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The Old Coder's Shack

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Just a place to share some resources I have developed to support my teaching of Computer Science and Coding. I shall update these resources as I can. If you find these free resources useful please say thank you by making a donation (or better still getting your department to make an annual one) to The Keech Hospice in Luton and mentioning 'The Old Coder's Shack.' Please encourage colleagues in other schools to do the same, that way schools can help those needing end of life care.

Just a place to share some resources I have developed to support my teaching of Computer Science and Coding. I shall update these resources as I can. If you find these free resources useful please say thank you by making a donation (or better still getting your department to make an annual one) to The Keech Hospice in Luton and mentioning 'The Old Coder's Shack.' Please encourage colleagues in other schools to do the same, that way schools can help those needing end of life care.
Halloween Coding Competition
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Halloween Coding Competition

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A Coding Challenge set as a competition for students that should be suitable for more able coders of all ages. A solution is provided in Python as txt file using only GCSE techniques, but the challenge is not language specific and other techniques could also be used. The basic problem is to find the first prime palindrome in base 13 which is larger than the base 10 number 666. It dressed up a bit to make it more Halloweenish. Sending the solution during the witching hour is to add an element of interest and shouldn’t prove onerous to a competent computer user.