Game jams, Minecraft builds and weekly roundups, written by the mentors who ran them. If you want to know what your child would actually be doing on a Tuesday evening, this is it.
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...
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!
Friday the 24th marks International Day Of Education; this year's theme centres around AI and its uses in education which is something we at The Code Zone are very interested in!
It is coming to the end of 2024 and whilst the fire is still blazing and the Christmas tree lights are still twinkling, we want to take a moment to reflect on all the amazing things that happened at The Code Zone this year
Only one week left until Christmas! And you all know what that means... it is time for another Code Zone Game Jam!
We've rounded up some super cool gift ideas for kids who love everything to do with computers, tech and coding!
This week at The Code Zone we’re taking part in Computer Science Education Week! The goal of this week is to encourage and inspire children of all ages to learn and get excited about computer science.
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.
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!
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…
I bet you're wondering what theme we've come up with this time?....well let's find out...
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!
This is the diary rather than the advice. Every post is written by the mentor who ran the session, usually the same evening, and it is the closest thing we have to letting you look through the window of a coding club for kids before you book anything.
Expect game jams with deliberately strange themes, Minecraft mods that should not work and somehow do, and weekly roundups of what children aged 6 to 16 built that week in Scratch, Python and TypeScript. Some weeks are a triumph.
Some weeks are four children quietly fixing the same bug for an hour, and we write those up too, because that is what learning to code actually looks like most of the time.
We keep it because it is the part parents believe. Anyone can claim small groups and patient mentors on a pricing page. It is harder to fake three years of Tuesday evenings, written up by the people who were in the room.
If you want the practical advice instead, the guides are the other half of the blog: what comes after Scratch, how to choose a club, and what actually works for autistic and ADHD children.
The Code Zone runs coding clubs for children aged 6 to 16. Live online clubs are open to children anywhere in the UK and our in-person clubs run across Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.
A session is one hour a week in a group of no more than six, with the same DBS-checked, STEM-certified mentor every week, and children build their own games rather than working through a set course. The first session is a free taster and we do not ask for card details, so you can see whether it suits your child before deciding anything.
Most children start in Scratch or MakeCode and move to Python and TypeScript when they are ready. Levels move down as readily as up so the work always fits, and staying where you are is a perfectly good outcome.
Mentors write a note on every child after every session, which is how we know when somebody is ready to move on, and it is why a child who has gone quiet for three weeks does not simply go unnoticed.
More than a third of our members are autistic or have ADHD, based on what parents tell us when they join.
In 2025 we received the Autism Inclusion Award from the National Autistic Society, and 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.
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