8th March 2019
Girls leading the way
In early January we were introduced to a group of inspirational young female Code Club ambassadors who are making a difference at their primary school, RGS The Grange in Worcestershire. Millie, Daya, Lily and Rosie are all aged 11. They talked to us about how their club is encouraging more girls into coding. RGS The …
1st March 2019
The impact of Code Club around the world
In November 2018 we asked Code Clubs across the world to share their experiences and feedback through our survey. The survey was translated into eight languages and we received responses from 1340 volunteers and club leaders in 59 countries! Read on to find our key highlights and the most important things we’ve learned about the …
14th February 2019
Free and flexible – building your skills with our FutureLearn courses
Thousands of Code Club volunteers and educators give their time each week to help young people learn coding and digital making skills, but what about growing your own skills? Our free online courses from Raspberry Pi, using the FutureLearn platform are an easy and flexible way to learn in your own time. Short on time? …
6th February 2019
Making Code Clubs accessible for every child
We think all children should have the opportunity to learn to code, no matter who they are or where they come from. We chatted to Gravesend Library in Kent, where staff members started a Code Club in 2015. They incorporated the Code Club into their Kent Digital Dens project in 2017, and in 2018 they …
31st January 2019
Our New Year’s resolution: support 2000 new schools to start a club in 2019
Here at Code Club HQ, we’ve been talking about our New Year’s resolutions, and we decided on this one: we’re going to support 2000 primary schools to create new Code Clubs across the UK in 2019. Why we want to support 2000 new Code Clubs in schools According to a report from the Department for …
23rd January 2019
Testing Scratch 3.0 with children at Andoversford Primary School
Scratch 3.0 has landed, and the pupils at Andoversford Primary School in Gloucestershire have been testing it out with their volunteer Laura Sach, who’s one of the educators at Raspberry Pi . With the arrival of Scratch 3.0 comes the option to use the much-loved programming tool on a tablet. At Andoversford Primary School Code …
16th January 2019
Adamsdown Primary School Code Club: fun, dedicated and ambitious
Adamsdown Primary School in Cardiff, Wales, launched a Code Club two years ago, for Year 6 pupils. Teacher Jessica Davies describes the club’s team of volunteers as fun, dedicated, and ambitious — so much so that they will be setting up a second Code Club for Year 5 pupils this year. Practising classroom skills at …
9th January 2019
Code Club close-up: Leeds Central Library
Leeds Central Library has hosted a Code Club since June 2015. Children’s Librarian and club organiser Rachel Ingle-Teare tells us about what makes her library unique as a venue, how the club has grown and changed since it started, and what her plans for the future are. Rachel took over coordinating the Leeds Central Library …
11th December 2018
Collaborating to create Code Clubs
Earlier this year, Code Club and West London Zone, a local children’s charity, started to work together to start up Code Clubs. In this blog, we found out how the collaboration has already reached 4 schools in West London. West London Zone are a local charity who work with young people aged 3 – 18 …
6th December 2018
Welcome to the first-ever Code Club book!
Team Code Club are beyond excited to tell you that the first-ever Code Club book is now available! You can get it as a free download, or you can buy a physical copy now. The Code Club Book of Scratch is aimed at kids aged 9–13 who want to start learning to code using Scratch. …
