Coding is an essential skill in the digital curriculum for 21st Century learners. Coding is the ability to create instructions that allow a set of actions to be carried out. This resource gives an opportunity to expose junior students to the world of coding using the user friendly coding app Scratch Jr. The resource doesn’t require a device or access to the internet. Students can cut and past the missing pieces of code into a command to achieve the desired outcome on the worksheet. The resource has 2 activity sheets (2 levels of difficulty with the same task), answer sheet and teacher notes.

I have made this resource to help begin meet the needs of our 21st Century learners. This activity focuses on coding. However it can equally be seen as a sequencing activity, a problem solving activity or a positional maths activity. This is an introductory activity to using coding. It doesn’t require the use of a device or access to the internet. This resource allows for open-ended play and exploration. Students can place their characters anywhere on the maze board and ‘code’ instructions to move their character to different locations on the maze (without travelling through the maze walls. The resource can also be used as a form of game play or to challenge each other to move to or away from certain locations. Suggestions for this are provided. This resource comes with; A maze board, in a choice of white or grey background 4 Player Coding Cards A set of direction blocks, object cards and 4 player character cards You may also like to check out; Coding for Juniors Pack – Using Scratch Jr

This resource is a digital escape room. It is a fun and engaging online activity. It is NO PREP and paperless. It can be used with students in small groups, individually or whole class. It can be used in class or in distance learning. All you need to do is share the Google Sites™ website link with your students and away they go! I have created this resource primarily as a fun warm-up activity to begin a period of learning about Space, or it can be used as a fun celebratory activity at the completion of a period of learning about Space. Or, simply a fun online digital Escape Room activity in itself. What is a digital escape room? A digital escape room is an online game where students solve a series of puzzles or problems to find clues to codes. Once they have all the codes they can unlock their way out of the digital escape room. Students work collaboratively in groups of 2 or 3 or independently in order to escape or breakout. This escape room has 3 codes to break. Escape rooms are fun and engaging for students! This escape room is a medium level for Year 4-6 and should take your students 15-45 minutes to complete, depending on their ability levels. This resource is a Google Sites webpage with several different types of links hidden within it. You will receive a single document. This document contains directions and instructions on how to use the resource, a link to the activity website and all the answers to the codes. The link can be copied and shared with students. This resource includes; Teacher notes, with instructions, link to activity website and all answers to codes Escape rooms promote; Working collaboratively Using problem solving skills Communication Critical thinking skills Technology skills Working together to reach a goal Having fun Learning how to navigate the page, search for clues, and input answers into the form in a specific format are great skills for students to acquire. **Please note:**This resource uses Google Sites. Some schools have placed security restrictions on their student accounts, and students cannot open content from users outside their organization. I unfortunately do not have any way to grant access to them in this situation. This has been very rare, but if you know your students’ access is limited, you may want to check to see if they can access it before planning to use this resource. If your students can access my Test Site Escape Room then they will be able to use this resource. Test Site Escape Room link - Test Site Escape Room link - https://sites.google.com/view/pp-er-test/home TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS: Access to Computers, Laptops, Chromebooks or mobile devices Access to viewing Google Sites™ and Google Forms™

Are you in need of a quick ready to go, little instruction required math filler? This resource is a fun hands-on Halloween activity that uses the binary number system to create mini Halloween images. The images are; Jack’o’Lantern, evil face, bat, pumpkin, candle, skull, candy and ghost. Students will devour these and be wanting more! By then they will have a beginning understanding of the binary number system. Binary numbers are an essential part of understanding how computing works. Understanding binary numbers is not only learning within the digital curriculum and helping students become 21st Century learners, but they are also a core element of maths knowledge and learning about different counting systems. This resource includes; Two activity sheet sets of 4 puzzles Answer sheets If you like this free resource and would like to immerse your students in more of these binary puzzle pictures then please check out my shop Pooley Productions. Here you will find, in addition to a wide collection of resources, a range of different grid sized binary puzzles resources, including the bundle pack that contains all puzzles I have made.

A quick, ready to go, little instruction required math activity. This resource is a fun hands-on Thanksgiving activity that uses the binary number system to create mini Thanksgiving images. The images are; Mayflower ship, Pilgrim hat, nut, pumpkin, apple, roast turkey, piece of pie, maple leaf. Students will devour these and be wanting more! By then they will have a beginning understanding of the binary number system. Binary numbers are an essential part of understanding how computing works. Understanding binary numbers is not only learning within the digital curriculum and helping students become 21st Century learners, but they are also a core element of maths knowledge and learning about different counting systems. This resource includes; Two activity sheet sets of 4 puzzles Answer sheets If you like this free resource and would like to immerse your students in more of these binary puzzle pictures then please check out my shop Pooley Productions. Here you will find, in addition to a wide collection of resources, a range of different grid sized binary puzzles resources, including the bundle pack that contains all puzzles I have made.

