Pictorial coding What is Turtle Academy? Turtle Academy is an example of pictural coding as when you put in the algorithm a picture is made. When using T urtle Academy, you can move the turtle forwards and backwards, you can also turn right and left by any angle you want to. By there being any angles, you can turn it allows you to have more freedom with what patterns and shapes you can make. This can therefore be seen as a cross-curriculum lesson as you are teaching maths through “identifying properties of 2d shapes” by working out the angles and number of sides (DfE). When using Turtle Academy it is important that children understand what functions you can put into the algorith m. Some examples which I found useful are below... Forward Fd Right Turn rt Left Turn lt Clear algorithm/ clear screen CS Turn backwards Lt 180 or rt 180 What is Scratch? One easy e...