In October 2023, we set Falkirk schools a new challenge task for Halloween – to join our live Scratch code-along to create a Halloween game on their Connected Falkirk devices. Find out more about the live lesson and the fangtastic results below.
The Challenge
Join @Miss_McKechnie next Monday for our first Connected Falkirk Code-Along!🗓️🥳
Treat your class to a spook-tacular live session where they'll code a fun Halloween-themed game in Scratch🎃
Spaces are limited so sign-up fast using the link below👇
🔗https://t.co/QTSvYQsfGK pic.twitter.com/THbdTN11vB— Connected Falkirk (@ConnectedFalk) October 23, 2023
Want to catch up? Watch a recorded version of our code-along below
The Result
What a FANG-tastic turnout we had for our creeeeepy code-along with @Miss_McKechnie
I’m really looking forward to seeing where the 1000+ pupils we trained today take their @connectedfalk digital learning to next! https://t.co/Bv14mgNiFR
— Stuart Lennie (@IsITswitchedon) October 30, 2023
Celebrating Success – Twitter/X Posts
Happy Halloween from P6S! 🎃👻
Today we coded our own Halloween games with @ConnectedFalk code-along. 👾👩🏾💻
We also plotted coordinates to discover a spooky picture 🕵🏽 pic.twitter.com/oLiMhIaq8w
— Miss Steele & P6S (@MissSteele_HPS) October 31, 2023
Code and example from our games we made with @ConnectedFalk yesterday. pic.twitter.com/RPr3QyrtIg
— MPS Primary 5 (@MPSPrimary5) October 31, 2023
P7 followed the Halloween 🎃 lesson set by connected Falkirk. We really enjoyed the coding season to create our Halloween game. @ConnectedFalk @stjosephsps #article28 #article29 #article31 pic.twitter.com/pfCqjRwlko
— Mrs Dennis (@MrsDennisStJoes) October 31, 2023
Thank you to @ConnectedFalk for the live coding lesson yesterday!! P7 enjoyed coding their very own Halloween game! 🎃🦇🍎 pic.twitter.com/MU47PMiJX5
— Miss Smith & P7Q (@misssmithteachh) October 31, 2023
We loved our Halloween Coding session! We learned how to code through Scratch and created our own Halloween game. Thank you @ConnectedFalk 😁🎃👻 pic.twitter.com/8UlSJmUlad
— P6Dunipace (@MissStewart24) October 31, 2023
🍂 Today was an Autumnal themed day! We started our day with enjoying a coding session with @Miss_McKechnie @ConnectedFalk. We the started our Autumn themed art lesson by creating patterns using marbles and black paint. pic.twitter.com/ZZdchrxN3I
— MrsMcDavid (@MrsMcDavidVPS) October 30, 2023
This morning we took part in the @ConnectedFalk Halloween coding session. We created algorithms and coded our own games. What a fantastic session! 🎃👻 pic.twitter.com/IhEoSANas2
— P6 & Miss Miller (@Laurieston_P6) October 30, 2023
We loved joining Halloween coding sessions this morning! We enjoyed developing our own games! Thank you @ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/MXWfZlbwmW
— P5, Mrs Smith & Mrs Liddle (@LauriestonP5) October 30, 2023
Thank you @ConnectedFalk We had lots of fun creating our Halloween games using @scratch . pic.twitter.com/bHFHSY0S77
— Mrs McKay (@MrsMcKayDigital) October 30, 2023
P.7 loved joining Halloween coding sessions this morning! We had some fun after by developing our own games and some pupils had the suggestions of developing games for our buddies to play as well as teaching other classes how to do what they learned today. @ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/BwP6SpVB3S
— Miss Anderson & P7 (@Slam_P7) October 30, 2023
Monday morning fun with @ConnectedFalk . Primary 7 participated in a Halloween online coding session. We used the @scratch app to design our own Halloween games. There were many interesting designs and ideas. 👻👾🎃 pic.twitter.com/9blx2UulYa
— P7 Dunipace (@_MissMcKechnie_) October 30, 2023
Halloween 🎃 code along with @ConnectedFalk this morning. We had great fun creating our own games using @scratch pic.twitter.com/bpgqzyJQrr
— MPS Primary 5 (@MPSPrimary5) October 30, 2023
🎃 CODE-ALONG 🎃
