October 2023 – Holiday Workshops
At Spark4Kids, our workshops run during school holidays. We offer a range of courses for a variety of age groups, with some courses available online, and others in-person.
On all of our courses, we encourage attendees to experiment, make mistakes, learn from these experiences, and take ownership of the code they write – in their own time, and at their own pace.
Kindly bookmark this page, as it is continually updated to reflect the latest dates and information regarding our holiday workshops.
Online Courses for ages 8-16
Computer coding workshops for ages 8-16 years – each of these courses are available to book for 2, 3, or 5 mornings:
Click on the individual links above to book a workshop or find out more.
We look forward to welcoming you to our computer coding workshops!
Online Sessions
Our online courses have LIVE! tutors running the sessions, and we offer training on using our online classroom to attendees prior to starting the course, as well as during the course.
Course are available (UK times):
- Online Mornings (Coding & Typing): 09:30am – 12noon
- In-Person Mornings (Typing): 10:00pm – 12:30pm
- In-Person All Day (Coding): 10:00pm – 03:30pm
All times shown are UK times – please convert to your local time to ensure the online classes work for you.
Please contact us if you have any questions.
Online Classroom
Most of our courses can be attended online over the internet. We provide attendees with pre-course training material, as well as ongoing training so they can make the most of the online course.
We follow national guidance on cyber-bullying, and operate a zero-tolerance policy towards anti-social behaviour online.
Further Information
Attending a Course Multiple Times
You can re-book your child onto the same Spark4Kids course multiple times if they wish to continue working through the course material. We are constantly updating our courses and there are always new coding challenges to tackle. We are also able to tailor coding challenges to suit your child if they have a clear idea as to what they would like to work on (kindly email us about this prior to the course starting).
Discounts for Siblings, Friends and Multiple Bookings
We offer discounts on bookings that feature multiple course registrations, whether they be for the same or different children. A discount of 10% is automatically applied to every subsequent course at Checkout.
Please be aware that to receive discounts all courses must feature together in the same shopping basket and be paid for at the same time. They do not apply if sessions for siblings or other multiple sessions are booked and paid for in separate transactions.
New! Group Discounts
We now support group bookings where you get a Spark4Kids Group Discount applied when you book as a group of two or more. We have always automatically applied discounts to orders for multiple course bookings for siblings – now we are extending this discount to general group bookings.
If your child has friends who share their interest in computer coding, games design or touch-typing, speak to the other parents to see if they are interested in a Group Discount, and then use our brand new Group Discounts page to invite them to book.
Paying by Instalments
Spark4Kids accepts payment by instalments on some of our courses, provided that the booking is placed over a month before the course start date.
To pay for a course by instalments, kindly select the course you want, add to basket, and then proceed to Checkout by clicking “View Basket” (you may need access to your email account). At Checkout, choose “Pay by Instalments” as the payment option, and follow the on-screen prompts to complete your booking.
Childcare Vouchers
Spark4Kids accepts childcare vouchers as fee payment towards all of our courses from a variety of childcare voucher providers.
A full list is available here: Spark4Kids Childcare Providers
To pay for a course using childcare vouchers, select the course you want, add to basket, and then proceed to Checkout by clicking “View Basket” (you may need access to your email account). When at Checkout, choose “Pay with Childcare Vouchers” as the payment option, and follow the on-screen prompts to complete your booking (you will soon be emailed the voucher payment details for Spark4Kids in order to complete the payment.
We can also accept a fee payment that is split between a childcare voucher payment and a standard debit/credit card payment (e.g. if your remaining childcare voucher balance isn’t enough to cover the course fee). To do this, kindly get in touch using the contact details listed in the footer of this page.