Malta Lights Up the EU Code Week Map with Creativity, Collaboration and Coding!

Malta has kicked off EU Code Week 2025 in true digital style — already ranking second on the European scoreboard with over 878 activities and more to come!
From coding dances and Bee-Bot adventures to national awards and leadership events, Maltese schools and educators are showing that coding can be creative, inclusive and fun for everyone.

🚀 A Strong Start: Malta’s Code Week Launch

The celebrations began early this year. On 30 September, the Digital Literacy team within SfCE, together with
EU Code Week Malta, the Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MDIA), and the
Directorate for Digital Literacy & Transversal Skills (DDLTS), hosted an online meeting with
Church School Senior Leadership Teams.

Introduced by Ms Angela Charles, Director for Curriculum Entitlement within SfCE, and featuring presentations by
Ms Marisa Abela Gatt and Mr James Callus, the session highlighted the importance of integrating coding into education.
All collaborators agreed that coding is a fundamental skill for holistic learning, fostering problem-solving, creativity and digital fluency.

Just a few days later, on 9 October, MDIA officially launched EU Code Week 2025 with the message:

“Code is more than a language: it’s a tool for building, solving and shaping the future.”

From bootcamps to Minecraft challenges, the MDIA launch underscored Malta’s growing leadership in
digital skills, creativity and innovation — empowering every learner to become a creator.

🏆 Celebrating Digital Innovation at Think Code Learn

Nearly a week later, the Think Code Learn event brought together educators and innovators to celebrate the
Coding Festa Awards 2024/2025. Organised in collaboration with DDLTS, MDIA, and
Digital Literacy within SfCE, the event opened with an engaging keynote by Quinton Scerri and inspiring talks from:

• Kenneth Brincat, CEO of MDIA, on the future of digital innovation in education
• Neil Attard, Director of DDLTS, presenting the Digital Education Strategy
• James Callus, EU Code Week Edu Coordinator, introducing the EU Code Week School Label
• Marion Bugeja from the MDIA DiHubMT team, announcing a train-the-trainer programme for educators

🎖️ EU Code Week 3D-printed awards and certificates were presented to 42 schools for their outstanding achievements in promoting coding and digital literacy.

💻 Creativity in the Classroom

Across Malta, classrooms came alive with imaginative coding challenges and unplugged activities. Two schools in particular captured the Code Week spirit perfectly:

Sacred Heart School, Malta

• Year 4 learners became coding adventurers, guiding Laurel the Explorer through a treasure hunt using code — a fun introduction to sequencing, logic and teamwork.
• Year 3 Sunflowers tackled the Angry Birds maze challenge, learning coding commands to move their bird through obstacles — proving that problem-solving can be both playful and powerful!

St Augustine College

• Year 4 Yellow students explored the Maltese Islands with Bee-Bots, combining coding with geography and social studies.
• Year 10 Italian students joined Il Ballo del Coding, an unplugged coding activity turning programming logic into dance sequences, reinforcing vocabulary and creativity.

These inventive activities show how Maltese educators are weaving coding into every subject — from ICT to languages — and helping learners develop both digital and cognitive skills.

💡 A Big Thank You to MDIA

A special thank-you goes to the Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MDIA) –
mdia.gov.mt –
the EU Code Week Malta Hub, for their ongoing support in promoting digital creativity, innovation and inclusion.

Their collaboration with schools, teachers, and the Directorate for Digital Literacy & Transversal Skills continues to inspire a new generation of confident digital creators.

🌍 Malta in the Spotlight

With 878 activities registered (and counting), Malta proudly holds second place on the EU Code Week scoreboard — a testament to the country’s commitment to digital education and community engagement.

📊 See the full scoreboard here:
https://codeweek.eu/scoreboard

Together, educators, students and partners across Malta are proving that when creativity meets code, the possibilities are endless.

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