Can help children to build lifelong skills in computer literacy
AS part of the Creative Ireland Sligo Programme a Coding Club for children aged 8-12 will run in Sligo Central Library and Tubbercurry Community Library.
By learning to code, children develop skills in problem solving, project design and communicating ideas.
Coding is a fun and creative way for children to build lifelong skills in computer literacy while also cultivating creative thinking, reasoning and the ability to work collaboratively.
Children can program their own interactive stories, games, and animations and share their creations with others in the online community
With computer literacy an essential skill in modern society and workplace, coding clubs give children the avenue to develop skills in a fun setting among their peers.
Library staff and coding mentors will run 1 and a half hour coding clubs for children accompanied by an adult.
If you are interested in attending a coding club with your child please contact Sligo Central Library on 071 9111675 sligocentrallibrary@sligococo.ie or Tubbercurry Community Library on 071 91111705 tubberlibrary@sligococo.ie
As European Capital of Volunteering 2017, Sligo’s contributions to the Creative Ireland programme, centred around the themes of identity, culture and citizenship, will highlight an exemplary approach to creative access for all its citizens, and help to secure this rich heritage for generations to come.
Cosmopolitan yet singular, ancient yet forward-thinking, Sligo enjoys its much-deserved status as the cultural capital of the northwest of Ireland.
The county’s rich literary and cultural heritage, which stretches back to ancient times, is an energising force for the citizens of Sligo, as well as a wonderful showcase for visitors from around the globe.
The famous medieval manuscripts the Book of Ballymote, the Great Book of Lecan, and the Yellow Book of Lecan were written in Sligo, and so central to the identity of the county is its literary legacy that the county crest even features an open book with Celtic cross and red rose.
Folk heroine Queen Maeve is reputed to be entombed here, and among Sligo’s famous creatives past and present are poet and Nobel laureate William Butler Yeats, musical luminaries James Morrison, Westlife and The Conway Sisters, and artist Jack Butler Yeats.