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Coding, Robotics and 3D Design for ages 5 – 18 | SCRATCHPAD
SCRATCHPAD is a technology learning center that teaches Coding, Robotics and 3D Design. Our approach is fun and intuitive and helps to reveal where your kids’ potential lies. Our programmes are for ages 5 – 18, are sure to catch their interest, and develop life skills such as collaboration, problem solving and creative thinking.
Secure your kid’s future and choose from after school or weekend sessions, holiday programmes, virtual classrooms and short term courses.
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SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
Our holiday programmes in Auckland includes the courses Roll up your sleeves – Let us Code, Minecraft – Develop Your Own Mods, Develop websites using Python, Develop Games for Android, Introduction to Developing Websites, Let's Learn 3D Printing, Introduction to Graphic Design and Code That Bot – Program a Robot.
Check out www.scratchpad.co.nz...
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AFTER SCHOOL AND WEEKEND PROGRAMMES, including Virtual Classes and Short Term Courses:
Discovery Programme:
* Suitable as an introduction to coding and robotics
* Learn how to use code to create interactive stories, and how to program games on mobile platforms
* Experiment with robotics
* Delve into 3D printing designs
Adventurer Programme:
* Suitable for those familiar with some coding
* Create and develop advanced games or apps
* Construct complex 3D models
* Progress to advanced robotics and programming
Accelerate Programme:
* Suitable for those considering programming as a school subject or wanting a career in IT
* Course content caters for NCEA, Cambridge and IB curriculum
* Kids will reach a point where they are ahead of their school grade
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VISIT AN OPEN DAY
Come and see what a Technology Learning Centre is really like! Visit our free Open Day on Sunday afternoons and experience hands-on demonstrations of coding, robotics and 3D designing.
Registration for Open Days is now open at www.scratchpad.co.nz... or let us know on info@scratchpad.co.nz or call (09) 815 0825. If you can't make it to an Open Day, feel free to contact us we can schedule you in for a free trial session.
Step inside the world of SCRATCHPAD – limitless possibilities, and where the present becomes the future. See you all!