Hands-on, project-based courses that teach real digital skills — cyber security, AI and coding — through activities kids actually play, not walls of text.
Inspect element, passwords, phishing, web hacking, AI deepfakes and the final Capture-the-Flag — taught through 30+ hands-on activities and a live multiplayer quiz every single session. Learn it, then battle the whole class.
A Kahoot-style multiplayer quiz called CyberClash. Your teacher launches a game, everyone joins with a code, and you race to answer fastest. Learn the topic, then prove it — and top the leaderboard.
Jump into Session 1 — it takes about 90 minutes, and your progress saves as you go.
A five-session journey from total beginner to confident cyber defender. Each session mixes short lessons, hands-on projects, and a live multiplayer quiz to lock it all in.
Unlocks at 100%. Complete every session's quiz to claim it.
Kahoot-style multiplayer quiz on everything from this session. Teacher hosts on the big screen, students join from any device.
Keep this open while coding — syntax you can check in seconds, plus a 60-second recap of every session.
Variables, strings, loops, if/else, functions — plus the exact recipes used in camp (hashing, password generator, HTML Detective), a "fix my error" guide, and a recap of all 6 sessions. Printable.
📖 Open cheat sheetCourses that pair with this one.
Everything you need to run the course in a classroom or holiday camp.
Projection-ready slides covering all 6 sessions: mission, concepts, activities, flow, ethics.
🖥 Open HTML deckPrint-ready A4 landscape Cyber Defender certificate. Add the student's name + sign.
🖨 Open certificateFull time-blocked plan with timings, teacher tips and ethics moments per session.
The editable Word lesson plan (it includes every flag answer) is kept off the website. Ask your Code Kids coordinator for a copy.
Teacher versions of the HTML Detective and Password Projects with all code filled in.
📥 HTML Detective (teacher) 📥 Password Projects (teacher)First-time setup guide for students. Tells them how to run the camp locally.
📖 Setup guideFree cyber security programmes your students can join right now to keep going.
NCSC's UK programme for 11–17 year olds — free Adventurers, Defenders & Futures courses.
Visit CyberFirst →Carnegie Mellon's free CTF designed for students. Ongoing puzzles + an annual contest.
Visit picoCTF →Guided cyber tutorials with hands-on labs. Free tier; great kid-friendly intro path.
Visit TryHackMe →Real bug bounty programmes. Big companies pay you to find vulnerabilities — legally.
Visit HackerOne →A more advanced deliberately-vulnerable site to practise on once they've mastered the Candy Shop.
Visit Juice Shop →External programmes operated by third parties; Code Kids isn't affiliated. Please review their terms before signing up under 18.
Each session ends with CyberClash — a Kahoot-style live multiplayer quiz you can host on the big screen. Open CyberClash Host on the projector, students join from their devices with the code shown.
Teacher slides: HTML deck