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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)
The Playful Classroom: From Play to Pedagogy

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 ...

15.01.25 11:47 AM - Comment(s)
Digital Schoolhouse's January Newsletter

Our January Newsletter is here - find out what we've been up to at Digital Schoolhouse and the great things we have coming up!

08.01.25 03:47 PM - Comment(s)
The Playful Classroom: Let's Talk About Play

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 ...

16.12.24 03:47 PM - Comment(s)
Digital Schoolhouse's December Newsletter

Our December Newsletter is here - find out what we've been up to at Digital Schoolhouse and the great things we have coming up!

05.12.24 01:37 PM - Comment(s)
Just Dance for Pudsey goes live for BBC Children in Need

Last week, we travelled to Media City in Salford to witness the launch of an exciting collaboration between Digital Schoolhouse, BBC Children in Need and Ubisoft UK, encouraging students across the country to dance for charity as part of this year’s Game to Give campaign.


It was an early st...

15.11.24 01:49 PM - Comment(s)
Digital Schoolhouse's November Newsletter

Our November Newsletter is here - find out what we've been up to at Digital Schoolhouse in Spooky Season and the great things we have coming up!

07.11.24 12:45 PM - Comment(s)
Welcome to our new Communications Officer




Gareth is our new Programme Communications Officer for Digital Schoolhouse.  

31.10.24 04:01 PM - Comment(s)
Welcome to Bella, our new Senior Project Manager
Hi everyone! I’m joining Ukie to cover for Amii while she is on maternity leave, so I will be working as Senior Project Manager with Digital Schoolhouse. You may find yourself receiving emails from someone called Isabell Becker-Ebert - that's also me! Please feel free to call me Isabell or Bella or ...
31.10.24 07:58 AM - Comment(s)
Digital Schoolhouse Lead Teacher Awards 2024
Last week was epic for us to say the least, as we hosted our annual Summer Bootup Camp at the University of Westminster, bringing together some of the greatest minds in computing education for 3 days of interactive learning, workshops, masterclasses, talks and more. 

Additionally, we opened up o...
30.10.24 08:25 AM - Comment(s)