Today P5-7 took part in a live Coding Session and got their first experience using the Microbit! A Microbit is a small pocket sized computer developed by the BBC, it has a number of amazing tiny outputs all over it which can be coded on a computer through online software to do different tasks or a variety of different things altogether! 

It has lights on the front to spell out words or show pictures, a small speaker on the back, a thermometer, a light sensor, a compass and finally an emotion sensor! (You would have to see it to believe it that the lovely developers of this handy little tool have actually managed to pack this much into something that can fit in the palm of your hand!?)

We coded little Emoji faces which responded to different button inputs on the front to either put a sad face or a happy face. The pupils picked his up in no time and by the end were having a ball experimenting with building their own codes and transferring them onto the gadget! 

Micro:Bit gets the thumbs up from Kirkcolm!