Junior Python Coding

Learn, design and experiment with code! Gain knowledge in coding fundamentals and then rapidly proceed to using that knowledge with confidence.
On this course, kids aged 9 to 12 will be introduced to Python, the programming language that tech behemoths like Instagram, Pinterest and Spotify are all built on.
Led by our code-loving instructors, kids will be taught key programming concepts and how to apply them in exciting ways. Use Python to create video games and as a general purpose tool to solve maths and other problems. Discover the role of Python in the multi-billion-dollar tech industry, while learning the skills they need to build their own projects at home.
Challenging, interactive and lots of fun, this course does more than just teach the fundamentals. It unlocks the world of programming for young people – and sparks the interest that makes them want to keep on exploring it.

Junior Adventures In Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the hottest topic in tech right now and is already having a significant impact on our lives. Want to know how a computer named 'Deep Blue' beat a chess grandmaster over twenty years ago? Or how the AI behind AlphaGo beat the best human 'GO' player in the world?
Get introduced to the amazing world of AI! Build your own AI models using sound, numbers, text and images, using the latest super-smart technology!
Learn how to create complex AI models. Create a celebrity response bot, make and then train a video game to play itself, and even create a friendly alien detector all on this new course!
This is an excellent choice for children interested in technology, coding and AI. Absolutely no previous programming knowledge is required. It is perfect for beginners who are curious to learn more about one of the hottest and most dynamic tech topics around!

CREATE GAMES IN ROBLOX WITH SCRIPTING

Take your video game creation skills to the next level with this Fire Tech Experience on how to create games in ROBLOX using scripting.
Our super savvy and frankly outrageously knowledgeable tutor will demonstrate how advanced coding works in ROBLOX by building out game objects such as power-ups and glowing lights.
You’ll see how to create variables and data and to use coding statements to achieve brand new game effects and mechanics in ROBLOX that will amaze your friends! 
FireTech Experiences are a new series of short, high interest, fun and engaging tech demonstrations and talks. These are delivered in webinar style, using Zoom, with the main expert tutor showcasing a new interesting aspect of technology and learning. Apart from Zoom, no other downloads are required.

BUILD AN ESCAPE GAME WITH ROBLOX

Learning to develop games in ROBLOX utilises a learners love of the platform to start their programming journey. We help learners imagine and build their very own games. In this short course students will focus on building an escape room.
Roblox provides a whole environment to create and test games. This means you only need one download to start building. Whilst creating the escape room learners will make models and code blocks to move, disappear and float .
Roblox uses Lua text programming which is an easy to use and simply to grasp language very similar to python. Learning the basics in Lua will help learners program in any language. We focus on the concepts more so they become more transferrable.

Making Multiplayer Games With ROBLOX In Person

Take your video game creation skills to the next level with this course dedicated to making multiplayer games using Roblox Studio. Challenge your friends in games you've made.
You don't have to have any previous knowledge about Roblox as we'll cover everything in this course but those who have taken our Making Games With Roblox course will find the scripting aspect of the course easier.
Students will learn about:
<ul style="list-style-type:circle;"><li>Servers and how they are used in gaming</li>
	<li>High scores</li>
	<li>Player interactions</li>
	<li>The Lua scripting language </li>
	<li>Publishing your game</li>
	<li>Sharing your game</li>
</ul>Students will get to create a fully working multiplayer game that has a high score, shop and multiple games for their friends to play! Using the Roblox Studio software and we will take you through everything you'll need to create a multiplayer environment with more than one game!

HackLab Computer Club Junior

HackLab Club is your One-Stop all-purpose computer club. If you just love technology in general but you’re not quite sure what you’re really interested in, this is the place for you.
From coding video games to producing music, and from designing websites to creating stunning digital art, this super casual and extra fun course will give you a wide-ranging skillset you can use to jumpstart your tech journey!
HackLab Club uses mostly online software so downloads are kept to a minimum.
Led by our highly entertaining, friendly and knowledgeable tutors, you'll find this is a great place to embed yourself in the Fire Tech community and discover your passion.

Video Game Design

Turn your enthusiasm for gaming into real-world tech skills! Our Video Game Design courses will provide you with the tools to create your own video games to play on the web or your smartphone.
The fundamentals covered in Video Game Design are a great first step into the world of coding. Students are introduced to programming and a behaviour-based logic system – applying behaviours and attributions, testing, debugging and fine-tuning products – that comprises a core component of computer science and is familiar to any programmer. This is a rich course and one of our most popular, and many kids take it more than once to take their skills even further.  
We use GDevelop to develop games that you can play on any platform. It is a free platform, which means once you have an account, you can keep developing games after your course has finished! GDevelop makes it easy to get started, work with an impressive library of behaviours and attributes, and produce some great-looking final products.

Making Video Games with Python

You may already have done our Junior Python course, or you may be taking your first steps with text-based programming. Either way Making Video Games with Python is for you. Students will start off by making some purely text-based games, including a text-based adventure game, that will enable them to get to grips with the basics of the Python language.


