--- title: "Abracadabra! 🪄 We had a fantastic start to Computing Club today, learning the basics of block coding in Purple Mash! The children loved making objects vanish and move to create their own magic! 💻✨" url: "https://staidansblackburn.co.uk/news/2026-09-15-abracadabra-we-had-a-fantastic-start-to-computing-club-today-learning-the-basics-of-block" school: "St. Aidan’s Primary School – A Church of England Academy" --- # Abracadabra! 🪄 We had a fantastic start to Computing Club today, learning the basics of block coding in Purple Mash! The children loved making objects vanish and move to create their own magic! 💻✨ ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-aidan-s-primary-school/images/news/1792689942422.jpg) 15 September 2026 ### Abracadabra! 🪄 We had a fantastic start to Computing Club today, learning the basics of block coding in Purple Mash! 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