The Code Machine
I love hearing about the journeys pupils' projects have taken them on, so I thought I would share one of my own. At the end of last year I put…
Summer Holiday Workshops
The first of the summer holiday workshops have now been confirmed. If your son or daughter would like a challenge over the summer, or would like a taster of the…
Classes
As our half term workshops come to an end, there's no need to worry. First Coding will continue to run after-school and weekend classes for the remainder of the school year.
The Automatic Plant Waterer
A pupil, bored with being tasked with watering his grandma's plants whilst she's on holiday, used his Microbit lessons to build an automatic plant watering system. The water pump is…
A Quick Guide to Coding
If you're just starting out with coding or have children who are interested in it but not sure how to encourage them, then download our simple Learning to Code guide…
Computer Science: Real World Talks
I was kindly asked to talk at the Wessex Partnership's Computer Science Real World talk this week. I talked about how the benefits of personal projects and how taking the…
App Building Workshops
Do you fancy learning a new skill over the weekends? We offer weekend Android app building workshops for people of any age and abilities. So if you've got a great…
STEM Talks
It was an absolute pleasure to talk to the sixth formers at Bishop Wordsworth's yesterday about computing as part of their STEM day. I talked about a number of my…
Rain Soundboard
Here is a simple soundboard for you to try. Clicking on the numbers one at a time will play sound clips of rain. Pressing button 3 will allow you to…
March is Weather Month
This month's Facebook theme is Weather. So head on over to our Facebook page to see what delights await.