Calendar of Activities for 2026

Kick off the new school year with one of our learning paths Introduction to Scratch: sprites, scripts and loops , Introduction to Web Pages and Introduction to Python . Step-by-step instructions guide young learners in how to learn basic coding skills over six lessons; the first 3 teach the coding concepts, the next 2 practice this and the final project is a design brief for kids to show their new skills. As a result of working through this path, learners are empowered to make their own ideas and create solutions with increased independence.

If you're new to Code Club, you might also like to review our How-To guides and Downloads (on your Code Club Dashboard) to help get you started.

Make sure to review your club details in the dashboard and make any necessary changes.

We want to ensure that every person at Code Club is safe. The start of the year is a great time to review the safeguarding module and ensure we are providing a safe and supportive environment for everyone.

Create an animation of ducks waddling in the rain with our Australian Code Club project Fowl Weather.

Registrations for Coolest Projects Global opens on January 14. Coolest Projects is the world's leading technology showcase for young people. It is free and open to creators up to the age of 18, wherever they are in the world. Learn more and register here . Coolest projects closes May 27.

What do you need to take part? A coding project that you think is COOL! It could be a Moonhack project, a Code Club project, or something you have designed yourself. It can be a physical computing project, AI, anything.

Our young people are creative and capable of innovating the most incredible digital solutions. Why not try our Space Junk design project. What invention can you create to solve the dilemma of space debris?

Why not take a beginner's project like Catch the Bus , but code the animation in reverse?

To celebrate Safer Internet Day, try some of our security-related projects:

Make an encryption program to send and receive secret messages with a friend.

Create a mystery letter that looks like each word has been cut from a different newspaper, magazine or comic.

It's time to get to know the Penguin's of Australia! Penguins were the feature of our winning project in the Flappy Bird competition in 2025. Check out the winning entry here.

Retell a fairy tale in Scratch or create your own. Use the Scratch project Hide and Seek to create a choose-your-own adventure book, I Made You a Book , the Python project Story Time , or the HTML & CSS project Tell a Story .

Sea Week is designed to raise community awareness about the important role that the sea plays in our world. To encourage an appreciation of the sea we encourage clubs to complete our In Deep Water project to link the important role that recycling and sustainability plays on the water levels of our ocean.

Each year volunteers around Australia spend an hour of their time to Clean Up Australia. This is an opportunity to explore any of our Sustainability projects and have discussions around their important messages.

Celebrate International Women's Day by creating web pages about inspirational women. Use the My favourite celebrity project for instructions.

Prepare for Earth Hour by coding our Light project, a collaboration with Dr Brad Tucker. Learn about the three different twilights and find out what time Twilight will be in your town.

Celebrate with the Bureau of Meteorology and looks at the weather in Australia. Try the What Will I Wear project that focuses on weather satellites or Weather Logger using Sense HAT.

To celebrate eSmart Week, try some of our security-related projects:

Make an encryption program to send and receive secret messages with a friend.

Create a mystery letter that looks like each word has been cut from a different newspaper, magazine or comic.

World Party Day is an unofficial day, but we love an excuse to celebrate! Our Party Pinata project, designed for Code Club's 10th birthday, is the perfect project to party with. And of course, all of our Moonhack 2025 projects are perfect, where we celebrated the 10th birthday of Moonhack!

Create an Easter Egg Hunt .

Earth Day was first introduced in 1970 as a campaign to protect our Earth. In 2024 the theme is Planet v Plastic. Fight plastics in our Save the Shark project.

Try a Code Club Australia project using Scratch that uses the draw tool to create a piece of art work with poppies .

Make your mum a digital Mother's Day card with this Scratch project From me to you . In this project you will think of ideas to create a digital card, choose which skills to use to make your card and share the web address for your card.

Scratch Week is a global, virtual celebration of Scratch! During Scratch week there will be a range of online activities to imagine, create, and share with Scratch online during one week of May. See here for details.

We need to protect our turtles and tortoises, especially with the current threats that they face like habitat loss, climate change, and plastic pollution. Learn about turtles and how temperature effects what gender they are born in our Moonhack 2024 Moonhack Project, Turtles and Temperature.

Registrations close for Coolest Projects, the world's leading technology showcase for young people. It is free and open to creators up to the age of 18, wherever they are in the world. Get your submission in by sharing what you've made. Submit a link to a video or Scratch project at coolestprojects.org . Learn more here .

National Reconciliation Week is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. Mark National Reconciliation Week with Scratch project Tagai Constellation which was a project created in collaboration with students from Tagai College on Thursday Island. This project shares the story of Tagai, the sea hero of the Torres Strait. You can read more about the project here .

On this day in 1992 the TI flag was first officially presented to the people of the Torres Strait at the 6th Torres Strait Cultural Festival.

