Introduction to Scratch - Barclays Code Playground

Resource overview

The purpose of this activity is to introduce Scratch for the first time to your class and to introduce some key computing vocabulary.

Lesson plan (PDF - 361KB)  

• Key resource information

  • You will need: Laptops or desktop computers, access to https://scratch.mit.edu

   

• Teaching assessment opportunities

  • Have the children try out each other’s projects and give each other feedback.
  • Is there anything they would do differently, anything they could add or improve?

• Lesson length

  • 45 minutes

   

• Pupil objectives

  • "I can set up a new scratch project and use the correct vocabulary to describe my project. I can explore the Scratch tools to animate my sprite”

Extension activities

Activity book

Building future skills

This was our very first Code Playground Live activity and we need you to help our character get in to the castle. Code along to create a simple game and start learning some of the basics of coding.

Make it

Activity video

Getting started

This video will show you basics of starting to code in Scratch. Get an introduction to the blocks and how they fit together to make things happen in your projects.

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Building your curriculum

• What you should teach before Before

  Introduction to Scratch is a great place to start building your curriculum, so why not have a read of our blog and learn more about Barclays Code Playground.

  Code Playground: From the beginning

  Run by Barclays Digital Eagles, Code Playground helps children learn the basics of coding. Read a history of Code Playground, learn about what we do and how we are supporting the curriculum.

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• What you could teach after After

  A-maze-ing lesson plan - Scratch

  The lesson will introduce basic computational thinking and programming concepts by asking the class to create a maze game. Your pupils will start with an offline activity, and then go on to code their mazes in Scratch.
   

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