Coding

All Grade 1-5 students at Bancroft School will be participating in coding activities throughout the year through our MakerStudio. Additionally, students in Grades 2-5 will be participating in the coding curriculum from Code.org with addition parent permission. The Code.org curriculum believes that students should understand that computer science...

Click here to log into Code.org using your Google Account

• is for everyone

• is fun, engaging, and more approachable than traditionally portrayed

• is an outlet for creative personal expression

• plays an important role as a distinct discipline of study, but also stands to augment the study of other domains

• involves more than just programming

• is important to their lives, regardless of their interests or career path they choose

• work involves collaborating in an equitable learning environment where they support their peers so all can flourish

• can be effectively taught using both computer-based and non-computer activities, which reinforce one another

• can be used as a tool for helping others through socially relevant learning experiences

• Involves problem solving that can be challenging. It is not always easy but like any difficult puzzle, the challenge makes it fun.

Grade 2-5 will log into coding using their school google account. Their account is first initial last name with grad year,

for example. tharkins2029@k12.andoverma.us