Practicing real-world programming in a Code Club

Back in 2015, a school email about Code Club led to Mart becoming a volunteer. With three volunteers and a classroom of kids who wanted to get coding, Mart tells us how their Code Club was born. Our Code Club runs in the eastern suburbs of Victoria, Australia, with numbers that have varied from 30 […]

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Volunteer stories: starting a new Code Club

This week we speak to Jenny Riley, who shares her experience of setting up and getting started with Code Club. Read on to learn how Jenny has structured her first few sessions, and about the impact Code Club is having on the children involved. Starting a new Code Club In December last year, I approached […]

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Young girl coder on inspiring others to code

Rachel Ivory, an inspiring student from Durham Johnston School, has been using Code Club projects and resources to introduce her younger peers to the wonders of computer science.

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Digital collage competition: and the winner is….

Last month we set a challenge for our active UK Code Clubs: Create a digital collage of your favourite things using Scratch or HTML.

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Castlewood Primary Code Club takes off!

Castlewood Code Club were not messing around when they decided to enter the latest Astro Pi competition. To prepare for their aviation-themed experiment they set out to Gatwick airport where they were given a private tour of a Boeing 777

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