📓 Coding Journal

Your weekly record of what you built, what broke, and what you learned. Worth /5 marks. Submitted every Friday.

Each weekly entry needs:

(1) What did you build or learn this week? (be specific — name functions, features)
(2) What broke, and how did you fix it?
(3) What do you want to try next week?

3-5 sentences is enough. Quality over quantity.

Template you can copy

# Week [N] Journal — [Your Name]
# Date: DD/MM/2026
# Lessons covered: L## and L##

## What I built or learned
[2-3 sentences — specific, technical]

## What broke and how I fixed it
[1-2 sentences — name the error, name the fix]

## What I want to try next week
[1 sentence — a concrete goal]

Example entry (Week 2)

Week 2 Journal — Ada L. (example)

What I built: I made calculator.py and game_stats.py. My calculator adds, subtracts, multiplies and divides two numbers from input(). Game_stats uses health bars like HP: 80/100.

What broke: My first game_stats crashed because I typed hp + damage instead of hp - damage. The ship got BIGGER hp every hit which was funny but wrong. Fixed by changing + to -.

Next week: I want to make the text adventure actually feel scary. Going to try adding a random event.

All 10 required journal entries

✅ Week 1 (after L02) — First Python program
✅ Week 2 (after L04) — Lists and loops
✅ Week 3 (after L06) — Adventure v1 with if statements
✅ Week 4 (after L08) — Functions refactor
✅ Week 5 (after L10) — Checkpoint 1 submitted
✅ Week 6 (after L12) — Pygame window + ship
✅ Week 7 (after L14) — Bullets + first alien
✅ Week 8 (after L16) — Alien fleet moving
✅ Week 9 (after L18) — Collisions + lives
✅ Week 10 (after L20) — Scoring + Your Twist

Week 11 journal = your final evaluation (different format — 500 words or video).