Digital Tech in Year 10

Scratch Coding

Open Source software ‘Scratch’ offers an introduction to the concepts of logical thinking and computer programming. Students use blocks of pre-made code to create sequences of instructions including conditionals, variables and loops.


Content Outline

10 periods available to:

● Learn how to create a scratch project and sprites

● Learn how to make the sprite move in different ways

● Learn to make sprites interact


Examples of Student Work

Abby's Scratch Game

Carmelite's Scratch Game

Shelby's Scratch Game


HTML Coding

Students will learn the basics of HTML code, enabling them to create simple web sites.


Content Outline

10 periods available to:

● Learn the bare bones of an HTML document

● Learn how to use notepad++ and Chrome web browser to create and view web sites

● Be able to add images, links, colours and text effects to their web pages



Topic Feedback

"HTML is a challenging topic but was really fun to experiment with coding, and learning how to put together a website was exciting and creative." - Izzy