Moonhack

Today St Francis of Assisi is hoping to join kids around the world in setting a new World Record, by taking part in Moonhack.

What is Moonhack?

Moonhack is the World Record set by kids coding, and the idea came from the team at Code Club Australia. Last year 10,207 Australian kids participated in this free event. This year we're going global! From Sydney to Seoul, Dhaka to Durham, kids all over the world will get the chance to collaborate and code today, Tuesday August 15th.

Every student @stfrancischch will take part in one of the following projects:

Scratch Jnr

Scratch

Python

They will then share their projects and be counted as part of the World Record attempt.

Haven't coded before? It's easy why not try one of the projects above?

Hamish's Shark Animation

In Think, Make, Solve time, up in the Kaupeka Hub, students have been learning how to code using Scratch. Hamish has used his new learning to create a short animation about sharks. We hope you enjoy watching it as much as we did. 

Corban and Sam use Scratch for Religious Education

Over the last couple of weeks Corban and Sam have been using Scratch to re-create scripture. This animation below is their re-creation of "The Good Samaritan". The skills we are learning in coding can be transferred across all areas of the curriculum. Our students have been able to take what they have learnt in Code Club and use it in Religious Education, what other ways can you see coding being used in learning?