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Code Club Day - projects for each year group:

https://scratch.mit.edu/

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Year 3

Intro Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTkoei6-uGU (1mins)

Project: https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/jazzy-jumpers

Starter: http://jumpto.cc/jazzy-go

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Year 4

Intro Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thbgMU5oo-U (2 mins)

Project: Scratch cat skiing - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/scratch-cat-goes-skiing

Starter: http://rpf.io/skiingon

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Year 5

Intro Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8qub6aPysM (3mins)

Project: Falling stars - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/cd-advanced-scratch-sushi

Starter: http://dojo.soy/advanced-scratch

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Year 6

Intro Video: https://youtu.be/mCq8-xTH7jA (5mins)

Project: Fart catcher - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/cd-sebento-scratch-3

Starter: http://dojo.soy/platform-starter

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Notes

Before

  • bring up this page for shortcuts
  • logon to class scratch account
  • had 6 volunteers for classes that ranged in size from 20 to 30.
  • one volunteer (me) stood at the front doing the intro/talking bits.
  • the organised with the school that we would be in one room and that the teachers would bring their class to us. In this kind of rota:
    • 9.45 – 10.40 – Year 3
    • 10.45 – 11.40 – Year 5
    • 11.45 – 12.40 – year 6
    • 13.45 – 14.40 – Year 4

At start

  • what is session about, computers, coding
  • Stickers for each student with their name on and volunteers too.
  • pen/sticker?
  • Video
  • Intros - who are we
  • get class to Logon to Scratch (username/password)
  • Start project on board... (how to save!)

At end

  • save work!
  • show an example of work done
  • all worked really hard, well done!
  • metal badge

All Raspberry Pi projects can be found here - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects

Lessons learned
  • had some tech issues at the start, only 15 laptops (not 30 for the full class), but also had 15 ipads.
  • had further tech issues in that the new Scratch did not work on the laptops through the school firewall/protections, but worked on iPads :)
  • had some issues with scaling/zooming on the iPads, making it tricky to find code blocks.
  • not sure the videos at the start helped. Probably better to jump right into after the intros.
  • Per project:
    • YR3/Jazzy Jumpers - think was quite tricky for them, would recommend a more basic project for students with little Scratch knowledge.
    • YR4/Scratch cat skiing - this was a little hard, but generally made progress. One gotcha was the script tells them to use left/right buttons. Worked around this by adding on screen buttons for left/right.
    • YR5/tried Falling Stars, but was tough going, little progress made - not a good choice for this group. It is a Coder Dojo project, which probably works better with an older group with more time.
    • YR6/switched to Flower Generator - some students made good progress, most got something basic working. Good result.

http://bit.ly/codeclubday

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