BUPA
CODING DAYS

What are Bupa Coding Days all about?

Bupa Coding Days are an initiative sponsored by Bupa and developed in partnership with Get with the Program, giving schools free access to Get with the Program Coding Adventures for 5-13 year-olds. Bupa Coding Days take place three times during each academic year.

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Which Coding Adventures are available?

There's a Healthy Lunch-Bot Coding Adventure for 5 -11 year-olds, in which the children program a robot to create a healthy lunch-box! Alternatively older students can code a pathway to net zero in our Net Zero Coding Adventure for 11-13 year-olds.

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When are the Bupa Coding Days?

The next date is 13th November 2024. We also have further dates planned for March 2025 and June/July 2025. See the above form for all the dates you can currently sign up for.

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Note that there's a single Bupa Coding Day date each March, June and November for schools accessing our Healthy Lunch-Bot Coding Adventure. However schools can access our Net Zero Coding Adventure over several days to fit in with older students' timetables. 

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Which schools can sign up or be nominated?

Any school or educational setting in the UK, with children between the ages of 5 and 13, can sign up or be nominated for Bupa Coding Days.

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Who can sign up or nominate a school?

Teachers, headteachers and support staff can sign-up their schools, and anyone can nominate a school for Bupa Coding Days.

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Who can volunteer?

Anyone can volunteer to help out at a local school on a Bupa Coding Day. We'll pass your details to your local school, and they'll let you know about any additional checks required.

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What does being a volunteer involve?

Volunteers have fun helping the children with their teamwork and using new coding terms (some are new to the volunteers too!) Click here for more.

What does each Bupa Coding Day include?

Schools get free access to our Healthy Lunch-Bot Coding Adventure for 5 -11 year-olds, or our Net Zero Coding Adventure for 11-13 year-olds, completely free of charge.

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Our Healthy Lunch-Bot Coding Adventure includes a 30-minute online show and two 45-minute follow-up activities. Schools can access these at any time during each specific Bupa Coding Day.

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Our Net Zero Coding Adventure includes a 15-minute online show and a 45-minute follow-up activity. Schools can stream and access these over several days to fit in with older students' timetables.

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What equipment do schools need for our Healthy Lunch-Bot Coding Adventure?

We've designed this so schools don't need lots of computers or equipment to take part. There's an unplugged activity which doesn't need any technology at all, and the online activity is optional.

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For the online show: Schools will need a computer with internet access and a screen so the children can watch the show together.

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For the unplugged activity: Schools will need a hall or communal space (indoors or outside), print-outs of the activity templates, whiteboards/paper and pens, and a way of setting out grids on the floor, (e.g. with chalk, tape or rubber mats).

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For the online activity (optional): Schools will need a computer or device with internet access for each child or pair of children.

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What equipment do schools need for our Net Zero Coding Adventure?

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For the online show: Schools will need a computer with internet access and a screen so the students can watch the show together.

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For the online activity: Schools will need a computer or device with internet access for each child or pair of children.