Pupils at Hillcroft Primary School were given a glimpse of their
educational future earlier this month when they joined millions of other school children across the world in taking part in an international computer event called the Hour of Code. Every child at the school, from Nursery through to Year Six, was given the chance to explore the world of writing computer coding by spending an hour working on an iPad or a Chromebook. The worldwide event, supported in Britain by organisations such as Google, Microsoft and the Department of Education, is to introduce children to the basics of a skill which is likely to play a significant role in their education in the years to come. To make it fun, however, they were given the opportunity to discover how to animate popular characters such as Angry Birds or Frozen. “This is something that the children really respond to, which is also of huge educational impact,” said executive head teacher Stephanie Scutter. “As they grow older, coding is going to become an ever-more vital tool in their future education and employment, so this is a great way to introduce it in an enjoyable way, whilst also teaching them an essential lesson. It’s also something that parents can get involved with at home, on home PCs and tablets, as there are so many coding apps available, so what starts out as a lesson in the classroom could end up having a far more wide-reaching result for the whole family.”
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