Croatia Celebrates a Month of Collaboration and Coding: Code Week 2025

03/11/25

Croatia Celebrates a Month of Collaboration and Coding: Code Week 2025

Code Week Croatia—proudly supported by Profil Klett as the regional hub and a network of active Leading Teachers and Ambassadors—once again showcased the power of community, collaboration, and creativity in promoting coding and digital education nationwide.

Highlights

  • Nationwide online launch on 9 October 2025 with 200+ educators from preschool to secondary level.
  • Four inspirational webinars across October with practical ideas for all education levels.
  • Participation at the Croatian Science on Stage Festival (25 October, Zagreb), engaging the wider STEM community.

A Grand Online Launch for Code Week Croatia

The celebration began with a nationwide online launch event on 9 October 2025, marking the official start of Code Week Croatia. More than 200 enthusiastic participants—including preschool teachers and primary and secondary school educators—joined to learn about the European Code Week initiative. Throughout the event, educators from all levels presented short, creative activity ideas and announced their upcoming webinars.

Code Week Croatia

A Series of Inspiring Webinars

Following the launch, four webinars ran throughout October, offering inspiration, practical advice, and examples of how coding can be easily integrated into education.

  • 14 October — Unplugged Coding in Primary School

    Leading Teacher Perica Vulić Vočanec shared a variety of fun and engaging unplugged coding ideas suitable for all primary grades.

  • 15 October — Coding Activities for Middle School

    Code Week Ambassador Kristina Slišurić presented a series of classroom projects delivered as part of Code Week, sparking creativity and teamwork among students.

  • 21 October — Cryptography, Codes and Secret Missions

    Leading Teacher Sanja Pavlović Šijanović introduced computational thinking and cryptography through hands-on activities that brought an exciting twist to high school classrooms.

  • 23 October — Digital Tools in Preschool Education

    Čigra Kindergarten’s Ivona Ivić Lovrenović and Helena Kovačević delighted attendees with unplugged coding activities for young children and showcased the robots they use to introduce technology to kindergarteners.

Impact: Each webinar attracted almost 450 participants nationwide and received excellent evaluations and positive feedback.

Promoting Coding Beyond the Classroom

The Croatian Code Week hub also proudly participated in the Croatian Science on Stage Festival on 25 October 2025 in Zagreb to present the initiative to the wider STEM community. It was a wonderful opportunity to inspire even more teachers to join the movement.

Thank You to Our Amazing Community

A heartfelt thank you goes out to all teachers, kindergartens, schools, and institutions across Croatia who organised and participated in Code Week activities throughout October.

What’s Next?

The Code Week Croatia hub at Profil Klett continues to support educators year-round, offering free webinars with the Code4Europe partner, I. Elementary School Čakovec, featuring their teachers Ivana Vadlja and Danijela Topličanec in November and December.

Follow Code Week Croatia on Facebook for more information or get in touch with the hub at eucodeweek@profil-klett.hr.

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Iñaki Castellet