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Building Connections Through Code: How Our Coding Community Supports Mental Health

At The Code Zone, we believe coding is more than just a skill—it’s a way to build community. This Mental Health Awareness Week, discover how our clubs support young coders' mental well-being through friendship, mentorship, and acceptance.

Posted on May 15, 2025 club updates

The Code Zone's Code Card

If you've seen The Code Zone online or in person, you've probably heard about our Code Card. But what exactly is it? This blog is here to help parents understand what a Code Card is, what it includes, and how it helps our members learn to code.

Posted on May 07, 2025 coding news

Top 5 Transferable Coding Skills Every Young Coder Should Know

Did you know coding teaches more than just how to make games? Even if your child isn’t aiming to be a game developer, joining a coding club builds valuable skills like computer confidence and clear communication, setting them up for future success!

Posted on May 01, 2025 coding news

World Creativity and Innovation Day: Unleashing Imagination with Code

This week we celebrated World Creativity and Innovation Day and, with that in mind, we want to share some of the ways in which learning to code can also lead to the development of strong creative skills.

Posted on April 23, 2025 coding news

How To Get Started With Minecraft Mod Worlds

Now that we've seen A Minecraft Movie we want to keep the fun going by exploring, building, and mining just like Steve! That's what Minecraft Mod Worlds is all about...

Posted on April 11, 2025 minecraft

Neurodiversity Celebration Week: How We Make Coding Accessible

It’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week and here at The Code Zone we want to shine a light on why we think combining gaming and coding can be hugely beneficial for neurodivergent children.

Posted on March 19, 2025 club updates

International Day of Awesomeness

You might not know it, but on the 10^th of March every year, it’s none other than International Day of AWESOMENESS! We wanted to show off some of the most mind-boggling and generally awesome projects our members have made, to not just celebrate a day dedicated to awesomeness, but also their hard work and creativity!

Posted on March 10, 2025 club updates

It's Meet the Mentor Week

Today we have six of our newest mentors with me: Charlotte, Comfort, Jacob, Jordie, Lewis, and Musa, all ready to answer some questions and tell us all about some of their favourite things!

Posted on March 05, 2025 mentors

Back to Basics: What is Coding?

What actually IS coding? We talk about it all the time, and it’s very important to make the world go around, but we get so caught up in doing code, we sometimes forget to explain what it even is! So put on your learning caps, and let’s figure it out together.

Posted on February 25, 2025 coding news

Half Term Game Jam Round Up

We still have the rest of the week left of our Game Jam but we have already seen some AMAZING entries from our talented young coders that we couldn't wait to share them. So here are some of our mentor's favourite Game Jam games in no particular order... 

Posted on February 21, 2025 game jam club updates

Women in Coding - We need YOU

We’re always striving to get more girls involved with our clubs and making awesome games – we’ve got some amazing members of all genders, and they all deserve the same chance to learn code, show off their games, and of course earn some sweet XP points. 

Posted on February 13, 2025 coding news

Virtual and Augmented Reality Safety

We have started using Virtual and Augmented Reality in our clubs, but there are a few things to be aware of.

Posted on February 10, 2025