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2015 was an exciting year for Code Club. For anyone keen to find out more about our progress and growth over the past year, we have complied an annual report, which you can download a copy of here or view our handy summary below… CODE CLUB IN THE UK During 2015, Code Clubs have been created in a …

We’re really sad to be saying goodbye to Seemah Nahome-Burgess, our Regional Coordinator for the South West. Seemah has been with Code Club since 2014 and has built up a network of volunteers in the South West, as well as forging new relationships and generally being the face of Code Club locally. She is brilliant …

With funding from Google’s Digital Garage, we are looking to offer free training on the computing curriculum for 200 teachers in the Manchester area over the next few months, and we need your help. The computing curriculum came into effect in England in September 2014, and teachers are now expected to teach computer science to …

On Wednesday 20th – Saturday 23rd January from 10am – 6pm (4pm on Saturday) Code Club will be exhibiting at Bett at ExCel London, alongside the education team from Raspberry Pi. Bett is where educators from around the UK, and the world, gather to share expertise and ideas about education through technology. It is a …

We are very pleased that Code Club’s co-founder and CEO, Clare Sutcliffe, has been awarded an MBE in the 2016 New Year’s Honours List for services to technology education. Clare said; “This honour is dedicated to Code Club’s volunteers and supporters, who have played such a pivotal role in helping to provide opportunities for children …

As Christmas draws near we’re getting into the holiday spirit at Code Club HQ! For those who are keen to keep coding over the break, we’ve got a list of some fun festive activities for you: Remix our HTML project “Happy Birthday” to make a Christmas card to send to friends and family. See our attempt here. …

Over the past 2 weeks we’ve been counting down to the launch of the Principia mission which will see British Astronaut Tim Peake travel to the International Space Station on 15th December. Last week two Raspberry Pi’s were successfully launched, and just a few days ago they made it aboard the ISS! That means there is now code created by one of …

This week is Computer Science Education week, and Code Club are taking part in Hour of Code, a global movement to encourage people around the world to have a go at programming computers. If you’d like to try out some Hour of Code projects in your Code Clubs this week, visit the Hour of Code …

On Wednesday 9th December from 8-9pm we’re having our last Twitter Chat before the Christmas break. Next week is Computer Science Education week, and so the theme for December’s chat is “Coding in the Classroom”. We are looking forward to chatting with volunteers and teachers alike to share best practice for getting to grips with the computing curriculum. If …

Last year, the Raspberry Pi Foundation ran the “Astro-Pi” competition, which gave children in the UK the chance to devise code-based science experiments for British astronaut Tim Peake to run aboard the International Space Station. The competition winners included one of our very own Code Clubs at Cranmere Primary School in Surrey, which was selected …