Coatbridge school pupils were ‘Pytch-perfect’ as they got a byte-sized taste of university life.
P6 and P7 youngsters from St Augustine’s Primary embraced the tech-themed challenge with great aplomb.
Following an intensive eight-week training course, they took part in a coding jam in the ICT suite of the prestigious Livingstone Tower at Strathclyde University.
The challenge was to create a Space Invaders video game using the Pytch programming language – a bridge between the child-friendly Scratch and the industry standard Python languages.
A St Augustine’s Primary spokesman told Lanarkshire Live: “Staff from the computing science department were highly impressed with how the pupils handled the high school and university level challenge with ease.
“The children themselves found creating virtual alien invaders an out-of-this-world experience!
“We’d like to congratulate them on their success, and thank Strathclyde University for all of their support.”
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