Lesson 1: Moving Sprites

This first project introduces young learners to the basics of the ScratchJr interface by teaching them how to make the cat move across the screen. Children will explore the stage and discover how to use simple motion blocks. They'll learn to make the cat move left and right using the blocks and then add the "Green Flag" block to start the program. The goal is for them to understand the basics of motion and sequencing.

Lesson 2: Dancing Sprites

In this second project, kids learn how to animate characters and use loops by making the sprites perform a dance. They'll continue to use blocks, but in longer and more complex sequences. If there is time at the end, children should experiment by adding in their own dance routine for a new sprite.

Lesson 3: Catch the Butterfly

This project focuses on character interaction by creating a simple game where the frog catches a butterfly. After adding a butterfly character, kids will use motion blocks to make it move randomly around the stage. They'll then add a "touch" block to make the butterfly react when it is caught by the frog, incorporating sound effects and making the butterfly disappear

Lesson 4: Magic code

In this lesson children will code a magical animation in ScratchJr, they’ll help defend a fantasy castle from an evil fairy! They’ll use familiar code blocks to create a cool project.

Lesson 5: The Race

IIn this project, kids will create a race between two characters, introducing concepts of coordination and comparative motion. They'll start by adding two sprites. Both characters will race to the finish line when the green flag is pressed, using motion blocks to set different speeds for each.

Lesson 6: Quiz

In this lesson, kids will learn how to design a simple interactive quiz using ScratchJr! They'll create questions with characters giving feedback based on the answers. Using speaking blocks, kids will program questions and set up clickable answer options. This project encourages problem-solving, logic, and creativity, all while helping young learners build confidence in programming interactive stories and games.

Lesson 7: Maze

In this session the children will create a fun maze game using all the blocks they have learnt about so far this term. They will code a character to move with arrows, and create conditions under which the player can win or lose the game.

Lesson 8: Bunny Hop

In this session the children will code a Bunny Hop game in ScratchJr. They will use similar coding blocks to the previous week to help imbed their knowledge.

Lesson 9: Amazing Animals

In this club session, children will code a fun animal themed game while learning a little about the animals they include in their project! They’ll use familiar coding blocks to create a cute panda animation!

Lesson 10: Treasure Hunt

In this session, kids will be creating a 'treasure hunt' game in ScratchJr. They will use what they have learnt so far this term to create an interactive game where the player hunts for treasure that is hidden behind objects in a scene. There will be lots of opportunity for independent coding and extensions today!

Lesson 1: Scratch Story

In this week's Cypher Coders club session children will be introduced to their coding coach(es) for the term. As well as introductions, children will learn about how computers need their code to be sequenced in the right order so that it can run how we want it to!
They will put this into practise and code their own sequenced story project in Scratch.

Lesson 2: IF/Then Conditionals

In this Cypher Coder's club session, children will learn that computers can make decisions on whether a specific condition is true or not and then react to that condition through IF/THEN/ELSE blocks. After learning about conditionals, children will code their own project in Scratch to illustrate how IF/THEN conditionals work!speed, time and frequency. Coding objects to move along a path is an important skill when thinking about game design, to make scenes appear more realistic background characters should move around!

Lesson 3: IF/THEN Conditionals

In this Cypher Coder's club session, children will learn that computers can make decisions on whether a specific condition is true or not and then react to that condition through IF/THEN/ELSE blocks. After learning about conditionals, children will code their own project in Scratch to illustrate how IF/THEN conditionals work!

Lesson 4: Magic Code

In this lesson children will code a magical animation in Scratch, they’ll help defend a fantasy castle from an evil fairy! They’ll use familiar code blocks to create a cool project.

Lesson 5: Random Artwork

In this Cypher Coders club session, children will learn about how we can use ‘random’ in our code to create effects that appear to be totally random! They will use these 'random' effects to create a cool and creative piece of coded artwork using Scratch.

