Scratch Game Design Workshop with Prizes
Calling all young game designers! Join us for a two-part Game Design Workshop on the last two Saturday mornings in September (20th and 27th), open to children and teens aged…
New Term, New Flyers
The old ways of advertising are still the best in my opinion. As the academic year approaches, First Coding has been ordering new flyers to be distributed in the usual…
The Great Computer Lab Tidy Up
The computer lab we use for our Alternative Provision classes and weekend workshops has had a bit of a tidy up. There's also a new display cabinet showing off the…
And That’s a Wrap!
As another academic year finishes, it’s a perfect time to look back on everything we’ve achieved at First Coding. This academic year, 287 students took part in our school groups,…
GCSE Computer Science Groups for Bishop Wordsworth’s School
For the past couple of years, Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury has kindly supported First Coding in running after-school GCSE Computer Science groups, with the school arranging the exam entry…
Help Build a Rocketship
Over the years, First Coding has had the privilege of working with many businesses and organisations to help host creative coding classes. Over the years, you may have attended a…
After School Electronics Clubs
In our school electronics classes this week, all the groups were set a challenge to wire up and code their own set of traffic lights, complete with pedestrian crossing functionality.…
Underground Game Design Classes
Welcome to the Harnham Bunker, a unique underground creative space and home to First Coding. From supporting schools through the Alternative Provision programme to running exciting game design workshops and…
Click the 1980s
Did you know that we have a gaming club? Every month subscribers receive a new standalone game, complete with the Scratch files to help them understand how the game was…
3d Printing Workshops
We are running our popular 3d printing workshop again throughout June. Young designers will learn the basics of 3d designing using the Tinkercad software, before being taught how designs are…