Fun on the laptops 25/5/15
Pretty much every Monday the class has a session on the school laptops. For the first two terms we primarily used our sessions for maths games and also geography and science research.
For the last term the girls are learning to code. Unsurprisingly they have embraced this with their usual enthusiasm. Learning to code is apart from being great fun is an excellent way of developing problem solving and higher order thinking skills.
All of the girls have made amazing progress already. Every week sees a new challenge as they try to navigate through 20 levels in one session to obtain a certificate at the end.
Almost half the class (13) have completed the first level of coding and their certificates are below:
For the last term the girls are learning to code. Unsurprisingly they have embraced this with their usual enthusiasm. Learning to code is apart from being great fun is an excellent way of developing problem solving and higher order thinking skills.
All of the girls have made amazing progress already. Every week sees a new challenge as they try to navigate through 20 levels in one session to obtain a certificate at the end.
Almost half the class (13) have completed the first level of coding and their certificates are below:
Five of the class have even managed to complete the second level. Here are their certificates: