14th January 2020
Code Club in Kenya
Last year Code Club’s International Programme Manager, James Aslett, visited Kenya to attend the first-ever Scratch Africa conference in Nairobi, and had the opportunity to see a Kenyan Code Club in action. In this blog, James shares with us what he learned about Code Club in Africa. Scratch Africa In October 2019 I hopped on …
17th December 2019
Code Clubs share their highlights from 2019!
With 2019 coming to a close, we asked Star Clubs in the UK and clubs around the world to share their highlights from the past year. From robots to outer space! From having code run in space with Astro Pi, to showcasing great ideas at Coolest Projects, to creating a robot named Meriden, 2019 has …
5th December 2019
Volunteer Stewart Watkiss shares five tips on running a Code Club at a Pupil Referral Unit
At Code Club, we believe that all children should have the opportunity to learn to code, no matter who they are or where they come from. Volunteer Stewart Watkiss has been a Code Club volunteer for six years and has always lived by this value. Recently he set up a Code Club at The Beacon …
22nd November 2019
Announcing the winners of the ‘Shaun the Sheep: Mission to Space’ competition!
After seven weeks of coding and 683 b-a-a-a-a-a-rilliant entries from 35 different countries, we’re excited to announce the winners of the ‘Shaun the Sheep: Mission to Space’ competition! Earlier this year, we joined forces with Aardman Animations, the creators of Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, to bring you the ‘Shaun the Sheep: Mission …
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: …
