Sunday 8th October 2017 will see Salford and Manchester Weekend Code Club tackle Astro Pi: Mission Zero. The club will give attendees the opportunity to write a program in Python that will display a message and take the temperature, and potentially even have their code sent to the International Space Station! Full guidelines on Mission … Continue reading Astro Pi @ Salford and Manchester Weekend Code Club
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One Hour
One hour. Originally I thought that it would be hard to keep a young person interested in coding for that amount of time each week after a day in school. After another successful Code Club lesson I have come to realise that one hour flies by way too fast. Children learning to move sprites, changing … Continue reading One Hour
Code Club – Lesson 2
It is amazing how fast a week flows by when you have something fun to look forward to. After spending the week applying for Code Club end of year packs, reading up on/applying for Picademy and reading/preparing for lesson 2, it was soon time our Code Club's 2nd lesson. My fears from the initial set-up/week … Continue reading Code Club – Lesson 2
Code Club – Lesson 1
15:20. Ten minutes until the end of school and the beginning of our first code club. I sit anxiously in the school's reception area. Am I sure that I can do this? What if turn out is poor? 15:30. The school bell rings. I hear the excitement and chatter of children arriving for Code Club. … Continue reading Code Club – Lesson 1
Code Club – Beginnings
Working in IT I have a keen interest in all things computer related including the various languages that programs can be written in. I remember spending time on a VTech computer playing with BASIC and being amazed at typing: 10 print "Hello" Run And then seeing the LCD screen display the word Hello. Later I … Continue reading Code Club – Beginnings
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