Coding is offered to first, second and transition years in St. Raphaela's.
The curriculum for the Junior Cycle Coding short course is followed.
The students learn,
- The main components of computers
- The History of computing
- The Future of computing
- The Internet of things and ethics in computing
- Binary code and how it works
- Coding basics with Scratch
- Website design with HTML, CSS and some JavaScript
- BBC Micro:bit – programming embedded systems
- The basics of Python
These courses are constantly changed and updated to allow for adaptation to emerging technologies.