Apple Hour of Code: Retail stores to teach children programming for free

Apple has run the Hour of Code workshops since 2013

Children take part in Apple's Hour of Code training at the Apple Store iapm, in Shanghai (Apple)

Apple is to host free coding lessons in all of its retail stores, as part of the Hour of Code campaign.

The company will be allowing children to visit any of its retail stores and take part in sessions that will teach them the basics of coding. The company will also be holding more advanced sessions.

The events at part of a campaign run by Code.org, a non-profit designed to help teach more children the basics of coding.

“Our vision is that every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn computer science,” according to Code.org’s website. “We believe computer science should be part of core curriculum, alongside other courses such as biology, chemistry or algebra.”

The Hour of Code events will take place on 10 December. The company will also be holding special developer events in its stores throughout the week of 7 December.

Full details of all of the events that Apple is running are posted on Apple’s devoted website. That includes a full list of the featured events, as well as the option to book in at any of the 468 stores.

Apple has taken part in the yearly Hour of Code events since they began in 2013. Last year, that included children learning programming on iPads, alongside other events including Barack Obama writing a line of code.