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Designed with families in mind, our flexible & affordable courses support you child’s learning at home, without adding pressure to your schedule.
Our on-demand lessons let your child code whenever it suits your family’s schedule.
Every child learns at a different pace. 
Our lessons allow your child to experiment, explore and code at their own pace.
Our lessons are online and video-based, so no extra travel is needed.
Designed with teachers in mind, our plug-and-play lessons support your classroom learning, without adding prep or stress to your day
Step-by-step video lessons and a full curriculum for 2nd to 6th class, suitable for pupils and teachers with no coding experience.
Hands-on audio-visual lessons that engage the entire class while keeping teacher support manageable.
On-demand lessons that run in any browser, making it easy to fit coding seamlessly into your weekly class schedule.
At The Code Lab, we teach kids to create with technology, not just consume it. Our child-centred are designed to make coding fun and engaging for children aged 7–13.
Parent
Teacher - 3rd & 4th Class
Superb online coding lessons from The Code Lab, cannot fault Joan’s support and expertise. I’m a teacher of 3rd and 4th class. The kids loved the lessons and completed them successfully, the steps were all very well explained and they were able to follow each lesson.
4th Class Teacher
My 4th class girls are currently doing a 12 week coding programme and they are loving it and learning so much. It’s very interactive and is set up really well, so they can follow it clearly in class. I love that it didn’t require a huge workload from me as the teacher, as I wouldn’t be skilled in this area. I would highly recommend this programme to all schools.
Parent
My daughter had a great week of coding with The Code Lab. She preferred the video lessons to live lessons, as she could stop, start and rewind as needed. All in all a great week and we had fun playing the games, our favourite was the game from day 2!
Parent
My two boys are 8 and 12, they did the Online Scratch Beginners Course. They really enjoyed it, and are using Scratch ever since. They were able to follow all the steps and had no questions after it, everything they needed was in the videos. They did it separately, so the 8 year old
Parent
Thanks a million for the Beginners Scratch course Joan, my son absolutely loves it. He is delighted with his mini-game, we can’t believe how much he has learned already. He wants to do the improvers course next!
Parent
My 10 year old daughter did classes with The Code Lab and really enjoyed it. She was amazed with what she could create and how it all worked. It was explained in an age appropriate way making it fun while challenging the kids. We have done a lot of after school activities and have to applaud the Code Lab for getting the right balance of learning and fun, keeping the kids engaged. She will definitely be signing up to do further classes.
School Principal
We have worked with Joan for over ten years, initially in her capacity as a parent of pupils in our school, and then as The Code Lab, using our school facilities for workshops. She trailblazed the STEM/Coding phenomenon for primary school aged children and now offers a variety of online and and in person workshops and courses, inspiring young children to become digital innovators of tomorrow. Highly recommended.
Parent
My daughter loved the coding classes from a young age at primary. She enjoyed it so much that she is now in 5th year doing computer science as a chosen subject! Cant recommend Joan at The Code Lab enough! Coding is for girls too!
Parent
My daughter loved Joan’s coding camp, an added bonus was that children could continue to develop their projects when they came home. A great alternative to playing computer games is learning how to build your own ones!
Parent
The Code Lab is owned and run by Joan McCann. Joan’s courses are Fantastic, my kids have absolutely loved them and got so carried away with the course that I could barely tear them away. Definitely a better use of their screen time!! Thank you Joan for your wonderful courses, it has opened my children’s eyes to the joy of coding!
Parent
I cannot recommend this camp highly enough. It was structured and fun and my child learnt so much. As well as screen coding, they learnt some coding/ maths concepts through STEM art type activities.There was lots of opportunities to collaborate and make friends. A lovely camp.
Founder and CEO of The Code Lab, Joan McCann joined Brendan Courtney on the RTE Radio 1 Ryan Tubridy Show on Wednesday 16th August.
Joan was joined by Caroline Reidy of TheHRSuite to promote the launch of the next round of ACORNS 9, a highly successful peer support initiative supported by the Department of Agriculture, Food and The Marine, focusing on early-stage female entrepreneurs living in rural Ireland.
It’s a fantastic interview outlining the ACORNS Programme and Joan’s Journey to Entrepreneurship.
The Code Lab is an award-winning business, recognised nationally and internationally for its work in inspiring the next generation of digital creators.
In May 2025, Joan won STEM Professional of the Year 2025 in the Network Ireland Louth Business Woman of the Year Awards. This award recognises her outstanding contribution to STEM education for young learners through innovative coding programmes and workshops. Joan will proudly represent Louth at the Network Ireland Awards National Finals in September 2025.
The Code Lab, in collaboration with Creative Spark Dundalk, was awarded 2nd Place in Europe at the Meet and Code Awards in Berlin, for our Girls Can Code! project. This recognition highlights Joan’s expertise in STEM education and her innovative approach to making coding and computer science more accessible for girls.