The next stage will be to take a deep dive into the PygameZero library for making 2D games. This will include a more in-depth look at common patterns in game programming and give the students a better understanding of how to develop their programs and games, based around making a series of different games to explore different aspects of the process.


The week will culminate in the students developing a game of their own.

Minecraft Maker In Person

Become a part of the Maker Movement by using Minecraft! In this course, you will make your own world, blocks and structures. As a Minecraft Maker with Fire Tech, you will be thrown into an intensive mix of creativity, gaming and engineering. Each student finishes with an impressive command of important computing concepts, practical making skills, and an enhanced understanding of how to expand and enjoy their Minecraft universe.
This is an engaging course for 9-12-year-olds that will get them building, designing, coding, and making, all using the Minecraft “sandbox”.
Minecraft is an incredibly popular block-building game, the second most downloaded game of all time. Through this course, students can gain experience in core computing concepts such as Computer-Aided Design, conditions, loops, and iteration.
We have explored more of the educational and computing benefits of Minecraft in our blog post on  <a href="https://www.firetechcamp.com/news-and-media/benefits-learning-minecraft/">The Benefits of Learning with Minecraft</a>.

Junior Scratch Coder

Scratch is a block-based visual programming language and website used as an educational tool for coding. In this course, students will explore the basics of computer programming and program design by building some amazing projects in Scratch!
Every student will get hands-on with coding from Day One and learn how to share and collaborate on projects with their peers. We believe that the skills to communicate and work with others are just as important as the technical aspects of programming and that's how great apps and computer programs are made.
<ul><li>+ Learn the fundamentals of programming with Scratch, with program flow, inputs and outputs</li>
	<li>+ Build a maze and racing game, using sprite interaction, control and automation</li>
	<li>+ Create a complex platformer with multiple levels, power-ups and a scoreboard</li>
	<li>+ Create a virtual character with camera interactions, text and audio</li>
	<li>+ Get creative - make something new and original, or expand on a previous project, and share it with the world!</li>
</ul> 
This course is perfect for those who are looking for a new creative outlet, starting out on their coding journey or those who want to take their Scratch skills to the next level.

Minecraft Machine Engineer In Person

Learn how to automate your Minecraft world! In this course, you will develop automated tools to mine and harvest resources as well as craft new items. You will truly become a Minecraft Machine Engineer!
As a Minecraft Machine Engineer with Fire Tech, you will be thrown into an intensive mix of creativity, gaming and engineering. Each student finishes with an impressive command of important computing concepts, practical making skills, and will have extended their understanding of how to expand and enjoy their Minecraft universe. 
This is an engaging course for 9-12 year olds that will allow them to delve deeper into advanced techniques for automating their worlds, whilst learning the basics of computer programming.
Minecraft is an incredibly popular block-building game, the second most-downloaded game of all time. Through this course, students will gain an understanding of how simple circuits and logic gates work, how to automate processes in Minecraft and how to build automated machines to mine, plant, sow and build in the world.

Minecraft Machine Engineer

Making Games With ROBLOX

This fantastic course is based on the amazingly popular Roblox platform, and introduces budding young designers and developers to the principles of practical game design &amp; development, world building and Lua programming.
Students will first be introduced to Roblox and to Roblox Studio as a platform for creating games. They will build an obstacle course (Obby) game and publish their game for others to play. Next, students will meet programming concepts using Lua, creating custom interactive obstacles for their Obby game. Student will also create their own unique Roblox games and publish them to the Internet for anyone to play!
Using Roblox terrain editor tools, students will then build a basic RPG where they can explore a custom built world and harvest the items they have created.
This course is designed for students aged 9-12 who may or may not have programmed previously. Some may have already played Roblox games, or even made their own. Others may have experience with different game engines or programming languages, whilst there may be some for whom game development and programming is a completely new endeavour.

Junior Python Coding In Person

Minecraft Maker

Making Games In PowerPoint

MS PowerPoint is one of the most powerful and versatile pieces of software on your computer. Using tools available in PowerPoint (that means no addons, downloads or extra things to buy) we'll take you through the menu and all the cool things you can do with it. If you have PowerPoint you can create amazing games and interactive experiences to share with your friends and family.
We'll touch on the following topics:
<ul style="list-style-type:circle;"><li>Graphics</li>
	<li>Interactions</li>
	<li>Animations</li>
	<li>Kiosk mode</li>
	<li>Presentation flow</li>
	<li>Games design basics</li>
	<li>and much more...</li>
</ul>We hope you'll join us on this experience so we can help you unlock all the amazing things you can do in PowerPoint.
FireTech Experiences are a new series of short, high interest, fun and engaging tech demonstrations and talks. These are delivered in webinar style, using Zoom, with the main expert tutor showcasing a new interesting aspect of technology and learning. Apart from Zoom, no other downloads are required.

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