News, updates and featured projects from our coding clubs!

Encouraging Computer Literacy at The Code Zone

Why we believe it’s so important to be computer literate and what we’re doing to encourage computer literacy in our young coders!

Coding and Futuristic Tech

 So what does the future of coding and technology look like? At The Code Zone, we want to help children with their coding skills to become the innovators of the future!

All About: Game Dev Club Modder

Here at The Code Zone, we have two distinct yet similar clubs for our members: Hacker and Modder. We thought we’d take a little bit of time this week to talk to you a little more about the latter of the two, our Modder clubs!

Empowering our coding members to Choose Respect for Anti-Bullying Week

Monday 11th November 2024 marks the start of Anti-Bullying week and, this year, the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) have embraced the theme of 'Choose Respect' which The Code Zone full-heartedly supports and endorses.

How The Code Zone is Bridging The Digital Skills Gap

If you checked out our socials last week, you may have noticed that here at The Code Zone we were celebrating some really, REALLY exciting news; it was announced that we are the global winners of Xero’s Beautiful Business Fund in the Upskilling For The Future category!

Halloween Video Game Villians

To really celebrate our game jam and the spooky season, we wanted to compile a list of some of the coolest, scariest video game villains out there!

Mid Game Jam Round Up

but the question is....did you look under the bed?

We’ve already seen so many incredible games, and we’re only halfway through! That’s why we wanted to take a moment to show off some of these incredible spooky Halloween inspired games. Here we go, in no particular order…

A Game Jam is COMING!

I bet you're wondering what theme we've come up with this time?....well let's find out...

It’s here, it’s there, it’s everywhere: Coding is all around you!

We’re going to be talking about the ways that coding sneaks its way into things we use every day, to really get an idea of how much we rely on it. Prepare to have your mind boggled, baffled, and I dare say even bamboozled, as we pull back the curtain on everyday coding!

Surprising Coding Careers

at The Code Zone we love video games so we often talk about how learning to code is really useful for a career in gaming - but what if you don’t want to be a game dev? This week we wanted to take a closer look at some of these careers and the way that our clubs can be the first stepping stone for a child that is interested in pursuing them later in life!

What To Expect From A Code Zone Taster Session

Here at The Code Zone we offer one free session to give you a nice look at what you can expect from our online sessions!

Summer Game Jam Round Up!

Game Jam Season is coming to a close – let’s wrap them up!