This is a resource to introduce young students to the world of coding. Coding is an essential skill in the digital curriculum for 21st Century learners. Coding is the ability to create instructions that allow a set of actions to be carried out. This resource gives an opportunity to expose early elementary students to the world of coding with the format used in the user friendly coding app Scratch Jr. The resource doesn’t require a device or access to the internet. Students can cut and past the missing pieces of code into a blank box sequence to achieve the desired outcome on the worksheet. There are two ways this resource can be used; As a cut and paste worksheet. There are 4 different coding worksheets, with answers. As a reusable independent learning center activity. There are 4 activity cards and a set of ‘coding blocks’ to cut out and laminate. These can all be kept in a tray or container and the students can then take the activity and work with it. This resource comes with; Four worksheets of simple coding. The four increase in challenge. Three bonus worksheets Answers for each worksheet The worksheets as reusable instruction cards A set of direction blocks, grids, characters, objects and icons used in the worksheets

Coding is an essential skill in the digital curriculum for 21st Century learners. Coding is the ability to create instructions that allow a set of actions to be carried out. This Halloween themed resource gives an opportunity to expose junior students to the world of coding using the user friendly coding app Scratch Jr. The resource doesn’t require a device or access to the internet. Students can cut and past the missing pieces of code into a command to achieve the desired outcome on the worksheet. The resource has 2 activity sheets (2 levels of difficulty with the same task), answer sheet and teacher notes.

This resource is a digital escape room. It is a fun and engaging online activity. It is NO PREP and paperless. It can be used with students in small groups, individually or whole class. It can be used in class or in distance learning. All you need to do is share the Google Sites™ website link with your students and away they go! I have created this resource primarily as a fun warm-up activity to begin a period of learning about Space, or it can be used as a fun celebratory activity at the completion of a period of learning about Space. Or, simply a fun online digital Escape Room activity in itself. What is a digital escape room? A digital escape room is an online game where students solve a series of puzzles or problems to find clues to codes. Once they have all the codes they can unlock their way out of the digital escape room. Students work collaboratively in groups of 2 or 3 or independently in order to escape or breakout. This escape room has 4 codes to break. Escape rooms are fun and engaging for students! This escape room is a medium level for Year 5-7 and should take your students 15-45 minutes to complete, depending on their ability levels. This resource is a Google Sites webpage with several different types of links hidden within it. You will receive a single document. This document contains directions and instructions on how to use the resource, a link to the activity website and all the answers to the codes. The link can be copied and shared with students. This resource includes; Teacher notes, with instructions, link to activity website and all answers to codes Escape rooms promote; Working collaboratively Using problem solving skills Communication Critical thinking skills Technology skills Working together to reach a goal Having fun Learning how to navigate the page, search for clues, and input answers into the form in a specific format are great skills for students to acquire. Please note: This resource uses Google Sites. Some schools have placed security restrictions on their student accounts, and students cannot open content from users outside their organization. I unfortunately do not have any way to grant access to them in this situation. This has been very rare, but if you know your students’ access is limited, you may want to check to see if they can access it before planning to use this resource. If your students can access my Test Site Escape Room then they will be able to use this resource. Test Site Escape Room link - Test Site Escape Room link - https://sites.google.com/view/pp-er-test/home TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS: Access to Computers, Laptops, Chromebooks or mobile devices Access to viewing Google Sites™ and Google Forms™

A quick, ready to go, little instruction required math activity. This resource is a fun hands-on Thanksgiving activity that uses the binary number system to create Christmas mini images. The images are; Stocking, snowflake, present 1, Santa hat, snowman, Christmas tree 1, mitten, bell, Christmas tree 2, candle, cracker, present 2 Students will devour these and be wanting more! By then they will have a beginning understanding of the binary number system. Binary numbers are an essential part of understanding how computing works. Understanding binary numbers is not only learning within the digital curriculum and helping students become 21st Century learners, but they are also a core element of maths knowledge and learning about different counting systems. This resource includes; Three activity sheet sets of 4 puzzles Answer sheets If you like this free resource and would like to immerse your students in more of these binary puzzle pictures then please check out my shop Pooley Productions. Here you will find, in addition to a wide collection of resources, a range of different grid sized binary puzzles resources, including the bundle pack that contains all puzzles I have made.

