What are online coding classes for kids?
They are live video lessons in which a teacher guides a small group of children, or one child, as they build games, animations and simple programs. Each child works on their own computer and shares their screen when they need help.
What is Scratch?
Scratch is a free, block-based programming language in which children snap instructions together like puzzle pieces instead of typing them. It is the usual first language for primary school children.
What age can my child start?
Around six is typical, provided simple reading and handling a mouse or trackpad are comfortable. Typed languages such as Python tend to click from roughly age nine.
My child is in Prep in Queensland and their cousin is in Kindergarten in Sydney. Are they at the same stage?
Yes. Kindergarten in NSW and the ACT, Prep in Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania, Reception in South Australia, Pre-primary in Western Australia and Transition in the Northern Territory are all the first year of school.
Does this follow the Australian Curriculum?
It reinforces it. The Australian Curriculum v9 includes Digital Technologies from the Foundation year, and our early lessons use the same ideas of sequence, decisions and repetition, in projects children choose.
What time are lessons in Australia?
Whenever suits your family on weekday afternoons or weekends, in your own local time; we settle it during the trial. Because our teachers work from India, their clocks run two and a half to five and a half hours behind Australia's, which puts your after-school hours in their working day.
Do we need to change lesson times when daylight saving starts?
Only in the states that use it. NSW, Victoria, the ACT, Tasmania and South Australia change clocks on the first Sunday in October and the first Sunday in April. Lesson times are set in your local time, so check the time with us when the clocks change.
Is an online class safe for a young child?
Every lesson is led live by a teacher from start to finish, children are never left alone together in a class, parents set up any accounts a course needs, and you are welcome to sit in on any lesson.
Which computer and accessories are needed?
A laptop or desktop computer with a keyboard, a mouse or trackpad, a webcam, headphones and a steady internet connection. A tablet alone is not enough for most courses.
How much are online coding classes for kids?
Trying a class costs nothing and we never ask for card details beforehand. After that, families pay month by month; the group and private prices sit in the fees block further down, and there is neither a joining fee nor a term commitment.
