ICT Student Council Group teach Tautoru students to use Scratch

Our Student Council, ICT group have been teaching students in Tautoru how to use Scratch. Scratch is an online tool for students to code their own games and stories. Our students have been learning to work collaboratively. 

Clean Our Ocean Scratch Interface Competition: Message from the ICT Student Council

DEADLINE: End of Term 2

You need to make a game. The theme is ‘Clean Our Ocean’. The aim is to program the diver character to save the fish by collecting the rubbish.

What you need to do:

1. You need to set up a Scratch account to compete in this competition. Ask an adult at home to help you set up an account.
2. Download a template below and add it to your Scratch Account:

Year 3, 4 and 5: Clean Our Ocean Beginner 1.sb2

Year 6: Clean Our Ocean Intermediate 1.sb2

3. Make a game

Now it’s up to you to determine exactly how it works. You have to code the parts to the game, for example:

• You program the diver to move and collect the rubbish (it disappears when touched)
• You program the rubbish to move and catch the fish (the fish disappeared when touched by rubbish)

4. Add some surprises and challenges to the playing of your game, like a title page and instructions, new elements and actions, or different levels.

Send finished entries to Nicola nstevenson@worserbay.school.nz

Here is an example by Thomas J: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/161906126/#editor

Win a Ranger Drone with HD Camera

And the challenge is not the only reward. The winning entry in each category will receive a Ranger Drone with HD Camera for their classroom.

By the ICT Student Council Group

(Thomas, Hunter R, Alex B, Ridley, Jupiter, Alex G)

Coding Experts

Some children in Matariki and Mahutonga have been becoming coding experts so that they can teach others how to use Scratch. 

They can: 

Move the sprite up, down, left, right

Move the sprite using degrees

Add more sprites

Stop sprites from moving over the edge

Program sprites to talk to each other

... And much more!

Coding at WBS from Matariki on Vimeo.

Coding Craze

Today we did coding it was lots of fun. Coding is what makes it possible for us to create computer software, apps and websites. 

We used Hour of Code to learn how coding works. You have to put blocks together so that objects on the screen move.

We will be learning how to use Scratch and make our own games.

Coding from Nicola Stevenson on Vimeo.

Jack and Louis made this using Scratch Press the spacebar to see what happens...