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Learning about Variables

In their computing lesson today, the children learned that variables are numbers in a computer program that change. We wrote algorithms on whiteboards for how a variable might work to make a timer. The children then applied their knowledge of variables to improve their own computer games.

The children used 'Scratch' to program their computer games and included variables in their program (the orange commands). Some of the children used 'score' variables, other used 'time' and 'lives' variables.

Here are some examples of the children's work:

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