Wednesday 19:00 – 19:55

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  • Computer Science Revision 4 GCSE (Year 10 and Year 11)

    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).

  • Python Skills 4 DofE (age 13-17)

    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.

  • Python Skills Taster 4 DofE (age 13-17)

    The Python Skills Taster 4 DofE session is designed to give DofE Participants, a sneak peek into Spark4Kids’ Python Skills 4 DofE course. The nature of Python allows you to write short programs really quickly when learning the language, whilst remaining flexible enough for its use to be limited only by the programmers imagination as more experience is gained.

    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.

  • Typing Skills 4 DofE (age 13-17)

    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.

  • Unity Skills 4 DofE (ages 13-17)

    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.

  • Unity Skills Taster 4 DofE (ages 13-17)

    The Unity Skills Taster 4 DofE session is designed to give DofE Participants a sneak peek into Spark4Kids’ unique Unity Skills 4 DofE course, enabling attendees decide if they want to continue their games design journey on the full Unity Skills 4 DofE course.

    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.

  • Web Coding Skills 4 DofE (age 13-17)

    The Web Coding Skills 4 DofE introduces attendees to hand-coding HTML, CSS and JavaScript – the three fundamental building blocks on which most websites on the internet are built. This course covers the core fundamentals for web development fundamentals.

    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.