7th November 2019
How the National Centre for Computing Education can help your Code Club
Whether you’re a teacher just starting out on your Code Club journey, or you have been running a Code Club for many years, the National Centre for Computing Education can support you and your professional development. We invited Paul Thornton, Network Education Lead for the National Centre for Computing Education, to share with us what …
24th October 2019
Tea and tech in your community
Sharing skills is an important part of Code Club, and when Pontarddulais Primary School in Swansea, Wales got in touch to tell us about their Tea and Tech event, we had to share it with you! Sharing skills Pontarddulais Primary School Code Club was recently awarded £2000, which the school’s PTFA (Parents, Teachers and Friends …
10th October 2019
Bug in the machine: six top tips for debugging your code
Making mistakes and learning how to solve them is a key part of becoming a coder. Read on to find out about the origins of the word ‘debugging’, and discover our newest resource to help your club members work through troublesome code. Making mistakes is a part of learning The term ‘bug’ is used to …
3rd October 2019
Bringing Code Club to rural India
Over the last few months, Pratham Education Foundation and Code Club have successfully piloted a programme across 40 villages in rural India, supporting children and young volunteers to get hands-on with coding. The Pratham–Code Club programme Code Club always strives to bring learning opportunities to rural communities. The Pratham–Code Club programme was established under Pratham’s …
18th September 2019
Help Shaun the Sheep and Lu-La in our global competition!
Exciting news: Code Club and Aardman Animations are collaborating to bring you our global ‘Shaun the Sheep: Mission to Space’ Competition for all registered Code Clubs worldwide! The mission Our friends Shaun the Sheep and Lu-La have been on an adventure in A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, and they now need your Code Club’s …
13th September 2019
Five ways to inspire your club members about code!
Whether your Code Club is just launching or has been running for a while, here are five ways for you to get your Code Club members excited about coding 1. Make Scratch Cat say hi! Just starting out with new Code Club members? Christina from Code Club USA encourages you to begin with the basics: …
28th August 2019
6 things you can do to support our translation community
We want you to be able to run Code Clubs without any language barrier, so we’re working to make our projects available in as many languages as possible. At the heart of our translation efforts are volunteer translators from around the world. How can you help us provide the translations you need? As you’re a …
22nd August 2019
It’s time to get #CodeClubReady!
In September, our team members around the world will be hosting webinars so that you can learn more about how you can join us on our mission to put a Code Club in every community in the world. We want to make sure that you have everything you need to start a Code Club in …
15th August 2019
From Adelaide to Worcestershire: How two Code Club volunteers 21 hours apart met up to share their experience of running a Code Club
Code Club has a global network of coding clubs in over 150 countries. Find out what happened when a Code Club volunteer from Australia visited the Code Club at The Hive in Worcester, UK! It took a plane trip for this Code Club visit! Angela Brown is a Code Club volunteer at Aldinga Library near …
30th July 2019
Five things we want to share about Scratch!
At Code Club, we love Scratch, and so we’ve put together a list for you with helpful tips, projects we like, and an exciting Scratch opportunity. 1.Choose your club’s next Scratch project today! Take a look at our specially designed Scratch projects, which include step-by-step instructions showing you how to create games, animations, and much …
