News, updates and featured projects from our coding clubs!
The Code Zone is growing quickly, but so is the world of code. We'll keep you up to date here with what's new, what's changing, and some interesting articles.
World Creativity and Innovation Day: Unleashing Imagination with Code
This week we celebrated World Creativity and Innovation Day and, with that in mind, we want to share some of the ways in which learning to code can also lead to the development of strong creative skills.
Posted on April 23, 2025 coding news
How To Get Started With Minecraft Mod Worlds
Now that we've seen A Minecraft Movie we want to keep the fun going by exploring, building, and mining just like Steve! That's what Minecraft Mod Worlds is all about...
Posted on April 11, 2025 minecraft
Neurodiversity Celebration Week: How We Make Coding Accessible
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It’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week and here at The Code Zone we want to shine a light on why we think combining gaming and coding can be hugely beneficial for neurodivergent children.
Posted on March 19, 2025 club updates
International Day of Awesomeness
You might not know it, but on the 10th of March every year, it’s none other than International Day of AWESOMENESS! We wanted to show off some of the most mind-boggling and generally awesome projects our members have made, to not just celebrate a day dedicated to awesomeness, but also their hard work and creativity!
Posted on March 10, 2025 club updates
It's Meet the Mentor Week
Today we have six of our newest mentors with me: Charlotte, Comfort, Jacob, Jordie, Lewis, and Musa, all ready to answer some questions and tell us all about some of their favourite things!
Posted on March 05, 2025 mentors
Back to Basics: What is Coding?
What actually IS coding? We talk about it all the time, and it’s very important to make the world go around, but we get so caught up in doing code, we sometimes forget to explain what it even is! So put on your learning caps, and let’s figure it out together.
Posted on February 25, 2025 coding news
Half Term Game Jam Round Up
We still have the rest of the week left of our Game Jam but we have already seen some AMAZING entries from our talented young coders that we couldn't wait to share them. So here are some of our mentor's favourite Game Jam games in no particular order...
Posted on February 21, 2025 game jam club updates
Women in Coding - We need YOU
We’re always striving to get more girls involved with our clubs and making awesome games – we’ve got some amazing members of all genders, and they all deserve the same chance to learn code, show off their games, and of course earn some sweet XP points.
Posted on February 13, 2025 coding news
Virtual and Augmented Reality Safety
We have started using Virtual and Augmented Reality in our clubs, but there are a few things to be aware of.
Posted on February 10, 2025
The Next Game Jam is Coming
Are you ready to take part in a new coding challenge? We’ve finally left January behind which means half term is around the corner - that means it’s time for another Game Jam at The Code Zone!
Posted on February 05, 2025 game jam club updates
