13 April no regular reason

We know our ninja coders might be disappointed to hear that there is no regular coderdojo in Gorey this Saturday, 13 April. But does no club mean no coding? really?   you guys can still work on your own projects. Seriously the club is for mentor and support - no dojo meeting does not mean no coding! Parents you can do a lot to encourage your kids and screenagers to keep on coding.

We'd love to see you take initiative, then you can share your projects with each other when the club gets back to normal sessions on the 20th of April.

There are two specific reasons why there is no dojo this weekend. I thought it would be good to share them because they are positive.

1. The Irish Science Teachers’ Association (ISTA) Annual Conference will take place on 12th-14th April in Gorey, Co Wexford at the Gorey Community School. So the school where we normally meet will be off limits but is being taken over by some of the best brains in the country. I have been working with Mary Mullaghy to showcase coderdojo at the conference. A mini dojo has been put together and will run at the conference. Only 12 children could attend, the opportunity was offered to coders who have been to seven sessions. Mentors and parents will be there also. I believe the python group might get a chance to see the game they all worked on compiled. I know some of you are really excited about that. Hope you get a chance to share with some curious teachers.

2. DojoCon 2013, global mentors conference is on this Saturday in Slane Castle. Four of us, Dave, Laura, Susie and myself are attending, fact finding how to make our dojo more mega for our kids and teenagers. I know some of the other mentors wanted to go to but tickets sold out fast. I'll be strongly encouraging everyone to blog about what was what at the conference from their perspective.
There will be a live tweet stream on the day and I'll be tweeting via our @Coderdojo_Gorey account. 

The exciting thing is that both of these conferences will be connecting via Gorey mini dojo over skype around lunchtime. 

NEXT dojo meeting in Gorey is 20th of April. 

If your children or teenagers are interested in attending please read FAQ's frequently asked questions. 

If you are interested in volunteer mentoring great! we are currently looking for Scratch, HTML, Python and Javascript please see mentors.

Remember Lets get Gorey coding!
Roisin Markham

CoderDojo Gorey is a volunteer led open learning initiative.