World Environment Day is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment. Celebrate World Environment Day and educate the young people in your club about key environmental issues by exploring projects is our Sustainability projects collection.

World Ocean Day raises awareness of the health of our marine environment and encourages conservation efforts. Create a Deep Sea Sushi game in Scratch, or use imported data that Track Turtle movements off the west coast of Africa.

A global annual celebration that encourages everyone to play music. The annual celebration started in 1982. Coders are encouraged to jump into our Sonic Pi projects and code some amazing music!

A global celebration to raise awareness about rainforest importance and promote their protection. Try any of our sustainability projects to support this cause.

Join people from all over the world to watch the celebratory livestream and announcement of judges' favourite Coolest Projects for 2025. The categories are Scratch, Hardware, Mobile Apps, Web, Games, AI, and Advanced Programming. You can read more about these categories here .

NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is celebrated not only in Indigenous communities, but by Australians from all walks of life. Mark NAIDOC Week with Scratch project Tagai Constellation which was a project created in collaboration with students from Tagai College on Thursday Island. This project shares the story of Tagai, the sea hero of the Torres Strait. You can read more about the project here .

On this day in 1971 the Aboriginal flag was first raised at a land rights rally in Adelaide. It became legally recognised as a national symbol in 1995.

Celebrate Christmas in July with our Seasonal Projects collection! Lots of snow themed projects will help your club get in the Christmas spirit.

Plastic Free July is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution – so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities. In this Scratch project Save the Shark , you will explore sharks’ favourite food source (fish, not humans!), as well as the impact of plastic in the water harming sharks in their natural ocean habitat. This game engages with two of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Life Below Water and Responsible Consumption and Production .

For more environmental themed projects, see our Sustainability projects collection.

International Moon Day is a great time to revisit favourite Moonhack projects and to start building excitement about Moonhack 2025! !

A global celebration dedicated to web browsing. It commemorates the invention of the World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 and the profound impact its had on communciation, information access, and society. Why now celebrate by creating your own website with our project Share Your World.

A favourite day to celebrate the cats that are in our lives. It was designed to raise awareness for their welfare, adoption and protection. Create our fun Cats game to celebrate.

National Science Week is recognised across Australia and this year the theme is Seeds of science: Nurturing knowledge for all. Our collection of Agriculture projects can stimulate interesting conversations about STEM careers, pathways and the the role that science plays in our everyday life.

Book Week across schools involves dress ups and excitedly awaiting the outcome to see which book is named Book of the Year. Why not create a book in Scratch that retells one of these stories, or create your own, using the project I Made You a Book , or create a choose your own adventure book with the project Hide and Seek.

Make your dad a digital Father's Day card with this Scratch project From me to you. In this project you will think of ideas to create a digital card, choose which skills to use to make your card and share the web address for your card.

Growing up, choose your own adventure books were an absolute favourite book to read so why not create your own using our project Hide and Seek?

Whether you love AFL or NRL, get into footy finals fever by customizing this Scratch game Beat the Goalie for your favourite sporting code.

Create a web page using HTML & CSS that can translate normal English to pirate speak!

An international day of action for animal rights and welfare celebrated annually. The day focuses on creating a better world for all creature through actions like adoption, volunteerings, and supporting conservation.

Join our annual global coding challenge and join young people around the world to code digital solutions. For past projects and to learn more, visit the Moonhack website.

Kangaroos are a vital part of Australia's ecosystem and culture and are highlighted as an animal that is intelligent and has spiritual significance to First Nations peoples. This day encourage us to celebrate these iconic animals through events, education and support for conservation efforts. Try out NT quiz where kangaroos are a highlight!

Get spooky with our super fun ghost themed projects this Halloween, like Ghostbusters - a ghost catching game.

Take a mindful moment for Mental Health Month during October. We have six Scratch coding projects to get kids making games, interactive animations, and apps while exploring the theme of wellbeing. Try out Scratch Wellbeing project collection here .

Create a field of Poppies with this Scratch project to remember our fallen.

Established by the World Kindness Movement this day is used to promote empathy, connection, and positive actions across cultures. Celebrate with our Moonhack 2025 global coding project Birthday Blast Off , a collaboration between young people across our globe.

Agriculture is a major industry in Australia, employing over 300,000 people and contributing approximately $65 billion to the national economy annually. Explore any of our Agriculture projects made about Australian topics.

The Hour of Code is a global call to action to inspire all young people to learn computer science. To help you celebrate the Hour of Code, we'll do a wrap of our favourite Hour of Code activities in Computer Science Education Week 5-11 December.

Who doesn't love a jazzy jumper for Christmas? Creat this fun Scratch project for this holiday season.