Grade 6 - 9 Virtual Holiday Activities

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Grade 6 - 9:

Holiday Activities:

Coding: Virtual Robotics with MeeBot Dances

Dust off your child’s dance shoes and get them dancing with the virtual robot, MeeBot. They will learn how to string together commands to code dance moves to their favourite songs. 

Date & time: 21 September 08:30 - 10:30

Required Tech: Apple iPad with Swift Playgrounds app

Design Thinking: Build the framework for your own app idea

Does your child have a good idea for their own app? In this camp we will explore the fundamental steps in creating a basic app prototype. In this session we will unpack the design process of creating an award winning app design. This activity will run over 2 days.

Date & time: 21 & 22 September 13:00 - 15:00

Required Tech: Apple iPad with Keynote app

Coding: Introduction to Scratch

Create interactive games using Scratch’s built in video sensing features. Code your game to interact with your movements and gestures. 

Date & time: 28 September 08:30 - 10:30

Required Tech: Apple iPad

Coding: Code your own game

Learn the basic building blocks of programming a game in a fun and interactive way. 

Date & time: 29 September 08:30 - 10:30

Required Tech: Apple iPad with Hopscotch app

Design Thinking: Creating Augmented Reality Video Experiences

Augmented reality and video come together in this session. Your child will create their own authentic AR experience and record it into a video that they can share with their friends 

Date & time: 29 September 13:00 - 15:00 OR 1 October 08:30 - 10:30

Required Tech: Apple iPad with Hopscotch app

Holiday Courses:

Get Started with Code Course

In Learn to Code 1 course, your child will explore the fundamentals of Swift, the programming language used to create apps for Apple products. They will solve puzzles in a dynamic 3D world and develop a set of coding skills to build up their basic programming vocabulary. 

Coding 301 & 302: Commands, Sequences, Debugging & Functions

Learn the basics of code, Commands and Sequences. Learn how to find and fix errors in code through the process of debugging. Learn about the coding concept Functions.

Date & time: 29 September 08:30 - 10:30

Required Tech: Apple iPad with Swift Playgrounds app

Coding 303 & 304: Loops & Conditional code

Learn about For Loops and how they enable coders to make their code more efficient. Learn the concepts of conditional code, Booleans and logical operators and when to use each condition

Date & time: 30 September 08:30 - 10:30

Required Tech: Apple iPad with Swift Playgrounds app