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Dice maths investigation using Scratch

Posted on February 11, 2017 by blogmywiki

This week I did a maths investigation I recall doing myself when I was at primary school – and that was a long time ago! It’s the one where you find out which total scores, if any, are more likely … Continue reading →

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Scratch advent calendar projects

Posted on November 22, 2016 by blogmywiki

Here’s a Christmas-themed Scratch project that I am going to do with my Year 7s. We’re going to make advent calendars. It can be differentiated several ways: First project is a simple calendar where you click on a numbered door … Continue reading →

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Happy Scratch Day!

Posted on May 14, 2016 by blogmywiki

UPDATED for 2017! To mark Scratch Day, here are some teaching resources I made – mostly, but not all, to do with ICT / Computing: Binary Numbers Quiz – binary to denary Binary Numbers Quiz – denary to binary Hexadecimal … Continue reading →

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Python & Scratch Bubble sorts for KS3

Posted on October 26, 2015 by blogmywiki

Here’s a bubble sort I knocked up to help teach bubble sorts in Year 9. Before we get to this point we will have looked at Hungarian folk-dancing bubble sorts, done a bubble sort ourselves in class with human numbers … Continue reading →

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Scratch vs Python

Posted on October 22, 2015 by blogmywiki

Which is better for teaching coding in KS3: Scratch or Python? There’s only one way to find out! But seriously… I love Scratch. I think it’s a great tool for getting children interested in computing, and I do think there’s … Continue reading →

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