Coder Dojo – Greenhill Community Library

Our little microbit-controlled cart has proved popular. Here it is running line-following code written by Jacob (centre)

Our Coder Dojo meets weekly on Thursdays immediately after school. Similar to a code club, our Dojo is aimed at children aged 8 – 13. We offer coding in scratch and python, and some simple robotics projects using the BBC micro:bit.

If you have a child who would like to attend our Dojo then please register your interest by completing the form below. We’ll get back to you via email. We have a limited number of places so we can’t guarantee your child will be accepted.

N.B. All of our coder dojo mentors are DBS checked. Our registered dojo name is Sheffield@Greenhill Library

Child's name

Child's age (should be between 8 and 13)

Parent/guardian's email. Please make sure you get this right as it's our only way of contacting you!

Please tell us a little about any existing coding experience e.g. with scratch, with python or with a robotics platform such as Lego Mindstorms. Don't worry if you have no experience - it won't make you less likely to be selected.

Pease tell us a little about what you would like to do at our Dojo (e.g. beginning scratch, more advanced scratch, getting started with python, robotics projects, or something else entirely ...,

We’re learning Python, using Turtle Graphics. The challenge was to draw a rainbow. Jacob did this:

Turtle Graphics raster pattern drawing challenges

To start, remix the starter code (challenge 0):

https://trinket.io/python/240018369d

Challenge 0: Diagonal line, top left to bottom right, red on green

Challenge 1: Diagonal line, top right to bottom left, red on green

Challenge 2

Challenge 3: Left half blue, right half yellow

Challenge 4: Green circle on grey background (Hard!)

Challenge 5: Central red square on green background