This Python Skills 4 DofE course introduces attendees to a powerful, modern programming language that has a gentle learning curve along with lots of useful accompanying documentation. The nature of Python means you can write short programs really quickly, with the platform remaining flexible enough for its use to be limited only by the programmers imagination.

At the end of the course, you will receive a Spark4Kids certificate and a Skills Assessor report will be submitted to the Duke of Edinburgh towards your eventual skills award.

This Unity Skills 4 DofE is a game design course for attendees aged 13-17, during which they will complete a number of video game coding and level design projects using the professionally-capable Unity games engine and the MonoDevelop scripting tool. Attendees will learn the basics of coding in the C# language, as well as how to operate the Unity engine to produce polished, fully-realised games.

At the end of the course, you will receive a Spark4Kids certificate and a Skills Assessor report will be submitted to the Duke of Edinburgh towards your eventual skills award.

This Typing Skills 4 DofE course is for attendees either looking to take their first steps in learning how to touch-type, or looking to improve on their existing typing skills. Using a gamified approach to learning to type, the challenges start out simple and progressively become more advanced. Using games, levels, badges, stars and leader boards, attendees learn to type interactively, building up their muscle memory and increasing accuracy and word-speed. Note that unlike courses from other providers, these weekly sessions are led by a LIVE!, remote tutor who is able to provide attendees guidance in real-time, along with progress reviews during the sessions.

At the end of the course, you will receive a Spark4Kids certificate and a Skills Assessor report will be submitted to the Duke of Edinburgh towards your eventual skills award.

Spark4Kids is offering online GCSE courses for Year 10 and Year 11 students planning to take the GCSE Computer Science exam. The material and topics covered in these courses are mostly exam-board agnostic, applying to all UK exam boards (with a few exceptions which will be highlighted during the course).

Games Design Workshop 4 Kids is a computer coding workshop for children aged 11-16 that introduces kids to designing and coding 2D platform video games for computers, mobile devices, and the web.

Attendees of all abilities are welcome, from beginners (who have never written a line of code) all the way through to experienced coders.

Those who have attended this workshop in the past can attend again if they enjoyed it the last time; we tailor the coding challenges to build upon topics covered in previous workshops (please indicate previous attendance/experience in booking notes).

All attendees will be awarded a certificate in recognition of completing the course.

Python Intro Workshop 4 Kids is a computer coding workshop for children aged 9-11 during which they will gain a gentle introduction to Python – a widely used and powerful programming language.

This course is recommended for younger children who are ready to progress on to text/keyword-based languages after having programmed “block” based languages (such as Scratch). Python is a highly versatile and simple programming language which is used by major companies and organisations such as NASA, Google and Instagram.

Attendees of all abilities are welcome, from beginners (who have never written a line of code) all the way through to experienced coders.

Those who have attended this workshop in the past can attend again if they enjoyed it the last time; we tailor the coding challenges to build upon topics covered in previous workshops (please indicate previous attendance/experience in booking notes).

All attendees will be awarded a certificate in recognition of completing the course.

Python Workshop 4 Kids is a computer coding workshop for children aged 12-16 during which they will learn Python syntax by completing a series of game-based challenges, building up their knowledge of Python syntax as they progress.

Python is a highly versatile and simple programming language which is used by major companies and organisations such as NASA, Google and Instagram.

Attendees of all abilities are welcome, from beginners (who have never written a line of code) all the way through to experienced coders.

Those who have attended this workshop in the past can attend again if they enjoyed it the last time; we tailor the coding challenges to build upon topics covered in previous workshops (please indicate previous attendance/experience in booking notes).

All attendees will be awarded a certificate in recognition of completing the course.

Typing Workshop 4 Kids is a workshop for children either looking to take their first steps in learning how to touch-type, or looking to improve on their existing typing skills.

Attendees of all abilities are welcome, from beginners (who have never written a line of code) all the way through to experienced coders.

Those who have attended this workshop in the past can attend again if they enjoyed it the last time; we tailor the coding challenges to build upon topics covered in previous workshops (please indicate previous attendance/experience in booking notes).

All attendees will be awarded a certificate in recognition of completing the course.

Unity Workshop 4 Kids is a computer coding and game design workshop for children aged 12-16, during which they will complete a number of video game coding and level design projects using the professionally-capable Unity games engine and the MonoDevelop scripting tool.

Attendees will learn the basics of coding in the C# language, as well as how to operate the Unity engine and IDE to produce polished, fully-realised games.

Attendees of all abilities are welcome, from beginners (who have never written a line of code) all the way through to experienced coders.

Those who have attended this workshop in the past can attend again if they enjoyed it the last time; we tailor the coding challenges to build upon topics covered in previous workshops (please indicate previous attendance/experience in booking notes).

All attendees will be awarded a certificate in recognition of completing the course.

Websites Workshop 4 Kids is a computer coding workshop for children aged 11-16 where attendees will learn about HTML and CSS, two of the coding languages used to power all of the world-wide web. Learning HTML and CSS provides children with instant visual feedback whilst writing code, helping children quickly understand programming and how to build their own websites with confidence.

Attendees of all abilities are welcome, from beginners (who have never written a line of code) all the way through to experienced coders.

Those who have attended this workshop in the past can attend again if they enjoyed it the last time; we tailor the coding challenges to build upon topics covered in previous workshops (please indicate previous attendance/experience in booking notes).

All attendees will be awarded a certificate in recognition of completing the course.

The Python Intro 4 Kids course introduces attendees to a powerful, modern programming language that has a gentle learning curve and features usually found enterprise-level languages. It is used widely in many professional applications. This course is recommended for children aged 8-11 who are ready to progress on to text/keyword-based languages after having programmed “block” based languages (such as Scratch).

The Games Design 4 Kids course introduces kids to designing and coding 2D video games for computers, mobile devices, and the web. This course is recommended for children aged 11-14 who have extensive experience with block languages (such as Scratch) and want to branch into creating games for web, mobile and desktop using professional-level tools.

The Python 4 Kids course introduces attendees to a powerful, modern programming language that has a gentle learning curve and features usually found enterprise-level languages. It is used widely in many professional applications. This course is recommended for children aged 11-14 who are ready to progress on to text/keyword-based languages after having programmed “block” based languages (such as Scratch).

Unity 4 Kids is a game design course for children aged 11-14, during which they will complete a number of video game coding and level design projects using the professionally-capable Unity games engine and the MonoDevelop scripting tool.

The Web Coding 4 Kids course is designed for children aged 8-12 during which they will learn how to hand-code HTML, CSS and JavaScript by building a mini-website providing information on a topic of their choice. HTML, CSS and JavaScript are the three fundamental building blocks of all websites on the world-wide web, and this course covers these core fundamentals.