Different levels of experience So here we are at the start of 2019, and our grade 5/6 code club is now made up of :
last year’s grade 5 kids that previously completed the majority of Code Club Python modules 1 and 2 this year’s grade 5 kids and any grade 6 kids that weren’t at code club last year Volunteers/teachers/parents/old students As we were recruiting volunteers over the last holiday period, we now have a crew that consists of, teachers, volunteers referred from Code Club Australia, parents, and code club alumni, (older kids).
Last year, we set about working out how we could cater for grades 3 and 4 (ages 8-10 years) with a code club running on a separate day to our grades 5 and 6 club. A few of us were keen to have volunteers, both from a cost perspective, and the value from having keen volunteers that want to make a difference. This also gives us the option to allow parents to use the money that would have been spent on a paid code club, for hardware that kids can take home, similar to an incursion.
As you might already know, we dived into Python after a couple of small groups did pretty well towards the end of last year - when we played with a Raspberry Pi SenseHAT, some RGB LEDs, and developed a micro:bit-powered plant monitor. The plant monitor proudly sat in the school office for the rest of the year, and later evolved into a self-watering plant on Kid Inventor day. This year was spent making our way through Code Club’s Python modules 1 and 2, and more!
