As a school we took part in the Hour of Code. Mr Leake introduced this worldwide scheme during the Monday assembly and the children were excited to see when they were going to complete the hour. Each class teacher booked out the ipads and also used their class computers, with the link for the coding website available to all. Some worked in pairs and some worked individually. Some completed their tasks in full and others progressed as far as they could. Each child was able to experience programming which is a vital element of computer science, one component of the new curriculum. Many children have said that they will use the link to access the Hour of Code at home. Why not have a go yourself amd visit the Learn Code website.
Quotes From The Children:
“I was so happy I could get to the very end” Robert, year 4
“I really enjoyed the Hour of Code because it helped me learn how to be a programmer. When I am older I might be a computer programmer, programming robots!” Ellie, year 4
“It’s fun to use technology and I want to do coding more in the future because now I’m more confident with it” Joe, year 4
“I’ve reached level 8 on angry birds!” Charlie, year 2
“I helped Elsa to make a lovely snowflake on the screen” Demi, year 2
“We worked together on the frozen game. We reached level 8. You could make shapes that appeared on the screen. They looked cool. We made a wrong shape but then we had to fix it. This was on level 6. We figured it out together. ” Marshall and Lori-Lee, year 3
“I was playing the flappy bird one. I found it hard at first but then I got the hang of it. It made me feel proud to get the certificate at the end. I want to code more in the future. I’ve already been on the link at home…twice!” Marcus, year 5
“it was a great experience to have a go at coding. I found the flappy birds one easy. My favourite one was the creating app. I moved my characters around the screen and at the end I chose the goblin and witch…there was even a fireball!” Abigail, year 5
“The Hour Of Code I think was a lot of fun for a lot of people, we learned about how to code games and it helped us find a lot about how the games we always play on at home were made and coded. I think this was aimed at people who like games and want to make their own games but don’t know how. Children all over the country and even in different countries played/used Code.org up to now, 69,189,003 people have used the hour of code! Every game/social media in the world have been coded and made through simple commands” Tadashi, year 6
“I enjoyed the hour of code, and I think everyone in the school or the world would agree. Children at a young age usually enjoy playing on games, so it is a good impression of code.org to let children from a young age learn how to. Every game in the world that has ever or will exist has been coded, so learning from a young age may make games of the future even better than the amazing games that are available now, such as Minecraft, Terraria and the Simpsons tapped out” Jack, year 6
