6th April 2016
Code Club’s April Twitter Chat
Join us on Wednesday 13th April from 8-9pm for the another Code Club Twitter Chat! This month we’re changing things up a bit and the #CCUKchat will be focussed on answering any questions you may have about Code Club. Got a question about our curriculum? A technical query about how to activate your club? A …
4th April 2016
Start a Code Club in your library
Over the past year, we’ve had more and more Code Clubs starting in libraries around the country. Ipswich County Library is host to one of those new Code Clubs, and they filled us in on they’re progress so far: My name is Charmain Osborne and I’m the Assistant Library Manager at Ipswich County Library. As part …
29th March 2016
I’m a Parent, how can I help Code Club?
If you’re a parent looking to contribute to your child’s school community, how about starting a Code Club? Whether you’re a coding expert or an absolute beginner, we’re looking for enthusiastic parent volunteers who can start an after-school coding club in their child’s school. Interested to find out more? We spoke to Elbrie de Kock, the …
23rd March 2016
Coding showcase from Wapping High
Last week we were invited along to HP’s offices in central London to meet the Code Club from Wapping High, who were showcasing the coding projects they have been creating over the course of this school term. Back in January the students were set the challenge of creating a program in Scratch, HTML & CSS, …
22nd March 2016
Remembering Code Club Volunteer Wendy Lynch
We were very sad to hear about the passing of Wendy Lynch last week. Wendy was an amazing lady who was a huge supporter of Code Club, running the very first Code Club in Soho Parish alongside Simon Wharton and Laura Kirsop. She was very patient with children and journalists alike as they came to …
22nd March 2016
BBC micro:bit projects & update
It’s been some time since since we first announced our partnership with the BBC micro:bit. We’re now really pleased to share with you the launch of six projects we’ve created for this device, as children in schools all over the country receive them from today (22nd March). All our micro:bit projects are available to view …
16th March 2016
Code Club is hiring!
We are looking for a dedicated and energetic Regional Coordinator to join the Code Club team.
14th March 2016
Celebrating British Science Week across the UK
11th-20th March is British Science Week, celebrating science, technology, engineering and maths in the UK. At Code Club, we’re marking the occasion by taking part in several awesome science and computing events around the country. This weekend, we kicked things off with a couple of great events in Leeds and Manchester: Leeds Raspberry Jam Our interim …
10th March 2016
Sonic Pi & Astro Pi’s musical coding challenges
We’re always interested in trying new things, here at Code Club and this week our ever inquisitive Participation Manager Sarah has been learning about Sonic Pi. In this blog, she fills us on on the details of what she found out: They say you learn something new everyday, and what I learned today was so …
9th March 2016
Code Club at the Big Bang Fair 2016!
We’re delighted to be part of this year’s Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair, the largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) for young people in the UK. Held at the NEC, Birmingham 16-19 March 2016, The Big Bang Fair is an award-winning combination of exciting theatre shows, interactive workshops and …
