How to Code Your Own Calculator
Follow our easy-to-follow instructional guide and allow your child to use coding to help learn Mathematics
Spreading Love Through STEM: Valentine's activities for kids and parents
Are you ready to celebrate Valentine’s day in a unique and memorable way this year? Show your kids how much you love them by incorporating the power of STEM into your celebrations.
Misunderstood facts about the world of technology that may surprise you
Technology is developing at an incredibly fast pace. With so much going on all at once, it can be hard to keep up. There is a lot of information floating around about the tech world, and with this many misconceptions have been formed.
Coding for Kids: Reasons why every parent should encourage their child to learn code.
As a parent, you want the best for your child. You want them to be happy and fulfilled and, above all, successful in life and their career. Here are 5 reasons why every parent should encourage their child to learn how to code.
Free Grow A Garden Coding Activity
In this activity, you’ll create a game to grow your own flower garden in Scratch by making sure your flowers have plenty of water.
Tackling the Gender Imbalance in STEM
In England, there is an evident gender imbalance in STEM. The situation isn’t particularly good for technology subjects, with both computer science and design and technology sitting in the list of least popular subjects with girls…
Ready, Steady, Code - Fire up those Synapses for Back-to-School
Moaning and groaning, incessant bickering, round-the-clock snacking, vying for attention and seeking out quick endorphin hits from screens – by the end of summer holidays many parents will be able to identify a step-up in restless behaviour…
Teaching for Cypher - How do we Help get Children Future Ready?
At Cypher we pride ourselves on preparing our students to become future ready and equipped with all of the necessary tools and understanding to be successful. Not only do children learn to code with us, but our creative content also teaches…
Screen Time: How to Effectively Manage your Child’s Transition from Online to Offline
This generation of children always have access to screens, whether watching TV, on a phone or through their gaming device. While it has long been a concern of many parents about their usage, the pandemic has also accelerated this feeling when homeschooling was put in place and their weekends spent playing games with their friends in person turned virtual…
Life at Coding Camp - London Summer Coding Camps For Kids
With the summer holidays among us, our On Location Coding Camps in London are a great way to kick start or continue your child’s coding journey. Using our creative themes and real-life examples, we at Cypher teach children how to code to get them future ready. This summer…
Tokyo Olympics Themed Coding Classes for Kids
This summer at Cypher Summer Coding camps, kids will learn how to code while exploring the exciting world of sport and Japanese culture, in celebration of the Tokyo Olympics. At the olympics, athletes will compete in a wide range of events, including five new events: surfing, sport climbing…
Kids Learn to Code through Creative Themes - Awesome Animal Adventures!
At Cypher Summer Coding Camps, kids will be learning to code whilst exploring the wonderful world of amazing animals! For a long time, humans have learned a whole host of unique skills from nature, from flight to seeing in the dark…
Introducing Magic Weekend Coding Classes for Kids
Wondering what to do on a Saturday morning? Can’t wait for holiday coding camps? Try our new Magic + code classes! Designed to teach kids how to code and keep them entertained at the weekend, our Live Online Magic + code classes will enchant…
Summer Specials - gaming, creating & coding
Is your child super keen on making games? Obsessed with Minecraft or Roblox? Our new Live Online Summer Specials kids coding camps open up the world of imaginative play with these amazing game design platforms…
Sneakers Unboxed at the Design Museum
Now museums are opening up here’s something that will intrigue kids from the sporty types to the fashionistas. Step up and discover the footwear phenomenon that has challenged performance design, inspired subcultures and shaken the world of fashion…
Let’s hear it for the girls
A new documentary, Sisters with Transistors, tells the story of the often forgotten female pioneers of electronic music. Narrated by Laurie Anderson, the film gives a wonderful insight into the role women have played in the development of these technologies - and how they are still unequally represented…
Girls surf too
Carissa Moore, four time surfing world champion, is the first US woman to qualify for the Olympics. She is such an inspiration! Riss (as she is known) is widely known for her overwhelming positivity. Carissa was brought up in Hawaii and imbued with strong personal and family values from a young age…
Summer camps - coding, nature, culture and sport
Ever wondered how dolphins use echolocation to see? Did you know eagle’s eyes use UV light to track their prey? Do you know what new sports have been added to this year’s Olympics? We have two great themes for our kids coding camps rotating…
Future super skills
According to a recent BBC article, the UK is heading towards a "catastrophic" digital skills shortage “disaster”. Not enough students, especially girls, are learning the digital skills that the world needs to recover from the pandemic and create a positive and economically sound future…
May half-term - be anything you want to be
All you need to become a great coder is creativity and curiosity. Anyone can code! That’s right - code is behind nearly everything in the world these days. So, once you can code, you can change the world and become anything you want to be…