5 Things You'll Do In Your Taster Session!
Ready to join us for your FREE taster session? Want to know what to expect? Read on to find out more...
So you want to do a free taster session with us here at The Code Zone but would like to know what to expect before going in? Well wonder no more, I’m here to tell you 5 things you can expect during your taster!
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1) 15 minutes of 1-to-1 mentoring
That’s right, each of our taster sessions start 15 minutes before the usual club times to give you the chance to meet your STEM certified mentor and learn a little bit about how our platform works, all without any distractions! During this time you can ask as many (or few!) questions as you want to get prepared for the main session!
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2) Immediate playability
Once we’re in the game you will have the chance to get stuck in straight away! All our games come to you completely playable right out the box, allowing you to get a feel for things straight away, this also means we have a starting point for any ideas you might have to change the game!
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3) Get stuck in
Our code card and guided hack give you step by step instructions to make some easy changes to your game, from making parts of your game flash all the colours of the rainbow, to high score mechanics and more! (this is also a great way to help our younger and less tech savvy coders learn mouse skills such as clicking and dragging!)
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4) Get social
In our clubs you will be in groups of up to 6 members, so there’s plenty of people to talk about your hobbies and interests with while you code! Got a cool new pokemon card you want to share with the group? Now’s the perfect chance!
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5) Meet the iconic Zonebot!
Our scratch games often include our good friend Zonebot and the escapades it gets into! This charming orange cube often plays the role of our player character, and is always ready and willing to be transformed by your imagination.
There you have it! Five things you will encounter in your taster session here at The Code Zone. If this has enticed you into wanting your own session run by a STEM certified mentor, sign up now and see how we can help you!
Who wrote this
We run coding clubs for children aged 6 to 16, so the guides here are written by the mentors who teach them rather than by a marketing team. Live online clubs are open to children anywhere in the UK, and our in-person clubs run across Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.
A live club is one hour a week, in a group of no more than six, with the same DBS-checked, STEM-certified mentor.
Children build their own games rather than working through a set course, starting in Scratch or MakeCode and moving to Python and TypeScript when they are ready. More than a third of our members are autistic or have ADHD, based on what parents tell us when they join.
Mentors write a note on every child after every session, which is how we know when somebody is ready to move up a level or would rather stay where they are. Levels move down as readily as up. Nothing is forced, and staying put is a perfectly good outcome.
In 2026 we were ranked second in the UK in Club Hub UK’s Top 100 Children’s Activity Providers, scored by five independent judges on safeguarding, inclusivity and community impact, and in 2025 we received the Autism Inclusion Award from the National Autistic Society. Over 1,000 children are enrolled.
More like this
The blog is in two halves. Guides are the evergreen explainers written by the mentors who teach the clubs, covering the questions parents actually ask: what comes after Scratch, how to support a coding-mad child when you cannot code yourself, and what works for autistic and ADHD children.
Club news is the other half, and it is where posts like this one live: game jams, Minecraft builds and weekly roundups, written up by whoever ran the session. Neither is marketing. If you want to know what an hour actually looks like before you book anything, club news is the more honest read of the two.
The first session is a free taster and we do not ask for card details. Book a free taster session, see what it costs, or read about support for neurodivergent children.
