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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 …

Are you a parent keen to get a Code Club started in your child’s school? Then why not volunteer and set up the club yourself! Volunteers come from all walks of life and they don’t need a tech background to run a Code Club. Running a Code Club is a great way to strengthen your …

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 …

There have been a few changes in the Code Club team of late, so we wanted to update you and let you know who is out and about in your local area, running events and ready to help with your clubs! A few of our lovely Regional Coordinators have left our team and we have …

Today we are launching two weeks of space-themed celebrations! Yay Space! Code Club are counting down to the launch of the rockets which will be taking some fantastic Astro-Pi experiments, and British Astronaut Tim Peake, into the stratosphere and beyond to join the International Space Station. The countdown begins… Last year, the Raspberry Pi Foundation …