{"id":3043,"date":"2021-12-01T09:34:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T09:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/?p=3043"},"modified":"2021-12-31T14:18:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T14:18:00","slug":"christmas-computer-science-tasks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/christmas-computer-science-tasks\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Computer Science Tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Add some festive fun to your lessons with our free computer science Christmas tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-contrast-color has-accent-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/christmas-tasks\/\"><strong>Check out our free Christmas CS tasks<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tis the season, so why not inject some Christmas fun into Computer Science?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ve built up a sleigh full of resources that you can plug right into your lessons covering a number of different topics that will put some seasonal cheer into your lessons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Browse our free Christmas themed resources below and see if any of them ring your sleigh bells (sorry).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Something new to try out &#8211; <strong>Christmas sabotage<\/strong> &#8211; a Christmas story where you have to use your computer science skills on a weekly basis to save Christmas from sabotage.  Added to each week on the run up to Christmas with a different skill that is tested.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We really hope that you enjoy these Christmas tasks in the run up to the holidays.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-contrast-color has-accent-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/christmas-tasks\/\"><strong>Check out our free Christmas CS tasks<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- relpost-thumb-wrapper --><div class=\"relpost-thumb-wrapper\"><!-- filter-class --><div class=\"relpost-thumb-container\"><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/christmas-computer-science-tasks\/#Related_posts\" >Related posts:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/christmas-computer-science-tasks\/#The_2022_End_of_Year_Website_Update\" >The 2022 End of Year Website Update<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/christmas-computer-science-tasks\/#Celebrating_Ada_Lovelace_day\" >Celebrating Ada Lovelace day<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/christmas-computer-science-tasks\/#Website_update_5922\" >Website update 5\/9\/22<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"relpoststh-block-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_posts\"><\/span>Related posts:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div><div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div><!-- relpost-block-container --><div class=\"relpost-block-container relpost-block-column-layout\" style=\"--relposth-columns: 3;--relposth-columns_t: 2; 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