Lesson 6: Pacman

It's time to get retro! In this week's Cypher Coders club session, children will learn about the video game Pacman, they'll learn about it's arcade game roots and become inspired to create their own version of the game. This will be a three week project, and in this first week the children will code Pacman to move using key pressed functions.

Lesson 7: PacMan

In this week's Cypher Cdders club, the children will be continuing with their Pac-Man game by adding movement to their Ghost Sprites in the Pac-Man game
Children will use the ‘My Blocks’ feature of Scratch to understand how creating a new block can save us time when coding more complex games and programmes and they will duplicate and edit the costumes of the Ghost Sprites.

Lesson 8: PacMan

In this week's Cypher Coders club, students will be completing their Scratch Pac-Man games. This week, students will code the ‘cookie’ Sprite to increase their score, and disappear when the Pac-Man touches them. Likewise, students will code the game to end if the Pac-Man touches a Ghost! Be sure to ask to check out their cool game at home.

Lesson 9: Amazing Animals

In this session children will learn about Pandas, they'll learn about what they need to keep them alive and healthy. They'll use conditions and variables to keep their panda healthy and happy.

Lesson 10: Egg Hunt

In this week's Cypher Coders club session, children will get prepared for the Easter break by creating an egg hunt in Scratch! Children will build a maze to hide the eggs in, then work out how to make their main character navigate around the maze to collect all the eggs within a given timeframe.

This is the last lesson of the autumn term and students will spend this Coding Club lesson creating a cool festive scene in CoSpaces!

Lesson 1: Star Spirals

In this Python code, the turtle module is used to create a visual spiral pattern in the shape of a 5 sided star!

Lesson 2: Face Doodles

This Python code uses the turtle module to draw a series of shapes. to form a simple face It sets up the turtle with a fast speed and thick blue pen, then moves to different positions to draw a circle for the face, two arcs for the eyes, and a small curve for the mouth

Lesson 3: Title Generators

This Python code randomly assigns and prints a title by combining a rank from a predefined list with a territory from another list. The function new_name() announces the new title by selecting one random element from each list and printing the result.

Lesson 4: October Camp Taster Session

At Cypher we run STEAM and Coding camps during school holidays, and as part of this we like to celebrate by giving our clubs students the opportunity to have a taster of what a Cypher STEAM and Coding camp looks like! In this session, kids will use p5.js to create a Superhero themed game, where students code a hero to catch the baddies and save the innocent civilians!

Lesson 5: Random Story

This code takes user inputs for two adjectives, a noun, two food names, and a number, and then constructs and prints three sentences using these inputs. The sentences describe a sighting at school, a lunch, and a breakfast based on the user's provided words.

Lesson 6: Guess the Number

This code takes user inputs for two adjectives, a noun, two food names, and a number, and then constructs and prints three sentences using these inputs. The sentences describe a sighting at school, a lunch, and a breakfast based on the user's provided words.

Lesson 7: Rock, Paper, Scissors

This code simulates a game of rock-paper-scissors between the user and the computer by taking the user's choice, randomly selecting the computer's choice, and then determining and displaying the result of the game based on standard rules. The outcome is printed, indicating whether the user wins, loses, or ties based on the selections made.

Lesson 8: Treasure Hunt Part 1

This code implements a simplified version of the "Battleship" game, where a player has eight turns to guess the location of a hidden treasure on a 5x5 grid, with each guess being validated for correctness and uniqueness before checking for a hit. If the player finds the treasure, they win; otherwise, the game continues until all turns are exhausted, and the game ends with a "Game Over" message.

Lesson 9: December Camp Taster

Lesson 10: Treasure Hunt Part 2

This code implements a simplified version of the "Battleship" game, where a player has eight turns to guess the location of a hidden treasure on a 5x5 grid, with each guess being validated for correctness and uniqueness before checking for a hit. If the player finds the treasure, they win; otherwise, the game continues until all turns are exhausted, and the game ends with a "Game Over" message.

Lesson 1: Spirograph