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title: "Mash Club - Extra Curricular Activities"
url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-01-21-mash-club-extra-curricular-activities"
school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy"
---

# Mash Club - Extra Curricular Activities

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/computer_club_.jpg)   21 January 2026

![](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/images/news/50d61801b1864ede9629ece3a1a4cec0.jpg)Have you ever wondered what it takes to build a digital world from scratch? This term in Computer Club, our talented young developers have been doing exactly that using **Purple Mash** to design and code their very own video games. By mastering block-based programming, the children successfully brought characters and animals to life, animating their movement and even giving them a voice through programmed dialogue. The real magic happened when we explored **collision events**, coding characters to transform their appearance the moment they touch, and adding a **scoring system** to turn their creations into fully functional, competitive challenges. It has been inspiring to watch them evolve from tech users into confident creators, tackling complex logic and debugging with incredible persistence!

\#DarwenStJames #ComputerClub #SchoolComputing #PurpleMash #ExtracurricularFun

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