Portpatrick Primary opened its doors to family and friends this afternoon to share our learning on digital technologies and coding as part of Digital Coding Week.
There were many activities for everyone to participate in.
P1-3 were set the challenge of programming a code-n-go mouse to navigate a large scale map of Portpatrick village. Everyone had to estimate and try step quantity and direction to reach landmark destinations the children had reproduced on the map.
P4-7 practiced and shared their skills on digital coding, using the free online courses available on www.code.org (select projects tab). These are available to explore further at home. The pupils are signed up for differentiated levels of challenge.
They also continued with their musical composition using Soundtrap; sharing and collaborating on making tracks.
The pupils practiced their keyboard skills by using www.dancemattypying.com. (This is also available online at home).
Throughout the range of activities, the children were applying their computational higher order thinking skills of:
- tinkering
- collaborating
- using logic
- creating algorithms
- perseverance
- debugging
Digital technologies and computational thinking are at the forefront of the skills demand for the future world of work that our pupils will be entering. We are committed to helping our children prepare for the challenges and opportunities that are ahead of them. By embedding digital technologies within our curriculum, we hope to support them in this goal.
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