Primary school celebrates Queen’s Platinum Jubilee by designing royal computer games

Year 4 pupils from Parkfield Primary School in Rochdale put their digital skills to the test to create the apps, which featured HM The Queen as the main character

Pupils at a Rochdale primary school have marked the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in a royally creative way this week – by designing their own Jubilee-themed computer games. 

Year 4 pupils from Parkfield Primary School in Rochdale put their digital skills to the test to create the apps, which featured HM The Queen as the main character. 

The children worked together to build the games, which sent her Majesty on a maze treasure hunt in search of corgis and crowns. Pupils used resources from Discovery Education Coding to code the royal apps, before sharing them with classmates who enjoyed playing them on tablet computers. 

The fun activity marked the start of Parkfield Primary’s Jubilee celebrations, culminating in a school-wide party for staff and pupils on Thursday. 

One Year 4 pupil said: “I liked how I could add lots of royal themed images onto my design.”

While another said: "I liked programming the Queen to collect all her valuable objects in my game."

Teaching Assistant Simon Haughton said: "The children enjoyed showcasing their coding skills by designing Jubilee-themed games for their friends to play. Discovery Education Coding offers primary schools a great child-friendly interface with just the right amount of coding blocks to combine together to produce both interesting and fun programs to run."

Howard Lewis, Managing Director UK and International at Discovery Education said: “We were delighted that Parkfield Primary School used our coding resources to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. It’s clear that they had great fun designing their royal-themed apps and we were very impressed by their imagination and creativity.”