Local students will be joining thousands across the country as they aim to break a world record today.
Moonhack is a global event officiated by Record Setter, to get the most kids coding in a 24-hour period.
It was launched by Code Club Australia last year with the world record being set by more than 10,000 students, however this year it has gone global with students participating from all over the world.
Woodford House is one of the local schools participating and Year 7 and 8 dean Lynn McKenna said there were 65 students using the Scratch visual programming language, which uses computer coding to create animations.
For the past two years the school has run a Code Club for all local students with the help of Information Technology specialist Andrew Norris and assistance from Code Club Aotearoa.