Midlothian Council and Volunteer Midlothian

Another project that involves the use of Libraries for the delivering of Code Club activities, with this one using senior secondary school pupils and adult volunteers, working with Midlothian Library employees as the trainers/hosts.

Several of the Clubs are located within disadvantaged areas and reach young people that would ordinarily not have the opportunity or be encouraged to participate in computing related activity.

Using the successful Code Club model, young people aged 9 – 11 years are initially taught to use Scratch before moving onto more advanced coding activities involving Python, Scratch operated robots and Lego® robotics.

One major benefit of this project is the impact that it potentially has on the 15+ year old secondary school volunteers who gain a whole range of soft skills through sharing their knowledge and training the younger pupils. It is hoped that this approach will provide a pathway from primary school through to secondary school and then beyond into FE, career or Modern Apprenticeship.