Entry requirements
No prior experience needed - this is a starting course.
Explorer pathway · Ages 7-11
Scratch & Blockly
Drag-and-drop programming that produces real, playable work - animations, stories and the student's first two games.
What students achieve
Enrol in Scratch & Blockly
By the end of the term
- Build a multi-sprite Scratch project
- Use variables to keep score
- Handle keyboard and mouse events
- Use broadcast messages between sprites
- Publish a project and share the link
FORMAT
12 weeks · 90-minute sessions · campus or live online
TOOLS
Scratch 3, Blockly, headsets for voice recording
Syllabus
Week by week
Mentors adjust pace within the term, but every cohort covers the same milestones and finishes with a project.
Motion, costumes and the coordinate grid.
Key presses, cloning and simple animation loops.
A catch-the-object game with lives and a scoreboard.
Dialogue, scene changes and recorded sound.
Play-testing with classmates, then presentation.
What we provide
Campus laptop or kit during sessions, all software licences, printed workbook and lesson recordings for online cohorts.
Next course
Most students continue to Web Development in the following term.
Try Scratch & Blockly free
One full session, no cost. Your child builds something small and you get a written placement note.