The children in the Senior Room really enjoyed developing their coding skills using Code.org. The lessons and activities on Code.org employ inquiry and exploration based learning strategies that focus on logic and computational thinking.
Category Archives: Numeracy
22/2/22
At 22 seconds and 22 minutes past 2 o’clock on the 2nd month of the year ending 22 a huge cheer went up from the fifth and sixth classes. The opportunity to do this again won’t happen for 11 years, 1 month, 1 day, 1 hour, 11 minutes and 11 seconds (but who’s counting)
BeeBots
The children in Miss Daly’s room really enjoyed these friendly little BeeBot robots which are a perfect tool for teaching sequencing, estimation and problem-solving. As a “Hands On – Minds On” school these robots allow our children to experience hand’s on maths in the most enjoyable way.
Lego WeDo Robotics
The children in 3rd and 4th class have been developing their engineering and coding skills with our Lego WeDo Robotics kits.
Maths Rocks
Senior classes were delighted to tune into Maths Rocks with Andrew Jeffrey during Maths Week. Maths Rocks featured a series of mathematical surprises that we never knew about. We even learnt some magic tricks!
Scratch Jumping Game
The children in 3rd and 4th were so delighted with their Scratch Jumping Games we decided to give everyone the opportunity to play. If you are using a computer or laptop click on the link below.
Scratch Computer Coding
The children in 3rd and 4th Class have been busy designing and coding their own computer games using Scratch Coding.
Vex and Spike Prime
The Senior Room enjoyed the end of Science Week exploring their new Vex and Spike Prime Robotics kits.
Free Coding Workshop
You can still sign up for free coding workshops (if you haven’t already!). This online, virtual event opens at 10am this Saturday 6th November. It is suitable for young people ages 8 to 18.
For the full list of workshops and to book, visit www.dojomor.ie.
Workshops include:
- Coding for beginners with Lightbot
- Code a virtual robot with VEX Code VR
- Code a micro-chip basics with Micro:bit
- Code an animation with Micro:bit
- Create a story / game with Scratch
- Build an app beginner with Thunkable
- Build an app (advanced) with Thunkable & Bubble
- Code like a pro with HTML
- 3D Modelling with Blender
- Making music with Soundtrap
- Coding to see the universe interview with I-LOFAR
- The magic of virtual and augmented reality
