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2024 Australia School Holidays, & Term Dates
Here’s a state by state round up of the Australia school holidays and term dates in 2024.
Meet our Code Camp Superstar
Is there such a thing as attending too many Code Camps? According to 12-year-old Aarav, the answer is: definitely not!
Top 7 Things For Kids To Do These School Holidays
Parents! We’ve put together a list of our top 7 favourite things to do these holidays to make sure your kids don’t miss out.
How to Turn Your Child's Video Game Obsession Into a Profitable Career?
5 steps to turning your kid's video game obsession into a profitable career. The catatonic stare of a video game-addicted child can be hard for parents to witness...
Join us for an hour of coding for Make-A-Wish Australia
We will be donating 100% of proceeds from all bookings for our sessions on the 17th and 24th October to Make-A-Wish Australia.
All Australian Holiday Camps Postponed
We are truly upset to let you know that we have had to postpone our Code Camps across Australia these upcoming school holidays.
A Message From Hayley Markham, Co-Founder and COO
The Code Camp HQ Team have been working around the clock to make sure that we are following all government recommendations. Currently we are closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation and how it will affect our camp operations.
3 Strategies To Keep Your Kids Safe Online
Help your children safely navigate their digital world and educate them to avoid harmful online experiences. Explore websites, games, apps and social media together and set some rules.
We're donating 100% of our profits to bushfire charities for 24 hours
During Australia's unprecedented bushfire crisis, we're donating 100% of all profits made from sales for 24 hours from 2pm on Tuesday 7 January to five bushfire charities.
Code Camp Announces Collaboration with Canva
We’re proud to announce that Code Camp are collaborating with Canva to host a series of one-day design workshops in Sydney, Brisbane and Gold Coast.
Behind The Scenes: Building Code Camp World 3D
Code Camp World, our very own coding platform, was built with an incredible team of Aussie developers at our Sydney HQ. In the Summer of 2017, we decided to launch the world's first 3D kids coding platform.
Mumpreneurs Hayley Markham Simone Parsons share their secrets
Ever wondered how you too could balance a baby in one arm and a million dollar business in the other?
Ten-Year-Old Lamar Helps Father Quit Smoking By Building Her Own Website
Lamar is a 10-year-old coder. She is located in Sydney's South and in grade five at school. Lamar has attended Code Camp for the past three years and loves attending the Code Camp each year.
Why do we use game design to teach kids to code?
How do we keep children engaged in this digital age? When there is an electronic device with an infinite amount of boredom-crushing activities within arms reach at all times, believe me, it can be tough!
Safe Screen Ideas For Kids Before Bed
Ideally, 90 minutes before your child sleeps is recommended to be screen-free, but even 30 or 60-minutes screen-free before bed will make a difference to kids’ sleep.
Kids, Sleep and Screens: What Parents Need To Know
Many of us know that this digital habit can impact both the quality and quantity of their sleep, but we often find this habit hard to change.
How to Ensure Your Child’s Screen Time is Enriching Them
We want to make sure that kids are being creators as well as consumers on their devices. Whether they’re coding games or writing short stories or editing short films...
Five Careers Where Coding Skills Will Help Your Kids Get Ahead
85% of jobs that will exist in 2030 haven’t been invented yet. So while a number of industries need coding skills right now, we can only assume the need...
15 Reasons Why We Should Teach Our Kids To Code
If you can program a computer, you can achieve your dreams. A computer doesn't care about your family background, your gender, just that you know how to code.
10 Facts About Coding If You Don't Know Anything About It
To put it simply, people write code, code powers computers and computers tell things like our phones and our hot water systems what to do.
3 Reasons Why Coding Is the Best Second Language for Your Child
Coding is the world’s only universal language, which means that coders can work from anywhere in the world and for anyone in the world.
The Most Important Thing You Can Do to Prepare Your Child for Their Career
By 2030, automation, globalisation and flexibility will change what we do in every single job. How can we better prepare our kids for their career?
10 Things Your Kids Will Gain From Code Camp
In just under four years, Code Camp has proudly taught 30, 000 bright-eyed kids from around Australia the basics of coding.
8 Best Programming Games for Kids
If you are looking for programming games for kids, the internet offers many free online programming games for children. In this article, we’ll take a look at some of the best free online games that can teach programming to kids and the young at heart.
10 Best Toys to Teach Programming to Kids
Programming toys for kids are a great way to supplement apps and computer programs when you want your child to learn to code. Using toys to teach kids coding can be affordable and a lot of fun!
20 Best Programming Languages for Kids
What are the best programming languages for kids? We’ve come up with a curated list of some of the most fun, useful, and even challenging programming languages your kids may enjoy.
The Untapped Potential of Women in Tech
At Code Camp our philosophy for encouraging girls into tech has always focused on one thing: providing positive role models.
9 year old Code Camper has built an app that could save lives this summer!
Code Camp student, Sarah Yep (9) has built her own Beach Safety app that's sure to save lives in Australia this Summer.