10 Years Young
This Easter, First Coding celebrated a significant milestone: it's the ten-year anniversary of our first coding workshop where we taught students how to build a simple joke-telling app. While it…
Global Game Jam 2026
It's Global Game Jam time once again. This is an event that happens right across the globe as teams and individuals make a game over a single weekend based on…
Bett Show 2026
I’ve been to the BETT Show a few times over the years, so it was great to be back again. Held at ExCeL London, it’s the UK’s biggest education event…
Salisbury Minecraft
This week marks six years since I was interviewed on TV for the Minecraft event I ran, whereby people were invited to help build the whole of Salisbury within the…
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…
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…
February’s CodeBar
First Coding got involved with the charity CodeBar a year ago now and was proud to sponsor this month's session. I also attended as a coach, helping learners improve their…
IGNITE + CRAFT Workshop Talk
Yesterday, I gave a short talk at the creative workshop IGNITE + CRAFT about the games I create and the process I enjoy following when I make them. I shared why game…
CodeBar Coaching
Another great evening last night coaching at Southampton's CodeBar monthly meetup. I got to coach a couple of great people last night on SQL, it's such a friendly and welcoming…
Christmas Coding Workshops
Attention young coders! We will be running our popular Christmas coding workshops on Saturday 14 December where children will get the chance to design and make their own Christmas cracker…