An incredible well done to the Cannons Creek Grade 4s who entered the AfriCAN Coding Challenge 2022, with their two teams entered placing in the top three finalists. In the first round they competed against other schools and more than 1000 entries from schools throughout South Africa. The theme was ‘Protecting Life Together’ and each…
We were so pleased to recently host our first ‘Teach Your Parent to Code’ workshop for the Intersen Phase parents and pupils. It was well attended, and enjoyed by all, with some insight given into the classroom. Mrs Nivison outlined how the Coding curriculum is being developed at Cannons Creek, consisting of a journey from…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the way we work, play and interact with each other. Cannons Creek Independent School recently hosted local EdTech startup company, Mindjoy. Grade 6-9 pupils were fortunate enough to be afforded the opportunity to participate in the “Get Creative with Artificial Intelligence (AI)” Hackathon. We interact with AI every day in…
It is a well-known fact that the job market is evolving at an exponential rate along with the adoption of new technologies, yet our education system has not been so agile and is slower to change. For the most part, pupils continue to learn the same staple subjects that have been around for decades and are…
The driving question for the Grade 6 IBL project this term is ‘How far can we explore’? The Grade 6s were tasked with programming a rover to navigate the unfamiliar terrain of a new planet. They constructed an obstacle course full of hills, dips and turns and coded their robots to successfully complete the course,…
The Foundation Phase is expanding their coding knowledge this term using Scottie Go. Scottie Go is a unique combination of a traditional board game/jigsaw puzzle and digital coding. The children have been given the quest to help Scottie, a friendly alien who has crash-landed on Earth and needs to travel around the globe collecting the…
“Everyone in this country should learn how to program because it teaches you how to think” – Steve Jobs The mastery of technology is the future and our children are very blessed to have the exposure of the advanced use of technology whether it is from home, at school or in the community. Cannons Creek…
The Grade 9s have been exploring the foundational concepts of Computer Programming. This week, we explored conditional statements which allows us to manipulate a programme so that the computer responds to changing conditions. They wrote algorithms, using the Microsoft software ‘MakeCode’, to programme their microbit to conduct three different scenarios – 1. Choose a random…
Our Grade 5s recently completed the Code4Kids ‘My Tribute Project’. Pupils chose a woman who inspires them and coded an HTML Tribute Webpage. Pupils enjoyed reflecting on the amazing female figures who have shaped our lives, while learning the basics of website design and coding. Some of the women who were researched were JK Rowling…
