Coding is back for 2020! Have you missed it?

The team at Code Champions hope you all had an enjoyable holiday – now school terms are starting and it’s back to the serious business of learning computer programming.

Many of our after-school classes kick in from next week and we’re looking forward to our young coders joining us again.

There are six Code Champions courses to choose from in Term 1:

• Monday – Meadowbank School and Saint Kentigern College
• Tuesday – Churchill Park School
• Wednesday – Glendowie School
• Thursday – St Heliers Community Centre and Saint Kentigern Boys’ School

St Heliers Community Centre

We’re delighted to be running our first classes at St Heliers Community Centre on Thursdays. Thanks for the warm welcome from the centre staff.

Times and dates

Check out our ‘After school classes’ page for times and dates of courses this term.

For more information

If you’d like to join us – or just find out more information – please contact Greg Adams at info@codechampions.nz

Code Champions is supported by  INTERFACE, interfaceonline.co.nz and interfacexpo.co.nz

Thanks to all our young coders for their hard work this term. There has been some awesome coding taking place – well done!

We’ll be back in 2020. Many students are already returning. If you’re interested in joining us next year, please contact Greg Adams at info@codechampions.nz

Best wishes for the holidays from all of us here at the Code Champions team.

We’re delighted to be starting after-school coding classes at Glendowie School in Term 1 next year.

We will running eight sessions, from Wednesday 12 February to 1 April. The cost is $215, which includes the use of a computer and appropriate software during class time. Students will be part of small groups sorted by age/ability. Currently, classes are for Years 5-8 only. They last for one hour and take place after school on Wednesdays.

Coding in Minecraft

We use a variety of resources to explore coding in an engaging and effective way. However, a key part of the course will be learning to code in the Minecraft environment.

Join us in Term 1

If you’re interested in joining us at Glendowie School, please register your interest for this course at codechampions.nz/gs/. Or for further information, contact Greg Adams at info@codechampions.nz

Please note: Places are limited and classes are run based on demand. When it comes to offering places, we will also process enquiries in the order they are received.

Code Champions is supported by INTERFACE, interfaceonline.co.nz and interfacexpo.co.nz

Classes are well underway for Term 4 and already some great coding is going on, especially the Minecraft groups!

We hope you continue to enjoy the sessions during the term.

Looking ahead, if you’re interested in joining us next year, let us know. We’re also delighted to announce that we’ll be starting classes at Glendowie School in Term 1, 2020. Register your interest for this course at codechampions.nz/gs/

Thanks to all our young coders for their great efforts during this week’s Holiday Programme. They all seemed to enjoy themselves and really got stuck in.

I hope they not only picked up some new knowledge and skills along the way but also benefitted from experiencing a range of activities, from robotics and chatbots, to block and text coding, to the always-popular coding in Minecraft!

Two days done and another enjoyable day’s coding. We did something a little bit different this afternoon (especially after everyone’s been working so hard), and our tutor Tanya gave a short presentation about her work with Artifical Intelligence. 

It was fascinating and hopefully our young coders will benefit from seeing programming in a real-world, and cutting edge environment. However, (perhaps inspired) they were still keen to get back to their own coding for the last hour!!

Thanks to everyone for your hard work and awesome coding – you made today a great start to our coding programme!

Our holiday programme takes place next week, from Monday (30 September) to Thursday (3 October) at Churchill Park School in Glendowie.

From astronauts to secret agents, join us for four days of awesome activities, including a Mission on Mars, designing a computer game, and protecting the world’s data from hackers! (If you can’t make all four, there may be availability to book for fewer days,)

There are a few spots still available. If you’d like to join us, you can find out more at codechampions.nz/term3holiday/

Or contact Greg Adams at info@codechampions.nz for further information.