Learning Paths

Paths are a series of 6 projects that help to build your coding and design skills. Paths will help you gain new skills, then make design choices to personalise your projects, and finally create something unique.

Introduction to Scratch: sprites, scripts, and loops

In this introduction to coding in Scratch for beginners, you will learn how to add code, costumes, and sounds to sprites as you make animations, a game, an app, and a book.
More Scratch: broadcast, decisions and variables

More Scratch moves beyond the basics introduced in Introduction to Scratch. You will make apps, games and simulations using message broadcasting, if..then and if..then..else decisions and variables.
Further Scratch: clones, my blocks, and boolean logic

Further Scratch moves beyond the skills introduced in Introduction to Scratch and More Scratch. You will make apps, games, computer-generated art, and simulations using boolean logic, functions, clones, and more.

Core Resources

This content is reviewed by the CoderDojo Foundation and is the recommended starting point for a Dojo or Ninja that’s just beginning to address the topic.

Pattern pen

Make a cool pattern generator
Falling stars

Make a platform-style game and add your own levels, powers, and characters.
Deep Sea Sushi

Make a fun game in your first Scratch program!

Community Resources

Ninjas who have completed the core resources at a specific level and want to learn more related things, without going deeper into the topic yet.

Looks Basics

Ninjas learn to edit sprites in scratch.
Coding Logic Without Blocks

I designed a way of explaining code to the kids by using English, within normal code syntax. By creating a game using something they do everyday, like eating cereal. The idea was to get them used to thinking about gathering all things needed for a project first and to a little bit of pseudo code, thinking like a coder and finally they’d be reminded of it every time they ate cereal. Then as a final excercise, quickly make the game in scratch.
Scratch Arrows and Boxes

Draw some cool patterns using the pen tool, custom blocks, and the "stamp" tool.
Scratch Lip Sync

Make animated characters that really talk! Make your character's face change shape to synch up with a sound clip of your choice by remixing a project containing ready-made costumes.
Tutorials by Athenry

Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced resources from CoderDojo Athenry
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Social Good Resources

Learn to build apps and games to help people learn about important issues.

Water Use Calculator

Make a water usage calculator, with animated charts.
Fart Catcher

Make a platform-style game and add your own levels, powers, and characters.
Mosquito Patrol

Make your first Scratch Program!

Project Ideas

Ideas for Ninjas or Dojos for more projects they can undertake with the skills they have learned.

Dojo Racer

Ninjas create a racing game using scratch.
Scratch project examples

Give Ninja's inspiration for future projects.
Scratch Movie Story

Take your Scratch movies to the next level! Learn how to create perfectly timed dialog using broadcast messages. Use custom blocks to structure your story into distinct scenes.
More scratch project examples

Give Ninja's inspiration for future projects.
Make A Mobot

A MoBot game using Scratch and the Microsoft Kinect controller
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Challenge Cards

Ninjas who are looking for a challenge can find it here.