Price: $225
Age: 10 to 12 Years
5 days, 90 minutes per day
Format: 1-on-1 online class
Best suited for: Everyone! From budding artists to future technocrats
About This Course
Harness the endless possibilities of your young learner’s imagination. In each week-long camp, your child will breathe life into animations, games & applications, for a fun learning experience. Developed by MIT, Scratch is a block-based coding platform ideal for introducing programming concepts. It’s highly visual interface enables our learners to focus on problem-solving, patterns and logic.
Your Child Will Develop
Reasoning
Solving
Design
Thinking
Learning Outcomes
- Master advanced programming concepts, including variables, lists, and custom procedures.
- Apply problem-solving strategies to independently design and implement algorithms in Scratch.
- Demonstrate effective debugging and troubleshooting skills to identify and resolve errors in Scratch programs.
- Develop personalized projects that showcase advanced coding skills and creativity.
- Reflect on personal progress and growth in coding proficiency through self-assessment and feedback discussions.
Camp 1 – Scratch Creator
What You'll Learn
- If they don’t have one already, your child will set up their Scratch account and join an online community of 50 million fellow students
- Students get exposure to real-world applications and learn to create a simple version of a chatbot.
- As the week progresses, they will become familiar with Scratch’s potential and learn basic commands including Loops, Conditionals and Variables and Sensing to get busy creating!
Prerequisites: This is a beginner level camp with no experience necessary.
Projects include a Chatbot & Language translator, a video sensing football shootout which uses the webcam to detect motion, and a voice-controlled game.
Camp 2 – Scratch Master
What You'll Learn
- The creative sandbox where our learners bring it all together with a can-do spirit
- Our happy campers can now conceive more interactive features in the animations, stories, and games that they design.
- Students use more advanced concepts like Inputs, Cloning and Broadcast & Receive to create interactive stories, multi-player games and more.
Prerequisites: Students need to have completed Coding on Scratch Camp 1 or similar introductory course as a prerequisite
Projects include a version of the classic Snake game, a multi-player pong game and an interactive animation
Frequently Asked Questions
Learning to code can seem intimidating at first, but Scratch removes that barrier for kids. Within a few minutes, kids can start creating their first game, app or animation without having to worry about syntax.
Scratch may be better suited for younger kids, but the programming foundation they will gain through Scratch is a stepping stone for them to move on to more sophisticated programming languages such as Python! With a strong foundation, kids will have an easier time understanding different technologies and more advanced coding concepts, opening the door to an exciting world of technology and even careers in STEM!
Students who have a busy schedule will benefit from our online camps as it greatly reduces the commute time to and from class! They will need to spare only 90 minutes a day from the comfort of home to attend the online camp! As with all our classes, students will benefit from a private online 1-on-1 class with an experienced tutor.
Definitely! As all our online lessons are 1-on-1 with a tutor, the curriculum is personalised to meet your child’s skill level, and tailored to suit their unique interests. Whether they are just starting out or have prior coding experience, our tutors will engage and challenge them to bring out their best!
Students will need a Windows or Mac computer with a connected mic and webcam. They also need to have Zoom installed. We do not recommend tablets, as the multi-tasking ability between Zoom and some browser-based teaching platforms is often unreliable.