Many of Google's sessions focus on the Raspberry Pi and include coding sessions that let kids explore space, craft a virtual ferris wheel in Python and build a bespoke photo booth capable of snapping selfies. Children can also create simple robots using Lego's Mindstorms EV3 kit and beat machines by navigating through a computer maze.

For each activity completed, kids will be rewarded with a special badge and a t-shirt. If all six badges are collected, Google says it will hand out a "secret" seventh badge. Google will host the activities between July 12th and September 1st in three of its official shops, which are basically Currys PC World locations with a Google theme.

Two are in London -- one in Tottenham Court Road and the other in Fulham -- with the third located in Thurrock, Essex. If that's too long to wait, the search giant has created a special listing of Summer Squad coding apps, which can be found on Google Play.