*New* Programming 1: Further coding with Scratch

Creating a simple script in Scratch, using decomposition and understanding what variables are.

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This unit contains new lessons, teacher skills videos and pupil videos to help support confident coding in the classroom for both staff and pupils. The Archived unit: Programming 1: Further coding with Scratch will no longer be updated.

 

Scratch is a project of the Scratch Foundation, in collaboration with the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. It is available for free at https://scratch.mit.edu.

Unit outcomes

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

  • Understand how to create a simple script in Scratch.
  • Add or change a sprite and prevent it from rotating.
  • Use decomposition to identify key features and understand how to decipher actions that make the quiz game work.
  • Understand what a variable is and how to use the ‘say’ and ‘ask’ blocks.
  • Create a variable and be able to use a variable to record a score.
  • Understand what a variable is and how it works within a program.

Suggested prior learning

Archived unit: Programming: Scratch (ARCHIVED)

If your school does not have access to Google, there is also a Microsoft version of this unit.

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Pupil video: It's a Scratch rap

Use our rap to help children remember key coding terms and concepts.

Teacher video: Introduction to Scratch

A beginner's guide to Scratch, a block coding platform that makes learning to code easy.
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Teacher coding skills videos

A comprehensive range of coding skills videos which explain and demonstrate key coding concepts. These videos are designed to both guide and support teachers who find the programming component of the computing curriculum challenging, whilst also acting as a refresher for those more confident in their subject knowledge.
What is coding?
Coding blocks
Algorithms
Repetition and loops
Variables
Debugging
Computational thinking
Computing vocabulary
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Lessons

Lesson 1: Scratch reminder

  • To recall the key features of Scratch.
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Lesson 2: Identifying what code does

  • To understand how a Scratch game works by using decomposition to identify key features.
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Lesson 3: Introduction to variables

  • To recognise what a variable is.
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Lesson 4: Making a variable

  • To understand how to make a variable in Scratch.
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Lesson 5: Times tables project

  • To create a quiz using variables.
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Key skills

  • Using decomposition to solve
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Key knowledge

To know:

  • That a variable
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Key vocabulary

code block

conditional statement

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Cross-curricular opportunities

Maths: 2-D grids, coordinates and translations. Multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 tables.

English: Spoken Language – speculating, hypothesising, imagining and exploring ideas.

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Programming 1: Music

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