Science Education Week, we are having great fun learning how to 'code' in our Computer Class.

'Coding' or Computer programming is like giving your computer step by step instructions and telling it what to do. When you do this you can create a game, make an animation, a story and much more.

The people at CODE.ORG have organised a worldwide event known as the 'Hour of Code'. Last year over 100 million students worldwide tried coding in one week.  This year, the focus is on getting more girls coding too. We has so much fun last year, we said we'd join in again.  After all, in this technological world that is ever advancing, computer programming is becoming a life skill. ​​

Anybody can code

CODE.ORG have developed lots of fun, enjoyable and easy to follow tutorials on their website for beginners to start coding. Celebrities and people in power are endorsing that more schools should teach children how to code and we are quickly seeing the benefits as our problem solving, mathematical and logical skills increase as we figure out how to programme our games and animations. We often work with a partner for coding so we can figure it out together too.

Check out our school Computer Blog to see what activities are suitable for different age groups or go to code.org/learn and choose a suitable coding activity yourself.  Some firm favourites in class so far have been the Minecraft, Star Wars, Candy Quest, Frozen and Angry Bird tutorials.