Barcode Battles
First Coding can help breathe new life into an old laptop or tablet. This week we've been developing apps for Kindle Fires using block-based coding. The game is a really…
Library Coding Club
The third session of the monthly coding club at Salisbury library took place yesterday and it proved a great deal of fun. First Coding taught the children how to make…
Asteroids!
It's been another fun day training a young team of coders in the art of making the classic game of Asteroids. I loved seeing all the different ideas for their…
Young Coders
A huge congratulations to all the Young Coders' school groups that finished this week. It's been such good fun over the last six weeks building platform and arcade games with…
Digital Drinks
Thank you to everyone who came over to say hi at last night's Digital Drinks event in Salisbury. There was a great deal of interest in First Coding's courses and…
Happy Hens
After learning that one of our young pupils recently bought some chickens for her garden, we set about designing a web page to advertise the eggs she was going to…
Digital Makers
Calling all Scouts! First Coding can help you earn your Digital Maker badge, just like one student this week who was awarded his Stage 3 badge. Very well done indeed!…
Microbit Adventurers
A new class of young Microbit adventurers kicked off today with some great little animations using the block editor.
Half Term Certificates
It's been back to back workshops this half term. For all the younger coders I hand out little certificates for a job well done. Some of the games that are…
A Taste of Things to Come
I ran a small coding workshop at Salisbury's library this afternoon. It was a little taster for the bigger club that I'm starting there next month. It was nice to…