Coding Quest

Your child may have come home over the last couple of week talking about creating a video game. Back in the fall, I signed our class up for a coding challenge from the Learning Partnerships.

This year our class is participating in The Learning Partnership’s Coding Quest program.  The Learning Partnership is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting, promoting and advancing publicly funded education in Canada.  Since 1993, more than 6.9 million students have participated in The Learning Partnership's programs.  You can learn more about The Learning Partnership by visiting thelearningpartnership.ca. 

Coding Quest is a grade 4-6 program that is based on provincial curriculum and uses a critical inquiry process. Students learn fundamental coding skills and create a video game through this engaging, student-driven, program. Coding Quest focuses on STEM education, 21st Century skills and computational thinking, while incorporating learning skills, science & technology, mathematics, language arts, visual arts and social studies. Students will be working collaboratively in small groups of 3 to 5. The program culminates in a regional Arcade hosted by The Learning Partnership.  Through Coding Quest, The Learning Partnership will introduce coding to over 30,000 students across Canada this school year.  

We have been selected as one of the school to attend the arcade along with our games. Parents will have an opportunity to see the games during Education week as well. Take a look at them so far...

Have a great weekend!