Run an easy after-school Coding Club with Mash Club

Save time and stress this year by using our Mash Club for your extra-curricular club. Mash Club is an after-school computing club aimed at KS2 students with three terms of 8 self-guided sessions, where your pupils will learn to code and blog.

What is included in Mash Club?

Mash Club currently includes 8 self-guided sessions for each of the three school terms. Some of the Mash Club sessions could be spread over more than one club session if needed.

The sessions include slideshows and printable step-by-step instructions for children to follow. These include images and screenshots so that children are able to easily see what they need to do.

Inside the Mash Club folder, you'll also find a poster, and certificates, as well as a guide. There are also stickers and name cards: for each session that they attend, budding coders and bloggers receive a new sticker.

Mash Club, and all the resources and tools needed to complete it, is included as part of a Purple Mash subscription. You can try it out with a free trial.

What will children learn at Mash Club?

Through the course of the first term of Mash Club, pupils will use the Purple Mash tools 2Code and 2Blog. In the second term,

Mash Club Term 1

Children will use 2Code to:

• Change an objects appearance
• Program an automatic image sequence
• Animate an object moving across the scene

They will also:

• Set up a blog with 2Blog
• Use 2Animate to animate a winter scene
• Write an adventure story in 2Create a Story

Mash Club Term 2

Within 2Code, pupils will learn to use:

• Backgrounds
• Objects
• Sequences of code
• Collision detection
• Variables
• Functions

They will also:

• Code and control an external device using Purple Chip
• Create a 3D model with 2Design and Make
• Learn to use micro:bit buttons and gestures to control events

Mash Club Term 3

Children will use Tracklab to:

• Compose a melody
• Explore rhythm and loops
• Create a round
• Understand chords, scales and arpeggios
• Create and layer tracks

How do I access Mash Club?

Mash Club is free to Purple Mash subscribers, and can be found either in the Teacher's Area, or in the Computing folder.

Non-subscribers can sign up for a free trial and explore our Mash Club resources.