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Tuesday the 11th October is Ada Lovelace Day – an annual celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). If you’re looking for an activity for your Code Club or classroom to mark the day, you may be interested to check out our Ada-themed Scratch project and school assembly pack, …

We sent out some surveys in June and we noticed that a lot of you told us that you are using Scratch 1.4. As our projects were created for Scratch 2.0, the process of using these resources isn’t as smooth as it could be. When we found out about this we wanted to help, so we …

Over the summer we’ve been busily working away to improve and refresh Code Club’s Python curriculum! One of the key developments is the use of Trinket, an online environment for writing Python code. We also use Trinket for our HTML & CSS projects, and we think it’s a great tool to use because… There’s no …

It is with much excitement that we can now announce that active UK Code Clubs can begin applying for their BBC micro:bits from today! The micro:bit, measuring just 4cm by 5cm, is a micro controller which children can use to code and create anything they set their minds to. It’s intended as a starter device …

This summer was all about the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and to celebrate, we have created a selection of awesome new Scratch projects! We’ve released three new sporty projects over on our projects site. The first of these is Synchronised Swimming, where you’ll learn how to code a synchronised swimming routine for Scratch the cat, by …

It’s been some time since since we first announced our partnership with the BBC micro:bit. We’re now really pleased to share with you the launch of six projects we’ve created for this device, as children in schools all over the country receive them from today (22nd March). All our micro:bit projects are available to view …

At Code Club, we know that one of the awesome ways to inspire children to be excited about programming is to let them get their hands on hardware with which they can experiment. We also know this hardware doesn’t grow on trees, so we’ve got a solution – the  crowdfunding platform Hubbub. Hubbub allows you …

We’re very excited to announce that we’ve been busily working away to improve Code Club’s existing HTML & CSS curriculum! One of the key developments is the use of Trinket, a coding environment which allows children to create web pages online. We hope that using Trinket will help to overcome some previous challenges facing children in …

This Saturday is Scratch Day, when people all around the world come together to celebrate Scratch and the people who use Scratch. As you probably know, here at Code Club we love Scratch – it’s the first tool we use in our projects, and most of our volunteers, Code Clubbers and parents are well aware …

We’re super excited to tell you all about Code Kingdoms, a fantastic new online platform which enables children to design their own game worlds using code. We’re partnering with Code Kingdoms because it’s a great tool for our volunteers and teachers to use in their Code Clubs. We think children will enjoy exploring the games, …