#1 Scratch Animation: “The Cat Goes to School” 🐱🎒

 

Scratch Animation: “The Cat Goes to School” 🐱🎒

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Story: A cat walks to school, greets its friends, and says, “Let us learn coding!”

Duration: 30–45 seconds Level: Beginner Characters: Scratch Cat Backgrounds: School or School courtyard

1. Scene setup

1. Open Scratch.

2. Keep the Scratch Cat sprite.

3. Select a school or outdoor backdrop.

4. Add a second backdrop if you want to show the classroom at the end.

2. Script for the Scratch Cat

Select the Cat sprite and arrange these blocks in the same order.

When green flag clicked

go to x: -200 y: -100

point in direction 90

say "Good morning, friends!" for 2 seconds

repeat 20

change x by 10

next costume

wait 0.1 seconds

say "I am going to school!" for 2 seconds

say "Let us learn coding!" for 3 seconds

play sound Meow until done

These are the Scratch block instructions in order. Find them in Events (yellow), Motion (blue), Looks (purple), Control (orange), and Sound (pink).

3. Add a friend to the animation

Add another sprite, such as the dog or a butterfly.

when green flag clicked

go to x: 150 y: -100

say "Hello! Shall we learn together?" for 3 seconds

change y by 30

wait 0.5 seconds

change y by -30

say "Coding is fun!" for 2 seconds

4. Make the animation more interesting

• Add background music.

• Add a switch backdrop to [classroom] block at the end.

• Use a repeat loop to make the character dance.

• Add a broadcast [Start Lesson] message to coordinate the characters.

• Display a final message: “Keep Learning, Keep Creating!”

5. Try it yourself

Animation checklist

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Choose the school backdrop

Make the cat walk

Add the greeting dialogue

Add a second character

Test the complete animation