Course: Teaching Programming in Primary Schools

This video shows how you can use selection to make a program that classifies animals, as you’ve just seen in the demo. You’ll see Katharine make the program identify three …

In this video, you’ll learn how to use selection to make a quiz.

So far, the programs you’ve written have performed exactly the same task each time they are run. Selection involves your program asking a yes/no question, and using the answer to …

In this video you’ll learn how to create the personalised story seen in the previous example, by using variables to store data input by the user.

A variable is a piece of data stored in a computer’s memory. Each variable is given a name, so that the stored data can be accessed and changed later. The …

In this video you’ll learn how to use repetition to create the first half of the song Frère Jacques in Scratch. You’ll then be able to use what you’ve learnt …

In this section, you’ll learn how to use repetition to draw simple shapes as well as more complex patterns. This video shows how this can be done in Scratch, and …

This video highlights ways to interact with the Scratch community. There are further instructions on creating Scratch accounts for your learners on the Code Club projects site. Remember that learners …

Computers can help us with a wide range of problems, but in order for this to happen, we need to undertake a 2-step process: Formulate the precise sequence of steps …

It is important for children to learn programming, so that they can be active producers rather than just passive consumers of technology. Children can use technology to shape their world …

Before you begin, we’d like to introduce the Raspberry Pi Educators for this course. They will be around throughout the course to offer support and guidance. Rik Cross Rik is …