That’s it for after-school coding this term. I hope our young coders have enjoyed the sessions, albeit with the unexpected break in the middle.
The St Heliers Centre group continued their work with JavaScript this week. Here’s the code for the test marks, if you want to try it again or modify.
Book for Term 4
Looking ahead, we’ll be running after-school classes again next term at Churchill Park School (Tuesdays), Glendowie School (Wednesdays), St Heliers Centre (Thursdays), and Saint Kentigern Boys’ School (Thursdays). If you’re interested in any of these, let us know and we’ll send through the details
Holiday course
Lastly, we’ll also be hosting a two-day holiday programme in the upcoming school break at MOTAT on Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 October (the course the week earlier at SKBS is fully booked). There’s more information at https://codechampions.nz/holiday/
Some action from Thursday’s first session at St Heliers Centre.
Following the announcement that Auckland is moving to Level 2 from Monday, we’re delighted to be able to resume most coding classes next week.
Classes will re-start as follows:
Glendowie School: Wednesday 2 September
Saint Kentigern Boys’ School: Thursday 3 September
St Heliers Community Centre: Thursday 3 September
Churchill Park School has asked that we delay by a week, so the first class back there will be on Tuesday 8 September.
We will be contacting all parents directly to confirm the re-start dates. However, if you have any questions, please feel free get in touch, info@codechampions.nz
Level 2 guidelines
Please be aware that we will be operating under the school’s health and safety guidelines for Level 2. These include:
We will disinfect computers and high-touch areas (door handles, desktops, etc.) before class.
Each student must use hand sanitiser before entering the room.
Students will keep to the Ministry of Health’s recommended 1-metre physical distancing.
Anyone with cold or flu-like symptoms is asked not to attend.
Masks are not required but students can wear one if they choose.
The extension to the Level 3 lockdown period in Auckland means that there will be no coding classes next week, 18-20 August.
This affects the following:
Churchill Park School: Tuesday 18 August – cancelled
Glendowie School: Wednesday 19 August – cancelled
Saint Kentigern Boys’ School: Thursday 20 August – cancelled
St Heliers Community Centre: Thursday 20 August – cancelled
It’s likely that classes the week after, 25-27 August, will also not take place. However, the Government has said it will be reviewing the lockdown levels on Friday 21 August. We will make a decision as soon as we know the outcome of that review.
All parents of students in our classes will be contacted directly. If you don’t receive any communications from us – or have any questions – please let us know at info@codechampions.nz
We will be using the last week of term to re-schedule a catch-up class. For further missed classes, we will offer a credit or refund.
As you will be aware, Auckland is re-entering a Level 3 lockdown. This means our venues are closed and our coding classes are cancelled tomorrow (12 Aug) and Thursday (13 Aug).
This affects the following:
Glendowie School: Wednesday 12 August – cancelled
Saint Kentigern Boys’ School: Thursday 13 August – cancelled
St Heliers Community Centre: Thursday 13 August – cancelled
Provisionally, we’ll re-schedule these classes for the last week of Term 3.
Looking ahead, we will review next week’s classes (and beyond) as we learn more about the extent and duration of the lockdown.