As part of the Computer Science Education Week, 9-15 December, Abingdon School
is encouraging its pupils to learn an 'Hour of Code'. Abingdon is
supporting the campaign by giving boys as much access to computing resources as
possible.
Speaking about the initiative, Vanessa Penrose, who is Head of the Maths
Department at Abingdon said, “The increasing need to give students opportunities
to develop their coding skills is being driven by two things - the growing
demand for coding skills by employers and also, the increased interest of
students. Educating our young people to give them the tools used in a world
driven by technology is a vital part of how schools will need to be thinking if
they are to truly reflect the world our students live in today, and will be
working in tomorrow.”
Pictured is Alexander Taylor, aged 16, who said, “Learning to code is becoming
increasingly important and will really help with job prospects, it puts you way
ahead.”