Pupils needing extra support

• Should visit the coding station and talk through their nested loops with others to support understanding the loop structure and make confident changes to their code.
• Should use the Resource: Coding station prompt cards: support version, which highlights the outer and inner loops, to help them identify which part of the nested loop controls rows and which controls columns before making changes.
• Could use the sentence stems displayed on the board to verbalise what the outer and inner loops do.
• Could rewatch the Pupil video: Nested loops in Python, showing the nested loop as a pattern to reinforce the row/column structure.

Pupils working at greater depth

• Should adapt the nested loop by adding a purposeful input (for example, button_a.is_pressed()) to trigger a change in the pattern or brightness while maintaining correct loop structure and indentation, explaining how their addition changes the sequence of rows and columns
• Should reason about how swapping the order of the loops would change the output and justify their prediction before running the program;
• Should suggest another program where a nested loop structure could be reused and explain why it would be appropriate.
• Should use precise programming vocabulary to explain how Python processes the outer and inner loops and why accuracy in indentation and structure matters for controlling the pattern.