Northside -Technology Lab, Harrison Primary School, every Saturday 4.30 to 6.00 pm (1.5 hours 9 weeks)
Southside – Canberra College Phillip, every Saturday 2.15 pm to 3.45pm each week (1.5 hours 9 weeks)
A program run in line with school terms
All our programs are aligned with the Australian Curriculum – Digital Technologies
9 weekly classes per term (1.5 hours)
Full refund if your child does not wish to continue after the first class Sibling discount of $20 Payment plans available if required.
Learning to code is like learning a new language. To excel and become fluent, requires commitment, repeated exercise, and continuous immersion Through age-appropriate, carefully crafted, term-by-term curriculum with a combination of concepts and project-based learning, students build a solid foundation of computational thinking and acquire industry ready STEM, coding, and design thinking skills.
Our program offers a curriculum catered for students to run at their own pace. Our curriculum is level-based for each module, meaning that each student can learn at their own appropriate, customized pace.
We believe in developing a personal relationship with the student. By ensuring a small class, each student benefits from maximum attention from instructor and teaching assistant, and at the same time, learns from peers.
Like learning any other language, learning to code is best done through an immersive, continual commitment. We offer a multi-year curriculum that allows students to deepen and broaden their interests in computer science and software development.
Kids are introduced to the concept of coding through Ipad based fun and educational kits, online and unplugged activities. The program will also introduce kids to age-appropriate robotics.
Utilizing advanced robotic tools developed in Silicon Valley, including Dash & Dot and Sphero, students will understand basic concepts in mathematics and programming.
Through the intuitive interface of their iPads, they are introduced to block programming to control the robots, as well as create small animations and games on their screen.
What to bring: Fully charged Ipad or Andriod, water bottle and enthusiasm!
With an emphasis on creativity, conceptual thinking and problem solving, kids will start with Scratch and other block-based coding programs to learn the fundamentals of computational thinking.
Students will then progress to tools such as Construct 3, App Inventor, Roblox, CoSpaces to build and animate awesome simple games and mobile apps applying the concepts of block coding.
The program will also include age-appropriate robotics using the BBC Micro: bit which is a pocket-sized, fully programmable, single board computer.
What to bring: Fully charged Mac, Chromebook or Laptop (Windows 7 or higher), water bottle and enthusiasm!
With a solid foundation from the explorer program, students are introduced to the world of line coding, through powerful and current languages such as Python, JavaScript and HTML/CSS where they will design and make mobile apps and program dynamic front-end web apps and games.
The kid will learn robotics and engineering through interactive and group projects using the micro: bit, Arduino and Raspberry Pi microprocessors.
What to bring: Fully charged Macbook, or Laptop (Windows 7 or higher), water bottle and enthusiasm!
This program will empower creative minds to advance their line coding skills to an intermediate and advanced level and work on real live projects applying the ‘design thinking’ framework and coding skills already developed.
A kid will assemble complex and challenging robotics kits. They will also undertake local competitions as part of the program. Robotic kits purchased will be charged separately.
What to bring: Fully charged Macbook, or laptop (windows 7 or higher) water bottle and enthusiasm!