Coding Lessons for primary schools
Our coding lessons are specifically designed to teach coding in Irish primary schools, from 1st to 6th class.
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Start at the beginning
Coding lessons that introduce kids to coding and brings them through more and more advanced topics as they progress.
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Coding blocks
Our coding lessons use coding blocks, which are a visual programming language specifically designed for children to learn coding and create their own games, apps and interactive stories.
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Easy to follow
Each lesson comes with step by step instructions on how to create the project and each step comes with images or videos explaining what to do.
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Teacher view
For each lesson, teachers can view the finished solution as well as see additional notes explaining the lesson and the steps.
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Student view
Kids can view all the lessons using our super easy lesson.ie website. Teachers just give out the 4 character lesson code and the kids get instant access to the lesson. Lesson codes are also a great way to give more advanced students extra projects or even homework.
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Each lesson is graded and lists the topics covered & duration. Here's a sample of some of our coding lessons.
Higher or Lower
In this lesson we will create a "Higher or Lower" game where we'll use random numbers between 1 and 100 and guess if the next number will be higher or lower than the previous number.
Internet Safety
This lesson teaches students about the internet, what's good about it and it's risks. It gives students some rules for being safe online.
This is a teacher led lesson. You should use a large screen display to show the video and continue on with the other steps of the lesson.
Microbit Basics
This lesson introduces students to Microbits and explains what the are and how to program them. At the end of the lesson students will create their first Microbit program and send it to their Microbit.
Scratch Basics
This lesson introduces students to the Scratch programming language and the Scratch website that we use to create Scratch projects.
Note: In January 2019 Scratch 3.0 was released. This has an updated interface, additional sprites & backdrops and some additional functionality. The below video uses the older version of Scratch but will still give you a very good understanding of what it is and how it works.
Space Shooter
In this lesson we will control a spaceship with your mouse and shoot down balloons that randomly appear on the screen. We'll use variables to keep track of your score and how many lives you have left.
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Maze Game
In this game students program their character to navigate their way through a maze using the arrow keys on their keyboard.
Autonomous Car (part 2)
In part 2 of this lesson, we will add people that randomly walk around and we will program our autonomous car to detect and avoid them.
Note: You need to complete Autonomous Car (part 1) before you start this lesson.
Calculator
In this lesson we will create our own calculator and program it to do addition, subtraction, multiplication and division sums. We'll also give the calculator it's own personality!
Shopping List
In this lesson we create a shopping list and choose which items to add to it. Then when we're finished what's on the shopping list gets read back out.
The Salmon of Knowledge
In this lesson we will create the Salmon of Knowledge story and use the 'message' blocks to time when the characters say their lines.
Autonomous Car (part 1)
In this lesson we will program a car to drive around a test track with no one driving it except a computer program!
Around the World
In this lesson we will do some math to calculate how long it would take to walk, drive or fly all the way around the world!
Note: the instructions for this project are for Scratch 2.0 but they should also work for Scratch 3.0.
Introduction to Coding
This lesson gives children in 4th, 5th or 6th Class, an introduction to coding and the fundamental concepts of computer programming.
This is a teacher led lesson. You should use a large screen display to show the video and then do the "Program the Teacher" exercise and group discussion with your class.
Eye Colour Predictor
In this lesson we will create a program that predicts the colour of a child's eyes based on the eye colour of his/her parents. After choosing an eye colour for each parent, this program will tell you what are the percentage chances of the child having blue, brown or green eyes.
Maze - Artificial Intelligence
In this lesson we will program a sprite to figure out how to navigate a maze using random decision making and we will time the beetle to see how fast it can complete the maze.
Guess the County
In this lesson we will create a game called "Guess the County". A map of Ireland with the counties outlined is displayed and players choose a county by dropping a pin on it. They then need to guess what the county is and the game records all their correct and incorrect answers.
Make a Character
In this lesson we will make a program that allows us to create characters and dress them up in different clothes and accessories.
"Coding helped my class develop their problem solving and critical thinking skills. It also encouraged pair work as they helped each other to try new things and find a solution."
Nodlaig Lowe3rd & 4th Class Teacher, Prosperous National School, Kildare