Coding programmes, creating games and learning how to use technology to develop and explore its full potential - this is what Coder Dojo is all about and it seems that Mitchelstown's CBS Primary students have cracked that code, as they showcased their coding talents during EU Code Week.

Throughout EU Code Week, events took place all across Europe with young people sharing their coding and programming skills with their parents, teachers and people from the community.

The CBS Mitchelstown students were part of this movement, as teachers Ms Herlihy and Mr Keary presented fourth class students with certificates for completing the Scratch programme.

On the day, students showed their parents games they had developed, including lego games that responded to motion sensors, a game developed to teach young children Irish words and much more.

All of the students started working on their projects and games in May and got stuck back into them after returning from their summer holidays. Some of them had been working on programmes and games independently at home as well. 

Ms Herlihy said they all really enjoyed working on the projects and they were very enthusiastic about their ideas and what they could do with the programmes.

Coder Dojo groups are aimed at young people aged between 7 and 17, to give them the opportunity to learn about how to develop codes for computers, apps, games, digital media and websites.

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