Here are the activities that each group will be working on today:
(If you are new to CoderDojo and have little or no previous experience coding you can start in the Newcomer’s group. Talk to a leader if you are not sure what group you should be in.)

Newcomers

If you are new to CoderDojo and new to computer programming this is where you start:

Go to Newcomers Activities

Scratch 1 (Beginner)

Side Scrolling Game

Today we will work on the Side Scroller project. Click on the link below and follow the instructions in the videos.

Click here for instructions for the Parallax project

Scratch 2 (Intermediate & Advanced)

Continue working on the top down shooter game game

Follow the video guides to make a top-down zombie shooter game in scratch.

if you still need to refer to part 1 click here
if you still need to refer to part 2 click here
if you still need to refer to part 3 click here
if you still need to refer to part 4 click here
if you still need to refer to part 5 click here

Part 6:

Part 7:

Show And Tell

We will do a ‘show and tell’ in a week or two where you will have a chance to show us your version of the game. Feel free to use your own ideas in your version of the game.

Web Development (HTML, CSS & JavaScript)

Please add your Khan Academy profile to CoderDojo:

  1. Go to https://www.khanacademy.org/coaches
  2. type in the following code:
    6DK9NC7R

Continue working on:
Khan Academy Introduction to HTML/CSS: Making webpages

If you are finished Khan Academy Introduction to HTML/CSS: Making webpages:

Learn flexbox layout

Learn flexbox layout with Flexbox Froggy

Build your own website

Follow these instructions to set up a web address and a place on the internet for your website:

1. Set-up domain name and hosting
2. Guidelines for building your own website

Introduction to Robotics

This session is run by Nathalie. An introduction to robotics using mBot robot kits and a block programming language called mBlock which is similar to Scratch.

Introduction to Robotics session information

Raspberry Pi (with Microcontrollers and other cool stuff)

A collaborative group exploring how computers can interact with the outside world through a range of sensors and controllers. Primarily we’ll be using the Raspberry Pi (http://raspberrypi.org) computer in conjunction with Arduinos (http://arduino.cc) and along the way we’ll learn about Python, C and C++ programming, digital and analogue electronics and about working together.

Electronics, Microcontrollers and Raspberry Pi session information