Code with confidence: Seamless transitions, empowered teachers

Guide students from blocks to Python with interactive lessons, open activities, and bidirectional code translation.

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Seamlessly transition from blocks to Python

Empower your students to confidently embrace Python coding with our interactive platform. We understand the transition from block code can be challenging. That's why our platform effortlessly translates between block-code and Python, making it a breeze for both you and your students. Guided lessons foster independent learning, and our teacher solution guides ensure you have the support you need. Build Python skills while boosting confidence.

Confidently Teach Python Code

Confidence in Curriculum Alignment: All lessons are meticulously mapped to the curriculum, empowering the specialist and non-specialist to teach KS3 coding with confidence.

Comprehensive Teaching Resources: Simplify lesson planning with guided activities, explainer videos, task lists, hints, and teacher solution guides.

Performance Insights: Teachers can easily review whole-class and individual student performance, enabling targeted support and tailored instruction to meet diverse learning needs.

Enhanced Student Engagement: Python in Pieces' interactive lessons, open ended activities and community showcase keeps students engaged and motivated.

Love Python in Pieces, great learning platform, students really engage and are enthusiastic about the tasks.

Kay Sawbridge
Caroline Chisholm School

The video tutorials in particular are really helpful and the tasks are well laid out. The difficulty increase is steady, it doesn’t jump around, unlike other resources.

Year 7 student
Newton Abbot College

"Python in Pieces program is simply brilliant. Being a long standing user of block-style code. I found myself easily transitioning to the python script and the modules went on.

Tony Doyle
Consultant in Junior Years Coding and Robotics

Self-guided Lessons for Student Growth

Structured Learning: Python in Pieces' curriculum alignment ensures students receive structured, educationally sound lessons that support their coding journey.

Self-Monitoring and Growth: Students can monitor their own progression, fostering independence and a sense of achievement as they advance in their coding skills.

Increased Creativity: Students can create visually rich programs and games with sprites and background images.

micro:bit Integration: Providing students with hands-on experience in applying their coding skills to real-world hardware projects, preparing them for a future of practical technology applications.

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