Welcome to the Ethelbert Road Code Club portal!
Welcome to our code club 2019/20. Here you'll find information about our club, we well as resources and projects that we complete throughout the year.
Check out what we do, what projects we're up to, and some interesting resources to improve our coding skills!
What is Code Club?
Want to know what Code Club is all about, and how it fits in with the Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) agenda?
Look no further for a brief introduction, and why learning to code is so important!
Our Projects
Each week (or thereabouts!) we'll be covering a new project, in one of our thematic areas. If you want to know what we're up to,
then this is the place to look! We'll also link to any relevant resources each week.
About CC at ERPS
Take a look here for information on what exactly we're doing at Ethelbert Road, and who's doing it. Find out
more about the volunteers, their experience, and how they're helping to shape the future of coding at ERPS.
Scratch Resources
Scratch is a graphical programming language, developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. You can drag and combine code blocks to make a range of programs, including animations, stories, musical instruments and games. It’s a bit like the programming equivalent of LEGO!
HTML/CSS Resources
HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is a language for describing and structuring web pages. HTML documents can include things like text, images, sound and video, using ‘tags’ to organise the content. Examples of these include a heading tag (<h1>), a paragraph of text (<p>) and an image tag (<img>)
Python Resources
Python is a widely used, general purpose, text-based programming language. Python is commonly used as a first text-based language because it’s very readable and you can get things done with less code than many other languages. Python has support for turtle graphics and other modules that make coding more fun and colourful.
micro:bit Resources
The micro:bit, measuring just 4cm by 5cm, is a stripped down computer which you can use to code and create anything you set your mind to! It’s intended as a starter device to give you a basic introduction to physical computing and tinkering, so that you can move on to using more advanced devices such as an Arduino or Raspberry Pi.