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Blockly.Comp (Beginners) Blockly

School Grok Access required

Created for Years 7-8

Duration: 5 weeks, available in February and July each year

The Beginners stream of the Blockly.Comp is the best stream for most students.

It introduces fundamental computational thinking concepts, plus adds some fun stuff on top.

This year we're offering two versions of the Beginners challenge, one in Blockly (block-based coding) and one in regular Python. Choose what's comfortable.

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v8.4 Curriculum Concepts

Key concept

F-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10
Data representation
(ACTDIK002) (ACTDIK008) (ACTDIK015) (ACTDIK024) (ACTDIK035)
Algorithms
(ACTDIP004) (ACTDIP010) (ACTDIP019) (ACTDIP029) (ACTDIP040)
Implementation
(ACTDIP011) (ACTDIP020) (ACTDIP030) (ACTDIP041)

Linked Resources

Competition
NCSS Challenge (Newbies)

The Newbies stream of the NCSS Challenge has been built for students with no experience in coding at all.

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