Electronics and Traffic Lights
The electronics clubs are in full swing and this week all the clubs have been learning how to program their own traffic lights and pedestrian crossing buttons and displays. Have…
The Electronics Courses Go From Strength to Strength
First Coding hosts a number of varied and exciting coding workshops for schools in and around the Salisbury area. Our latest addition is the popular Microbit electronics course where this…
Make A Wish
With the launch of a new round of Microbit electronics courses in a number of Salisbury schools, what better way to show of the capabilities of the little Microbit board…
Coding Motors
Sorting out the components for next week's electronics lessons. We'll be learning about motor control which opens up a whole world of possibilities. Previous projects that have come out of…
The Electronics Course Returns
There's an exciting new course in town! This one is all about electronics and kicks off at Bishop Wordsworth School after the half term break. Open to all who have…
New and Popular After School Clubs
As the new school year begins, First Coding is getting ready to run new and familiar coding workshops. The popular Scratch and Python workshops return once again but there are…
Coding Kits Update
First Coding would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped test the Micro:bit kits we're developing. Whether you tested the kits to destruction, tried to find…
Microbit Adventurers
A new class of young Microbit adventurers kicked off today with some great little animations using the block editor.
Meeting Microbit
I was fortunate enough to talk with the people at Microbit whilst attending the Bett Show this weekend. They were really surprised at some of the projects that have come out of First Coding's…
Water Quality Monitoring
In today's sessions we were looking at how we could use the Microbit to measure water quality. One idea was to use the light sensor, shining a light through the…