It is never too early to start coding — it is an essential life skill that can be picked up with the proper resources and guidance! Meet David, a young and budding coder currently 10 years old in 2024, who loves exploring what he can do and create with coding! Despite being one of the youngest participants in the International Coding Showcase 2022 at 7 years old, David’s solid foundation in coding propelled him to achieve remarkable feats, earning a Distinction and Judges’ Choice (Best Presentation) Award!  David’s journey began when he was just in Primary 1! Inspired by his older brother ..read more

  We are thrilled to announce that the Coding Lab Pro Builders team has been awarded the Tokyo Bay eSG Award -  the ONLY Team from the National Japan Minecraft Cup 2023 to be accorded this honour! Organised by the Tokyo metropolitan government, the Tokyo Bay eSG award selects one work from the over 500 submissions to the Minecraft Cup 2023 that matches the city image that the Tokyo Bay eSG Project aims to create (using cutting-edge technology, creating a space for people surrounded by lush greenery and water). More about Tokyo Bay eSG The Tokyo Bay eSG Project is an ambiti ..read more

We are proud to announce that our students have once again shown their amazing programming abilities at the annual National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI), and clinched 2 Golds and 3 Bronze. We are also excited to have our student, Derrick, awarded the Top Secondary School Contestant award! Modelled after the International Olympiad in Informatics, the renowned international competition in competitive computing, this is one of the most reputable coding competitions in Singapore. Emphasising creativity in problem-solving, as well as programming skills and expertise, this is an opportunity for st ..read more

Our students are our pride and joy, and it always fills us with immense pleasure to share their growth and achievements to acknowledge them for their hard work. Meet Jacob, a diligent 13-year-old coder who won the Gold Award in the Hwa Chong Infocomm Challenge (HCIC 2023), achieved a Distinction and Judges’ Choice (Best Presentation) Award at the International Coding Showcase (ICS) 2022, and is currently attending NUS High School, which he got into via DSA! Earlier in February 2024, Jacob’s team - Team Coding Lab Urban Coders (Ages 13 to 18) -comprising students from Singapore and Japan beat m ..read more

With the March and Easter holidays coming up, you may be looking for fun activities to enjoy with your family and/or friends! Why not explore some #Techtivities, where you can have fun and see technology in action at the same time? ? Starting with some #TechNews, amputees can ‘feel’ warmth with this new bionic technology! “The first time I took part in the experiment, I felt like I had rediscovered feeling in my phantom hand,” Mr Fidati, a right-hand amputee who had participated in the study, said. Stimulating certain portions of their residual arms, sensations were induced in these amputee's ..read more

  We're stoked to announce an epic win at the Minecraft Cup finals in Tokyo! Team Coding Lab Urban Coders (Ages 13 to 18) comprising students from Singapore and Japan beat more than 500 teams (and 10,000 participants) to snag the Best Programming Award in the final competition this February! The Minecraft Cup is held annually and the theme of 2023 was sustainability and creating an environment that integrates "nature" and "convenience" in the long run. ⁣Comprising of both local and Japan students, our young and talented students crossed borders and worked together to come up with innovati ..read more

Today, we get to know our educator, Lakshmi! With a love for working with people, Lakshmi’s foray into the tech industry to empower and educate her students definitely makes for an interesting story. Find out more about the fun that Lakshmi brings to the classroom at Coding Lab! Hi Lakshmi, could you tell us a bit about yourself and your journey into teaching? I didn’t exactly choose teaching, teaching chose me; it bumped into my path when I was in my first year of university. Back then, I was eager to break into the tech world but not quite ready for a full-blown software developer role. I'm ..read more

Lunar New Year is arriving soon! Want to try some fun activities during your Lunar New Year break? Here are some #techtivities for you to enjoy! Starting with some #TechNews, have you heard about Rover-X? The four-legged Rover-X is a robotic dog ?? capable of detecting chemicals ? in the air, detect imperceptible flames ?, 'see' in the dark, and more! This allows it to support human respondents and even sense threats early. “[By] using the technology, I think it’s good to have the force multiplier in terms of our efficiency and also safety,” said SCDF’s principal hazmat development officer Lie ..read more

With the new year incoming, want to set off on a journey to explore the wonders of technology and how we can find it in various activities around us? Here are some #TechtivitiesOfTheMonth for you to begin with! ? Starting off with some #TechNews, do you find needing to take out your card or phone to tap in to MRT stations inconvenient? Beijing recently started a pilot programme allowing people simply scan their palm prints to enter and exit subway stations! This is done by registering one’s unique palm print and vein maps. ? “The ticket gates can recognise the user’s palm print and veins witho ..read more

“Good mental health is absolutely fundamental to overall health and well-being” — WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Mental health care sketch diagram. (Image credits: Freepik/rawpixel.com) The importance of this situation has been recognized by Minster Ong Ye Kung, who stated that “The youth of today face starkly different mental health challenges compared with those before them“. He illustrates this by drawing attention to how new forms of challenges can arise through social media and the wider internet, which could be too much for a young child to handle, before asserting that ..read more