We had the pleasure of joining a code-along session with @ConnectedFalk today and created our own games using Scratch. I was very impressed with the coding skills and we had a very easy time following along with Lauren 👏🏽📲 pic.twitter.com/cZEc5vHqlz
— Miss Abimbola and P6A (@KPS_Primary6A) October 30, 2023
Here we are, all set to join in with @ConnectedFalk’s Hallowe’en Code-a-long! We learned how to create our own game by writing and debugging an algorithm! All pupils were so engaged and confident – well done! pic.twitter.com/XLCHOmW8WQ
— KPS_Primary6C (@KPS_Primary6C) October 30, 2023
We took part in the @ConnectedFalk Halloween 🎃 coding session this morning! We designed and created our own Halloween 👻 game. They were so much fun to play after we did the hard work of creating them. #Coding #Scratch #Halloween #Fun #P7Team 😊 pic.twitter.com/uTtSqoWM8G
— DeanburnPS P7M (@DeanburnPS_P7M) October 30, 2023
We enjoyed a live code along lesson with @ConnectedFalk It had a very spooky 👻 theme! pic.twitter.com/GhFJ1Ia5Pv
— mrsgentlescps (@mrsgentlescps) October 30, 2023
Making crazy character algorithms and games during our Connected Falkirk Live Scratch Code-Along challenge with @ConnectedFalk @BowhousePS pic.twitter.com/EYVeIJp2UH
— Primary 7M & Mrs Marsh (@Bowhouse_P7M) October 30, 2023
Halloween code along this morning with @ConnectedFalk We created our own Halloween game. Very impressed with the coding skills in P6H 👏💻👾 pic.twitter.com/vk06wGJAXl
— Miss Heeps CPS (@missheepscps) October 30, 2023
We enjoyed taking part in the @ConnectedFalk code along this morning. We’re looking forward to tinkering with our code this afternoon to finish off our games @MpsStem @STEMLearningUK pic.twitter.com/mq51f0XpCa
— MPS-Primary6 (@MPS_Primary6) October 30, 2023
What a great coding session we had this morning, now we are looking forward to some tinker time to improve our game. 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 @ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/xe1ZCHIHm2
— MrsHepburnCPS (@CpsHepburn) October 30, 2023
Fun Halloween Coding this morning, thank you Connected Falkirk. 💀👻🎃@ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/95Q7urxS9X
— @MrsMcGeeCPS (@MrsMcGee__) October 30, 2023
This morning we headed to @P1B_Laurieston to test out our algorithms on the little ones. They created some very interesting monsters! We then gave them a chance to play our games coded during the @ConnectedFalk session. It was lovely to see P6 taking a lead on the learning. 🦇🎃 pic.twitter.com/Gl716xXr6Z
— P6 & Miss Miller (@Laurieston_P6) November 1, 2023
Today we made a start on the @ConnectedFalk Halloween code along today. We learned a new word relating to ICT – “algorithm”. We used instructions to work on the idea of an algorithm. We are going to continue this next week as we really enjoyed it so far! #stfxdigi pic.twitter.com/kKQ1tspLfg
— StFrancisP5 (@stfrancisp5) November 3, 2023
📱 We tried our hand at coding this week with the help of Lauren at @ConnectedFalk 📱
📱 We loved expanding our knowledge of Scratch and enjoyed “tinkering” with our projects to make them more complex📱
Thank you so much for a fantastic live lesson. 👍🏼 pic.twitter.com/FaGhpC22zV
— Miss Lesko 🩰 (@missjlesko) November 3, 2023
We followed along with @ConnectedFalk Halloween Algorithm lesson last week and we learned the importance of being precise when giving instructions (algorithms) for others to follow. 😊 pic.twitter.com/xK2qtlFo9k
— Primary 7M & Mrs Morrison (@WPSP7M) November 6, 2023
More Halloween fun with @ConnectedFalk this time coding with Scratch. We created spooky backdrops then had Halloween characters chase / catch different items. We definitely had to do some ‘debugging’ along the way. pic.twitter.com/RUVIqC48k8
— Primary 7M & Mrs Morrison (@WPSP7M) November 6, 2023
Some more coded creations on Scratch. @ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/bEFD1yUtn6
— Primary 7M & Mrs Morrison (@WPSP7M) November 6, 2023
