Digital Schoolhouse

Big news! 🎉 Digital Schoolhouse is teaming up with Roblox to bring free, game-based computing education to classrooms across the UK.

For millions of children, Roblox is already where they play, build, and create - so we're bringing that same creative energy into computing lessons, with free workshops based in Roblox Studio, (where children can learn how to build games), teacher training, and resources designed for every school, including those without reliable devices or internet access.

As Shahneila Saeed, our Programme Director, puts it: "Teachers have always known that to engage pupils, you begin with what they love."

Want to find out how your school can get involved? Read more here: https://www.digitalschoolhouse.org.uk/news/post/digital-schoolhouse-partners-with-roblox

Our Programme Director, Shahneila Saeed, was delighted to be invited onto the Edufuturists podcast, to talk about

✅How play-based learning is rigorous pedagogy
✅How computing can be taught without a single computer
✅What the games industry can teach the classroom about preparing young people for the world as it actually is

You can watch it on Youtube here: https://zurl.co/H8bse

Or listen on Spotify here: https://zurl.co/jlcET

What if the lessons that look most like play are the most serious with Shahneila Saeed (#349) In this episode of the Edufuturists podcast, Ben and Steve sit down...

Festival of Play London is a go!

300 schoolchildren have descended on University of Westminster for a day of playful computing and creative careers.

Magic, prizes and the people that make the world's best computer games - Best. School trip. Ever.

Festival of Play Liverpool is here!

The fourth venue of our fifth year tour is well underway at North Liverpool Academy, with even more pupils enjoying playful computing and finding out about creative careers.

4 down, 1 to go, showing children that when it comes to computing, play is the way.

🎮 First time in Wales!

We're thrilled that Digital Schoolhouse's Festival of Play in partnership with Electronic Arts is heading to Wales for the very first time - landing at Coleg Llandrillo, Rhos-on-Sea!

This free creative careers & computing conference brings hands-on workshops, industry talks, and hours of innovative gaming to students aged 9–14 - all exploring the exciting world of careers in video games.

✨ Learn the tech behind the games they love
✨ Meet professionals from the games industry
✨ Discover STEAM careers they never knew existed
✨ Get hands-on with creative tools and tech

📅 A huge moment for computing education in Wales – and all thank to Coleg Llandrillo and EA - Electronic Arts

🎮 Am y tro cyntaf yng Nghymru! Rydym yn hynod o gyffrous bod Festival of Play Digital Schoolhouse, mewn partneriaeth ag Electronic Arts, yn dod i Gymru am y tro cyntaf – a hynny yng Ngholeg Llandrillo, Llandrillo-yn-Rhos.

Mae’r gynhadledd gyrfaoedd creadigol a chyfrifiadura am ddim hon yn dod â gweithdai ymarferol, sgyrsiau diwydiant, ac oriau o gemau arloesol i ddisgyblion 9–14 oed – wrth archwilio maes cyffrous gyrfaoedd mewn gemau fideo.

✨ Dysgu am y dechnoleg y tu ôl i’r gemau maen nhw’n eu caru
✨ Cwrdd â gweithwyr proffesiynol o’r diwydiant gemau
✨ Darganfod gyrfaoedd STEAM nad oedden nhw’n gwybod oedd yn bodoli
✨ Cael profiad ymarferol gyda theclynnau a thechnoleg greadigol

📅 Mae hon yn foment enfawr i addysg gyfrifiadura yng Nghymru – ac mae’r cyfan yn ddiolch i Goleg Llandrillo ac Electronic Arts!

No trains? No problem.

When our in-person Ingenuity Day got cancelled due to the extreme weather, we had to adapt quickly.

We moved the day onto Gather and managed to deliver a full day of Teacher CPD to our Lead Teachers.

Playful tech delivering important learning? Sounds like Digital Schoolhouse to me.

Free Teacher CPD today 🔥

It's hot out there so we've moved out Playful Computing Conference online.

Listen to all of these amazing speakers for FREE.

Log on here from 10 am: https://zurl.co/ZedVg

📢 Big news! The Playful Computing Conference is going online - and it's free for everyone to join!

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade...

Due to the extreme weather warning, we have moved our Playful Computing Conference online, and as such, we are letting everyone join in on the CPD.

Expect a day of fresh ideas, hands-on sessions, and great conversation about play and learning in computing.

Joining online tomorrow at 10 am: https://zurl.co/W7MtB

Playful Computing Conference 2026 The Digital Schoolhouse Playful Computing Conference brings together world-leading educators in STEM and Computer Science subjects with cutting-edge video games & edtech industry experts to empower you to deliver the new wave of digital and creative learning.

Digital Schoolhouse were delighted to be featured in The Guardian last week.

In a world where virtually every career requires digital literacy, we make sure children aren't left behind. We are proud to be equipping the next generation with the vital tech skills they need to thrive.

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Festival of Play Belfast is here!

The Playful Computing Conference for kids makes it's way to Stranmillis University thanks to Electronic Arts.

Innovation, smiles and creative computing, that's why it's the tech conference with less coffee, more ice cream.