Make a Jumping Game in Scratch: Full Tutorial

Create a scratch cat jumping game from scratch in just 15 minutes. This tutorial guides you through the code needed to build gravity mechanics and obstacle movement. This is a follow-along guide designed for beginners who want to learn how to build a playable project....

Canva Life Changing Hack for Frames

Here’s a quick trick I’ve learnt in Canva – holding down the control key lets you place images exactly where you want them on the page, and they wont accidentally fill any frames you’ve already set up. #canva #canvahack #lifehacks #canvatips...

Make a Jumping Game in Scratch in About 15 Minutes

A jumping game is one of the most satisfying things a class can build in Scratch. A cat runs along the ground, trees come in from the right, and the player presses the space bar to jump over them. Finished, it looks simple. Getting there means working with...

Build a Simple Collecting Game in Scratch

Scratch sits at the centre of most primary computing schemes, and the blocks themselves are not difficult. The harder part is the distance between reading the unit plan and feeling ready to teach it on Tuesday morning. What usually closes that gap is a worked example...

The Brilliant Book of Science Wordsearches

The Brilliant Book of Science Wordsearches contains 80 science wordsearches, from cells and chemicals to dinosaurs, forces, weather and space. Each puzzle focuses on a different science topic, with words hidden forwards, backwards, vertically and diagonally. Some...

The Great Science Puzzle Book for Kids

I’ve written a new book. It’s a book of science-related puzzles called The Great Science Puzzle book. It comprises eighty puzzles for children who love science. This includes word searches full of planets, minibeasts and materials. Crosswords about bones, forces and...