Top Team Challenge 2016

Top Team Challenge 2016

This term we had a school Top Team Challenge as part of our Play day we were celebrate being able to play and have fun.  Sport Canterbury brought their gear down and we worked in teams made up of junior and senior participants.  The weather was great for us and we had a fun afternoon.  

Here are a few pictures of our day.

Stacking high

Together we are one pair of feet

Dabbing high

So many skills needed here

Blocking holes in the holey pipe

These two are off task

Hour of Code

Khan Academy Hour of Code

Today we are learning about coding through Khan Academy.  Students worked through a range of tutorials and experimented with creating snowmen and other pictures.  

Here are  couple of examples from the early stages of our coding.

The main part of Hannah N's Snowman

Milan's start to a face.

Sita's duck.

We will share more as we explore coding.

Rimu Class students explore and enjoy Coding.

Update...We can add colour-

What do you mean the teacher doesn't know how to use coding?

Nathan on code:  Keen to code for more than an hour.  It keeps my brain working hard.

Caleb:  It is really good because it gets our brains switched on and working.  It gets us frustrated but it's fun figuring out what you can do.
Callum:  I really like it because you can work at it as a team to figure out the codes.

Nathan's code creation

Hannah O's portrait of Amelia

The 'Hour of Code' is a nationwide initiative by Computer Science Education Week and Code.org to introduce millions of students to one hour of computer science and computer programming. Created by Pamela Fox.