Amazing Results!!!

Over the last five weeks our Year 5 and 6 students have been participating in the National Computer Science School (NCSS) Challenge demonstrating tremendous skill and perseverance to achieve outstanding results.

What is the NCSS Challenge?

The NCSS Challenge is a Programming competition open to all school students and teachers. The Grok Learning team have been running coding competitions like the challenge for over 12 years. 

Why Learn to code?

Programming (also known as coding) is how sites like Facebook and apps like Instagram are made. Knowing how to program is like having a computer superpower.

Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates have all said that students should learn how to code. It's a skill that not only teaches you how to work with computers, but also teaches you how to think about solving problems with systems.

Congratulations to the following students who received perfect scores in this national challenge!! 

NCSS Challenge Newbies 2020 (aligned to the Year 5/6  Digital Technology Curriculum)

• Amelia Dowd (6MH)
• Erin Little (6H)
• Jhed Monckton (6MH)
• Eva Francis (5G)
• Tori McGrath (5H)

NCSS Beginners Challenge 2020 (aligned to the Year 7/8 Digital Technologies Curriculum)

• Eva Francis (5G)

Congratulations to Eva Francis (5G) and Jesse Steinhour (5G) who received High Distinctions in the NCSS Intermediate Challenge which is aligned to the Year 9/10 Digital Technologies Curriculum.

Sarah Blundell
Leader of Digital Pedagogies/STEM