After School, Saturday & School Holiday Computer Classes

Fun and excellent computer education for ages 5–17. Small groups 4–6 children. For full details School Holidays, After School and Saturday call Grand Training 499-2211.

Birthday or Private Party
For 3 or more children. Day, evening, weekend or special time by arrangement, computers supplied. Minecraft, Roblox or other computer games.

Take the evening off go out for a movie or dinner or both and leave your children to us at our Lambton Quay premises opposite midland park.

After School and Saturday:
Term time classes are smaller, and focused to what you want to learn.

Ages 5+
- Create Birthday Cards, Animations and other Presentations.
- In the "Lolly Report" children learn to use Spreadsheets
- Learn to Code in Scratch

Other Ages
- Learn to Code and Create 3D Games ages 9+ (details below)
- Learn To Code: Python ages 7+
- HTML & CSS ages 7+

School Holidays:
Learn to Code and Create 3D Games
You will learn to code and create 3D games and realise given enough time and resources, you could create anything in Unity. As students create their own personal projects, they will learn the fundamentals of collision physics and manage the process from start to finished take home game.

Minecraft Exploration
Explore the world of Minecraft! In this freeform course, students pick their own goals and work towards them together. A modpack is chosen by the group and the students explore it in their own time. This could involve transforming themselves into monsters, destroying pillager outposts and raids, heading to the moon and beyond.

Minecraft Progression
A highly structured course aimed to bridge Minecraft Exploration and our programming courses. Students start creating a fairly standard Minecraft base, then utilise redstone and some of the tools provided by mods to automate it. Along the way developing their programming skills, as well as learning a host of other useful abilities (including efficiency analysis). By the end of the course, the students will be well prepared to take the leap and do one of our Python courses.

Learn to Code: Scratch - Beginners Age 6+.
Get excited about the wonders of coding. Easy and enjoyable, create animations and games, interactive stories and other projects. Have fun developing important problem-solving skills. Learn to think creatively, reason systematically and work collaboratively.

Intermediate
Create more interactivity, animations, add multiple levels, timers and health counters.

Learn to Code: Python - Junior 7 to 9, Intermediate 10+
An enjoyable and accessible introduction to the fundamentals of Python.

Learn to Code: Java age 11+
Learn the principles and terminology in all coding languages by coding in Java.

Discovery Computer Class age 5+
Enjoyable and fun a voyage of discovery. Sessions on animations, use PowerPoint as an artist to make ID cards and drawings, Excel and Word. Discover and find out what is best for you.

Website Design, HTML5 and CSS
Simple introduction to web design for desktop and mobile applications. Use graphics programs and create animations. Learn HTML and CSS, fonts and colors, create links, insert images and videos. No experience necessary.

Intermediate & Advanced Workshops.
For experienced users. Sessions may include build a PC, web design, graphics and animations, create 3D games, databases, coding, network computers, run a web site, video edit, movie making and more.

Build Your Own Computer.
Learn the parts, terminology and principles involved to build or upgrade a computer. Assemble motherboard, CPU, RAM, add cards, disk drives and install Windows.

Film and Video Edit
Storyboard, break into scenes and shots, plan a shoot, understand types of shots and how to frame and compose. Computer edit; add sound, transitions, titles, credits and publish to YouTube.

Roblox
Build your own world This course introduces students to the creating and building in the Lego-like world of Roblox on the PC.