Summer at The Code Zone 2026!
The summer holidays are here, but that doesn't mean the coding has to stop! Wanna know what we're getting up to over the next few weeks? Keep reading to find out more about our online summer camps, coding clubs, and more!
Summer is coming at us fast! The warmer days and shorter nights are sure to be a boon to some, but others might be wanting more things to do with their days… That’s where we come in! We’d love to tell you about some of our favourite coding activities happening during the summer!
Our weekly clubs
That’s right! All through the summer holidays we’re going to be continuing with our weekly clubs, giving all our members some excellent games to play around with and make their own.
Now, we know that it can be hard to commit to consistent timings during the summer holidays, so if you still want to come along but need to change to a different day in the week just let us know and we’ll happily try our best to find a day and time that works for you!
Click here to find out more about Game Dev Club
Can't commit to weekly clubs over the summer?
Never fear! You also have the option to sign up to our Game Dev Academy membership! It's all of the fun of weekly clubs, just without the live video call.
Our mentors will send you weekly videos showing you how to play the game and you have the freedom to work on it in your own time. At the end of the week, your mentor will show off some of the awesome games people have worked on in the week!
Click here to find out more about Game Dev Academy
Game Dev Summer Camp
After having so much fun last year we’ve decided to bring back our summer camp!
Game Dev Summer Camp is a week-long event full of coding and gaming! Every morning we’ll give you a new Scratch game and our mentors will send you videos showing you how to play.
The summer camp is suitable for ages 6-16 (and grownups are welcome to also give it a go!), but under 8's are likely to need support from a parent or guardian.
Click here to book your spot on Game Dev Summer Camp
The Game Zone
If you're more interested in our IRL sessions we have some special summer Game Zones, allowing a few hours of gaming and socialising with loads of options like VR, Minecraft, and more!
Click here to find out more about The Game Zone
That's all we can reveal for now about our summer plans here at The Code Zone! Want to join in on the fun? Get in touch and we'll be happy to help you sign up to a session!
P.S. We've also heard whisperings of some summer Game Jams coming soon, keep an eye on our socials to be the first to find out more...
What a week in the clubs looks like
Posts like this one are what actually happens in a session, written by the mentors who ran it. A Game Dev Club session is one hour a week, in a group of no more than six, with the same mentor every week, online or at one of our in-person clubs.
That cap is deliberate: it is what makes it possible for a mentor to notice when a child has gone quiet, or has rebuilt the same game four weeks running because they are avoiding something harder.
Children build their own games rather than working through a set course. Levels move down as readily as up, so the work always fits, and staying where you are is a perfectly good outcome. Every mentor is DBS-checked and STEM-certified.
Most children start in Scratch or MakeCode and move to Python and TypeScript when they are ready. Mentors write a note on every child after every session, which is how we know when somebody is ready to move up, 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. Children can keep the camera off, type instead of speaking, take a break without it disrupting anyone, and step away and come back.
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.
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.
