Python Coding

Develop your Python coding skills through programming tasks and creating your own project.

The course is designed for secondary school aged students (13-18) years old.

Course timings and dates:

Monday 19th of July - Friday 23rd of July.

10:00am-12:15pm (UK time)

The first session each day is from 9am-10am followed by a short break. The second session of the day begins at 10.15am and finishes at 11.15am.

The maximum number of students within each group will be 4 students.

Course requirements: 

• A desktop computer with good internet access (Windows, Apple Mac or Linux). 

• Python 3 installed https://www.python.org/downloads/.  

• Zoom with permissions enabled for students to share screen and seek remote support. 

Learning outcomes: By the end of the course, the student will have: 

• Improved their understanding of the Python programming language;

• Increased their ability to code functions; and

• Developed a creative project to demonstrate their grasp of Python.

Course structure

Students will complete two sessions per day

Session 1:  

Students introduced to course goals. Students provided with coding challenge tasks to assess their ability in coding with Python, beginning with a script challenge. 

Session 2:   

Students are coached on the key concept of variables as well as Inputs and Selection before they apply their knowledge through creating a text adventure. 

Session 3:   

Students are coached on how to give their text adventure greater interest and depth through expanding their use of inputs and using “if statements” within “if statements”. 

Session 4:  

Students are introduced to using subroutines with opportunities for students to practice basic subroutines and returning values from subroutines.   

Session 5:  

Students are introduced to the key concepts of iteration, loops and multipliers. 

Session 6:   

Students learn about the different types of validation and the importance of boundary data before producing their own program which tests the data being input.   

Session 7:   

Students are introduced to how arrays can be used to hold sets of data for tasks in Python before creating their own arrays with and without content.  

Session 8:   

Students being their project as a group through discussing what programming features are needed to cover the work in each section. 

Session 9:   

This sessions focuses on recapping student projects from the previous session before continuing with problem solving and debugging. 

Session 10:   

Students will showcase and evaluate their projects before discussing next steps for continuing to develop their coding.