Online & GCSE Courses
Spark4Kids is offering online GCSE courses for Year 10 and 11 students planning to take the GCSE Computer Science exam.
Learn More
The Spark4Kids Autumn 2024 Term-Time courses run weekly, Saturday afternoons and Thursday evenings. Join us online from September.
More Info...We are an Approved Activity Provider (AAP) for the Duke of Edinburgh Award (Skills Section), and our online computer coding and touch-typing courses, are available for booking. These exciting new online courses teach young people valuable life skills, and are available for the Bronze, Silver and Gold Skills Levels.
Find out more...
Computer languages/platforms we can help with include Unity and Python for those learning to code or improve their existing skills, as well as GCSE and A-level Maths students.
We are also able to provide guidance on what A-level students can expect in regards to their choice of computing-related university courses, as well as career implications further down the line.
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 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.
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).
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.
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.
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).