Live Lesson: Creative Coding with Free Code

Do you want to get creative and engage your learners with programming in 2Code?

In this live lesson we will be planning, designing and coding a scene using Free Code Chimp which is part of Purple Mash’s 2Code block coding tool.

This live lesson is aimed at children in years 2 – 4 who have already had some experience of coding using 2Code.

This live lesson will explore:

• Exploring the main design features and code commands in Free Code Chimp.
• Choosing a background scene and objects/characters for their scene.
• Planning and coding a simple algorithm of events and actions for the objects chosen.
• Adding instructions for players.
• Saving and sharing their Free Code scene to a displayboard for other children to play their code scene.

This lesson will be live and aimed at 7-9 year olds (Years 2-4). Each lesson is 60 minutes long.

Bring as many pupils/students as you like to the session as long as they have access to a device.

Can’t join live? Register and use the replay with your class instead .

You’ll need:

• The ability to show the live stream on your big class screen
• A device for each student to use - laptop / desktop / iPad with a working microphone
• Purple Mash accounts for students

If you would like to trial Purple Mash so that your class can attend this live lesson, please fill in the order form when booking your ticket. You will be contacted two weeks before the live lesson to be set up.

Looking for some CPD for teachers? Find a list of our CPD options here.

FAQs

How do I access the live lesson?

Just follow the Teams link provided in your confirmation email when the live lesson is due to start.

If you’re using Teams on a school computer, please make sure it’s not blocked by your organisation.

Where can I contact the organiser with any questions?

You can contact our CPD team by emailing cpd@2simple.com

How much does it cost?

Our live lessons are provided free of charge. You can pay for in-school Mash CPD. You can find out more about the different CPD options here: www.2simple.com/professional-development

Can more than one person from the school watch the live lesson?

Yes. You are free to watch the live lesspn as a group. Only one person from the school needs to register.

Do I need to prepare anything?

No. Just watch the live lesson, after that you'll be good to go!