Winners Young Coder's Competition and you can play their games!

Young Coders Competition 2020 – Winners announced

The competition aims to tackle a national shortage in coding ability by encouraging 8-11 year olds to have fun coding and spark a lifetime interest in the skill that may lead to them to a career developing websites, apps and computer software.  

Organised by the University of Northampton, the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists and Leicestershire Education Business Company, the Young Coders Competition aims to tackle a national shortage in coding skills. It does this by encouraging eight-to-11-year olds to have fun coding and hopefully spark a lifetime interest in the skill.

This year the challenge was to create a game in Scratch relating to the theme: "Teach your Pals about the Past" that can be used to teach their peers about a period of history or an historical event.

Top three were:-

1^st Broadheath Primary School, Altrincham  

 https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/397741431/

2^nd Cheddon Fiztpaine Church School, Taunton 




 https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/398098890/

3^rd Rothersthorpe Church of England Primary School, Northamptonshire           

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/405125336

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