Tag Archives: coding

Web-based intro to ScratchJr

Posted on May 1, 2018 by blogmywiki

It’s been bugging me for a while that there’s no web-based intro to ScratchJr, MIT’s awesome version of Scratch for younger children. And ScratchJr only runs on tablets. I made some simple block-coding activities like this turtle drawing game and … Continue reading →

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Coding in Year 1 with Scratch

Posted on January 21, 2018 by blogmywiki

Since September I’ve been teaching ICT and Computing solely in a primary school, having spent two hectic but enjoyable years teaching from KS2 to KS4 in a girls’ school in London. I’m re-writing a curriculum that has much more focus … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Code Academy by Sean McManus

Posted on November 3, 2017 by blogmywiki

Code Academy by Sean McManus, illustrated by Rosan Magar. Ivy Kids / Quarto Publishing, £9.99 This is an intriguing new book to introduce coding to children – there’s no guided age on the back but I think it should appeal … Continue reading →

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Python activity – recreate Matisse’s Snail

Posted on February 22, 2016 by blogmywiki

  Here’s a fun lesson with Python Turtle graphics I did with my Year 7s. They had done some Python before – mainly stuff with loops, making and breaking Caesar cyphers, but I think it’s fair to say that they … Continue reading →

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A combined WW2 history, binary maths, computing, code-breaking lesson

Posted on June 23, 2014 by blogmywiki

I used the 70th anniversary of D-Day as a starting point for an investigation into binary arithmetic, code breaking, computer error correction, and computer programming. I began by showing children pictures of soldiers about to land in Normandy, a German … Continue reading →

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