Debugging is an essential skill in the digital curriculum for 21st Century learners. Debugging is the ability to identify where instructions have gone wrong and correct them - problem solving for the 21st Century learner! This resource has 3 problem cards of basic Scratch code, each containing one error for students to ‘debug’ and fix so that the code performs the correct task. These do not require a device or the internet to solve, but going online to check if the solution works is advantageous. The resource has 3 problem cards and solutions.

Coding is an essential skill in the digital curriculum for 21st Century learners. Coding is the ability to create instructions that allow a set of actions to be carried out. This resource gives an opportunity to expose junior students to the world of coding using the user friendly coding app Scratch Jr. The resource doesn’t require a device or access to the internet. Students can cut and past the missing pieces of code into a command to achieve the desired outcome on the worksheet. The extra challenge with this activity is that there is an extra superfluous block. The students need to decide which block is not needed to complete the code. The resource has 2 activity sheets (2 levels of difficulty with the same task), answer sheet and teacher notes.

This Halloween themed resource gives an opportunity to expose junior students to the world of coding using the user friendly coding app Scratch Jr. Coding is an essential skill in the digital curriculum for 21st Century learners. Coding is the ability to create instructions that allow a set of actions to be carried out. The resource doesn’t require a device or access to the internet. Students can cut and past the missing pieces of code into a command to achieve the desired outcome on the worksheet. The extra challenge with this activity is that there is an extra superfluous block. The students need to decide which block is not needed to complete the code. The resource has 2 activity sheets (2 levels of difficulty with the same task), answer sheet and teacher notes.

This resource is a fun hands-on activity that uses an aspect of students’ lives to engage them in the maths of binary numbers. When I first tried it with 9 and 10 year old students I thought I’d given them something way over their heads, BUT they got it! This resource comes with; 1 activity worksheet, with a US date format version and a UK date format version An example of a completed worksheet (3 versions) A Cheat Sheet

This resource is a fun hands-on activity that uses the binary number system to create mini pictures. Students will devour these and be wanting more! By then they will have a beginning understanding of the binary number system. Binary numbers are an essential part of understanding how computing works. Understanding binary numbers is not only learning within the digital curriculum and helping students become 21st Century learners, but they are also a core element of maths knowledge and learning about different counting systems. This resource includes; Two activity sheet sets of 8 puzzles each Answer sheets

This resource is a fun hands-on activity that uses the binary number system to create mini pictures. Students will devour these and be wanting more! By then they will have a beginning understanding of the binary number system. Binary numbers are an essential part of understanding how computing works. Understanding binary numbers is not only learning within the digital curriculum and helping students become 21st Century learners, but they are also a core element of maths knowledge and learning about different counting systems. This resource includes; Three activity sheet sets of 4 puzzles Answer sheets

This resource is a fun hands-on activity that uses the binary number system to create mini pictures. Students will devour these and be wanting more! By then they will have a beginning understanding of the binary number system. Binary numbers are an essential part of understanding how computing works. Understanding binary numbers is not only learning within the digital curriculum and helping students become 21st Century learners, but they are also a core element of maths knowledge and learning about different counting systems. This resource includes; Three activity sheet sets of 4 puzzles Answer sheets If you like this free resource and would like to immerse your students in more of these binary puzzle pictures then please check out my shop Pooley Productions. Here you will find, in addition to a wide collection of resources, a range of different grid sized binary puzzles resources, including the bundle pack that contains all puzzles I have made.

This resource is FREE, fun hands-on activity that uses the binary number system to create mini pictures. Students will devour these and be wanting more! By then they will have a beginning understanding of the binary number system. If you like this free resource and would like to immerse your students in more of these binary puzzle pictures then please check out my shop Pooley Productions. Here you will find, in addition to a wide collection of resources, a range of different grid sized binary puzzles resources, including the bundle pack that contains all puzzles I have made.

This is a FREE resource to introduce young students to the world of coding. Coding is an essential skill in the digital curriculum for 21st Century learners. Coding is the ability to create instructions that allow a set of actions to be carried out. This resource gives an opportunity to expose pre-school (and early elementary) students to the world of coding with the format used in the user friendly coding app Scratch Jr. The resource doesn’t require a device or access to the internet. Students can cut and past the missing pieces of code into a blank box sequence to achieve the desired outcome on the worksheet. The resource has 1 activity sheet and an answer sheet, and teacher notes. If you have students ready to move beyond this then you may like to check out the next level of this type of resource I have made: Coding for Juniors – Using Scratch Jr Coding for Juniors - Using Scratch Jr, with 1 block too many Coding for Juniors - Using Scratch Jr, making turns Coding for Juniors - Using Scratch Jr, making turns, with 1 block extra Or get the entire set here: Coding for Juniors Pack – Using Scratch Jr