A BORDERS teacher spoke with Apple boss Tim Cook about youngsters learning to code in her school as part of Europe Code Week.

Catherine Little, who teaches at Kingsland Primary School in Peebles, joined two other teachers from England and Ireland last week on the video call to the tech giant's chief executive to share the importance of schoolchildren learning how to code.

Ms Little said following the call: “It was amazing to be able to share the importance of coding and the work that we are doing around it with such a high-profile Apple representative."

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As part of Europe Code Week, almost 2,000 Borders students took part in a series of coding sessions through Scottish Borders Council's Inspire Learning programme.

Ms Little added: "Our young people are really embracing coding and it’s been great to see them getting involved with Europe Code Week.

"Coding helps children with things like communication, creativity, maths, writing and confidence, and through Inspire Learning we've been able to make it really accessible for the pupils."

Using iPads and Apple TV technology, pupils in the region took part in an Inspire Learning lesson on Monday (October 18) about creating and designing apps with a focus on accessibility for all.

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Lesley Munro, Director of Education and Lifelong Learning at SBC, said: “The session on Monday was incredibly successful and feedback has been very positive.

"Many of the young people continue to work on their development ideas and have put them forward as part of a competition to see if we can find the next big app developers.

“We look forward to developing the coding experience that we began on Monday and continuing to offer support for the development of key digital skills to all of our schools.”