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Over the past nine months, Code Club and CoderDojo have teamed up to run a series of community calls. In this blog Kat shares some of her favourite sessions, and gives a sneak peak of our new series of online workshops. In March 2020, we took to the internet in search of a way to …

We asked educators, volunteers, young coders, and the Code Club team across the world to share their #MyCodeClub moments from 2020, to mark the incredible work that has taken place during this unprecedented year.  Loving their coding lesson St Patrick’s Primary School based in Troon, Scotland shared their #MyCodeClub moment on Twitter: Fifty children coding …

The team at Code Club India are always working on new ways to make coding accessible and relevant for students and educators in India.  Vasu shares how Code Club is helping to enrich the New Education Policy with their new ‘Learn coding through science’ resource, which was designed to support cross-curricular links for educators and …

This year, we asked the Code Club community to take part in two polls to help the team understand how the coronavirus pandemic was impacting clubs around the world.    Dave Hazeldean, Code Club’s Data Analyst, shares why answering the polls was so important, how they gave us a better picture of how clubs were running, …

We share stories from three clubs around the world who are beginning to hold in-person Code Club sessions once again. Hear their stories and their top tips! Meet the clubs  The Mount School Code Club in York, UK had to stop meeting in person back in March when the UK lockdown began. The club switched …

Willow Brook Primary School Academy started using Scratch to help their students keep coding from home while schools were closed.  Find out how they set up their #CodeClub@Home and read their top tips for running remote coding sessions. Going online with Scratch Willow Brook Primary School Academy started their Code Club in summer 2016. With …

Last month, a brand-new Scratch module was launched called ‘Look after yourself’. This module has six projects based on wellbeing, which will get children making digital games, interactive animations, and apps! Let’s try the projects!  Our colleagues at the Raspberry Pi Foundation have been trying the projects. Find out how they got on:  “Relax and …

We understand that going online to run a Code Club session might be making you feel a little nervous. We’re here to support you every step of the way on this new learning journey. Check out our new guidance on online sessions, and read on to hear top tips and words of advice from Code …

Move over August, September has arrived and Code Club has a range of exciting new options to help you restart your Code Club safety. Guiding you through options We’ve developed a framework to guide you through which option will suit your club’s current situation. The options are flexible, to allow you to pick and combine …

At the end of 2019 we asked the Code Club community to tell us about your clubs as part of our annual survey. The full report has now been published and here are some of the highlights from your feedback. Who are our volunteers and club leaders?  We received a total of 1583 survey responses …