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Digital Schoolhouse x ClassVR workshops now available
Digital Schoolhouse's free VR workshops with ClassVR are now open for booking by UK schools
02.10.25 03:02 PM - Comment(s)
Festival of Play 2025 - Dundee, Belfast, London
We look back on our Festivals of Play in Dundee, Belfast and London, where children learned about how to make computer games and what careers they can have in the industry.
07.07.25 12:54 PM - Comment(s)
The Playful Classroom: The Future of Learning is Play
Digital Schoolhouse Programme Director Shahneila Saeed looks at the recent Everything To Play for report from the Raising The Nation Play Commission.
20.06.25 02:24 PM - Comment(s)
The Playful Classroom: My Curriculum Journey
Shahneila Saeed, Programme Director of Digital Schoolhouse, looks back on her role in shaping the Computing Curriculum for UK schools.
09.05.25 12:28 PM - Comment(s)
esports Grand Final storms Sadler's Wells
The Grand Final of the Digital Schoolhouse Splatoon 3 Tournament with Nintendo Switch took place at Lilian Baylis Studio at Sadler's Wells - who came out on top?
02.05.25 08:39 AM - Comment(s)
The Playful Classroom: Careers in Video Games
Shahneila Saeed, Director of Digital Schoolhouse, busts some of the myths associated with careers in Video Games, and gives teachers and their pupils useful tips for how to prepare the next generation of the games industry workforce.
16.04.25 02:37 PM - Comment(s)
The Playful Classroom: We Need Your Help
Shahneila looks back upon the partners who have helped Digital Schoolhouse over the least decade and asks - could you support our work?
14.03.25 03:17 PM - Comment(s)
Splatoon 3 Regional qualifiers make a splash
The 2025 Digital Schoolhouse Splatoon 3 esports tournament is well under way with the completion of our regional qualifiers, with 54 schools competing.
28.02.25 01:51 PM - Comment(s)
The Playful Classroom: From Play to Pay

Each month, Digital Schoolhouse welcomes you to The Playful Classroom,
where we'll explore the challenges and opportunities shaping computing education today.


Shahneila Saeed is Head of Education at Ukie and the Director of Digital Schoolhouse. She served as Head of Computing at an Inner ...

17.02.25 04:44 PM - Comment(s)
Festival of Play 2025 launched

Digital Schoolhouse's Festival of Play, the exciting creative computing conference for students aged 9-14, heads to Scotland for the first time. In association with Electronic Arts, the Festival returns this summer with a jam-packed schedule of interactive workshops, inspiring talks, and innovative ...

28.01.25 02:14 PM - Comment(s)