Digital School of Distinction
Irish Computer Society Annual SCRATCH Competition
The pupils in 4th 5th and 6th class participated in the ICS SCRATCH coding competition. During school and by some evening classes via zoom the pupils learned how to code using the coding language SCRATCH. They worked individually or in pairs creating projects of their choice.
Below you can see a sample of their work.
Static Electricity by Emily Laffin and Aoife Creaven 4th class
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/965556949
EU Code Week
The pupils of 4th, 5th and 6th classes participated in EU Code week 2023. The pupils created 2D Shapes using Scratch. They all successfully drew squares, rectangles, hexagons, octagons and circles!. They then were given a challege to draw the Olympic flag. Well done to Caoimhe and Maria who were the first to complete the task.
October 2023
Coding Club
Each year the pupils from 1st class to 6th class are taught how to code using the language SCRATCH by Mrs Kelleher.
1st and 2nd class pupils learn how to create characters make them walk and talk.
3rd and 4th class learn how to change the backgrounds, broadcast, timing, and create games such as Ping Pong and a Maze.
5th and 6th class progress to creating variables and keeping scores in games. They also integrate their SCRATCH projects with the Maths Strand 'Shape and Space'.
Power Point Presentations
Pupils in 5th and 6th class present their History and Geography projects using Power Point.