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Rik Cross, Martin O'Hanlon, Caitlyn Merry, Lauren Hyams, Dan Fisher, Marc Scott, Laura Sach, Ross Exton, Michael Conterio, Katharine Childs, Rebecca Franks, Andrew Bush, and Allen Heard

Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more Scratch to Python is designed for primary or K-5 teachers and volunteers. If you don’t have any experience of programming, we recommend you take Teaching Programming in Primary Schools first, to learn the basics of block-based programming in Scratch. You can use the hashtag #RPiLearn to talk about this course on social media.

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Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more Scratch to Python is designed for primary or K-5 teachers and volunteers. If you don’t have any experience of programming, we recommend you take Teaching Programming in Primary Schools first, to learn the basics of block-based programming in Scratch. You can use the hashtag #RPiLearn to talk about this course on social media.

Topics Covered

  • Programming and thinking skills in Scratch
  • Basic skills in Python programming language
  • Simple error messages in Python syntax, and how to debug code
  • Understanding the power of text-based programming and what you can create with it
  • Tools to support children’s transition from block-based to text-based programming

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