The UK government has said all children will learn coding in school. What this actually means is shoving them in front of Scratch. My 7yo daughter and her friends - MLP-loving girly girls in pink dresses - are really into this and spending lots of time and attention on it. I find it hard to overstate how strongly I approve of this.

I'm glad the UK government have ensured that every child will be learning to code - I wish they had the foresight to implement it 10 years ago. What concerns me is the people teaching the children to code - surely tapping into local community networks and reaching out to people who have been developing for years will allow the children to explore more exciting tech. Learning to code with Scratch is a great start - I'm just worried about the support networks in place to developer these young coders. Of course, the super motivated students will developer their skills outside of the classroom - I hope schools support those students who perhaps aren't as keen to code when they first start as well.

Does anyone have experience with other things like Scratch? I remember using a program, which looks a lot like Scratch (but isn't), at a technical summer camp when I was younger that let one make simple games with Scratch-like rules, but I can't remember what it was called.

Go away Guardian, nobody wants to hear you talk about video games, especially not when you pretend "game maker studio 2000" is game development.