​Term 4 2026 Competition Brief

Overall Challenge:
Create a game THAT IS CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY THEMED

Any student of any skill level can join in the competition and has a chance to win prizes for coming 1st in their skill level.

Creating a game with a Christmas theme could mean lots of things. Does your game focus on story? Does your game allow you to move around as a character? You could even make your game be set in Australia and have a summer Christmas! The choice is yours, Get creative!

Once the project is completed, students should send their scratch project to CODING COMPETITION Term 4 – Fill in form.

Where they will be judged on:

• Originality (How original the game is; if lots of other students use the same exact idea, then it will be less original).
• How effective/efficient the code blocks are (if 5 blocks of code can do the same thing as 50 blocks, the 5 blocks of code would win). The game/simulation should also work as intended.
• How much fun your game is (and if it can be played from start to finish as intended).

Students may choose which level they wish to enter and should specify when completing the Google form which one they are entering. Here are the different tasks for the different levels.

Beginner Submission Tasks:

• Create at least 1 animation on a sprite by changing costumes
• Add at least 2 sound effects somewhere in the project

Intermediate/ Advanced Submission Tasks:

• Create at least one of your own sprites and animate that sprite using costumes
• Add at least 4 sound effects somewhere in the game
• Use at least 2 variables in some way

Time Period: Please submit before 5 pm Friday, the 25th of September 2026, to be considered for the competition!
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Prizes: 1 winner will be chosen from each level of difficulty, and each will be given the prize of a $30 gift voucher!
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In order to enter, students must:

• Have an online scratch account
• Send the following information to this Google Forms page: CODING COMPETITION Term 3 – Fill in form
  • ​Copy the link to your submitted scratch project (this is the URL of your published project to Scratch; make sure it is published, as we can’t see private projects)
  • What level of difficulty the student is entering into (beginner or intermediate/advanced).
  • The year level of the student participating
  • The name of the student participating
  • The students’ parents’ names
  • The parents' email (for use if the student wins the prize)

If you wish to instead send the scratch project in via email, please send it to [email protected] with all of the above information included in the email, so we know who to send the prize to!
If you win, we will reply to your submission with a follow-up email to let you know you have won and how you will be receiving your prize.

​Good luck, everyone!

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