--- title: "Year 1 Computing - Using Coding Blocks To Make A Set of Instructions" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-04-23-year-1-computing-using-coding-blocks-to-make-a-set-of-instructions" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Year 1 Computing - Using Coding Blocks To Make A Set of Instructions ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/Collage_2025-04-23_17_10_13.jpg) 23 April 2025 Year 1 began a new unit on Coding to introduce them into the world of programming. They used fish as objects and arrows as actions. They matched the objects with the actions and talked about what would happen. ![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/Collage_2025-04-23_17_10_13.jpg) [Year 1](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/year-1) [Computing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/computing) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_6569.jpeg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-04-22-nursery-earth-day) Previous ### [Nursery - Earth Day ](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-04-22-nursery-earth-day) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Screenshot_2025-04-24_14.55.32.png)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-04-24-year-3-english-establishing-characters-and-events-from-the-book-the-magic-faraway-tree) Next ### [Year 3 English - Establishing Characters And Events From The Book ‘The Magic Faraway Tree.'](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-04-24-year-3-english-establishing-characters-and-events-from-the-book-the-magic-faraway-tree) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)