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Andy Briggs @andy.curiouscoders.co.uk · 28/08/2026

Just published a new activity on the Curious Coders website, which I'll be running tomorrow for the Library's Summer Challenge. curiouscoders.co.uk/activities/m...

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Mythical Hero's Maze - Coding a Game in MakeCode Arcade

Kids build a playable maze game in the free browser based MakeCode Arcade editor.

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Andy Briggs @andy.curiouscoders.co.uk · 16/07/2026

Heading over to #emfcamp tomorrow, where I'll be running a family coding workshop with the Retro Arcade from @elecfreaks.bsky.social. (and also the @microbit.org escape room on Saturday PM!). Come and say hello at the Foundry Zero village!

A gameboy like retro handheld console, with a platform game on the screen.

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Andy Briggs @andy.curiouscoders.co.uk · 14/06/2026

Really enjoyed this - a fun blend of Chants of Senaar, Her Story and Return of the Obra Din

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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 30/05/2026

Hello! It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business. My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares, T-shirts and cards. I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing. gailmyerscough.co.uk

A grid of nine images featuring music prints, a mixtape T-shirt, a phone case, a cassette mug, a National Theatre T-shirt, a Forton print and Toast Rack print.

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Andy Briggs @andy.curiouscoders.co.uk · 16/05/2026

Continuing with the theme of sharing DIY escape rooms, this one by @carolmertz.itch.io was very inventive, and touching at the end. What a lovely thing to do for your friends! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISba...

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I Turned My Apartment Into an Escape Room

YouTube video by Carol Mertz

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U Can Too @ucantootech.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

📦THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX! 👇 Check out our latest blog post (link in the comments) to find out about our recent collaborative project with Vision Libraries: a micro:bit powered escape room-in-a-box aimed at families with children, inviting them to explore story-filled boxes!

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...

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Andy Briggs @andy.curiouscoders.co.uk · 13/04/2025

Booked my ticket for @big-stem-network.bsky.social and will also be speaking this year! I’ll be joining Pete from Kings College and a few others talking about using the @microbit.org for teaching coding. I will also be bringing along the escape room kit for folk to have a go!

Images from the Big science communication conference 2025, showing attendees at various talks and activities.

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Dr Sally Le Page @sallylepage.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Late night thought: ChatGPT is rather like the British Museum: Really fun to visit until you start thinking too hard about how it got everything.

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Andy Briggs @andy.curiouscoders.co.uk · 22/03/2025

Some of the kids had a go at the @microbit.org escape room today at the Bishops Cleeve CoderDojo. It was nice to get it out of the box again, it’s been too long! @codeclub.bsky.social

Three children taking part in a microbit based escape room activity, with cardboard robots and wooden computer consoles on a table in front of them.

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Chris Lovell @mrlovellcomp.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I'm going to post out a copy of these @microbit.org game worksheets from to 5 people that repost this or to new followers! I will use a micro:bit to choose at random 😀🎮🕹️🚗👾

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Andy Briggs @andy.curiouscoders.co.uk · 09/03/2025

Visiting @raspberrypiorg.bsky.social HQ was a great experience, but did leave me wanting one of their fancy mugs! Finally caved last week and ordered one of my own 😋🫖

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Andy Briggs @andy.curiouscoders.co.uk · 08/03/2025

Took my new @pimoroni.com Presto along to CoderDojo today, and helped a couple of the kids make a cool little game.

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Andy Briggs @andy.curiouscoders.co.uk · 21/02/2025

Our YouTube channel now has 16 subscribers! It’s not the biggest number I’ll admit, but I’m still proud of this small milestone and very grateful for the support. Let’s see how quickly we can get to 32!

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Andy Briggs @andy.curiouscoders.co.uk · 09/02/2025

Ellie and I have made another #OctoStudio tutorial! This time we’ve made a virtual pet, which eats a real bone, has a bath and goes disco dancing! 🕺 youtu.be/1wLvDtTDNdo @octostudioapp.bsky.social #kidscoding #LearnToCode #STEMEd

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Coding a virtual pet with OctoStudio

YouTube video by Curious Coders

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Andy Briggs @andy.curiouscoders.co.uk · 21/12/2024

Just published my last newsletter of 2024, a review of the year looking back on: - building the micro:bit escape room - teaching Year 9's about cyber security via the medium of dancing like chickens! - and posting our first tutorial on YouTube

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Curious Coders 2024 Retrospective

A look back over a year of coding & technology for kids.

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Sarah Cosgriff 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇭 @acescicomm.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Are you looking for public engagement or science communication training? I have availability in 2025! My training offer: www.sarahcosgriff.com/pe-training If you are interested in a bespoke training session, please get in touch. Pls give this a repost for more visibility! #scicomm

Sarah writing some words on some flipchart paper.

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Dr Lucy Rogers @drlucyrogers.com · 03/12/2024

You may have seen a lot of "middle aged" women posting about bad behaviour in their early careers. I have many stories to add. But I think you've already got the idea. It's still happening now. If you see it, call it. Because it stays with us all our fucking lives.

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Bailey Townsend 🦀 @pds.dad · 03/12/2024

A 🧵 on running a HTTP server on the Raspberry Pi Pico W with Rust 🦀

Picture of a Pico w 1 sitting on a ThinkPad with the onboard LED on. The ThinkPad is open to a web page running from the Pico that says
Your Pico W led is On ☀️

This website was made with petite-vue and DaisyUI. All of this running on a Raspberry Pi Pico W

Then a button saying turn the light off

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Andy Briggs @andy.curiouscoders.co.uk · 02/12/2024

Back from a wonderful weekend at #ClubsCon24 in Cambridge, meeting Code Club educators from around the world. Listened to inspiring talks and got the chance to show off my escape room. But the best bit was meeting so many awesome people! Thank you @raspberrypiorg.bsky.social !

The code club community gathered at the start of the conference.

A photo of me holding one of the laser cut wooden boxes, which make up my escape room.

A photo of me and other conference attendees holding up code club signs.

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Andy Briggs @andy.curiouscoders.co.uk · 15/11/2024

Working on my activity for EmPower today - kids will be learning about the human side of cyber by attempting to steal the Secret Recipe from the Curious Chicken Shop 🐔 They'll have a go at social engineering and open source research. It will hopefully be good fun as well as educational!

A person dressed in a chicken chef costume, standing outside a chicken shop.

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Andy Briggs @andy.curiouscoders.co.uk · 07/11/2024

This afternoon I'm going to the lauch event for Fame Lab Academy, Cheltenham Fetivals schools science comms competition. I’m volunteering as a mentor for the first time. Really looking forward to meeting my school and next year getting a chance to hear what the Year 9’s are exctied about in science!

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