This is where young coders begin thinking like programmers. Children move beyond simply making things work and learn to plan before they build, reason about logic, organise data, debug systematically, and compare different solutions.
8-10 years
24 lessons
live workshop
Max 10 students
At this age, children are ready to work with deeper programming ideas such as if/else logic, nested loops, variables, lists, custom blocks, parameters, and program states. But we still do not teach coding as memorising commands.
A new idea begins with something children can see, move, question, or test before it becomes code. More importantly, planning becomes part of the work. Children learn to sketch a solution, break it into parts, write the steps, then build.
When something breaks, mentors do not simply fix it. Children learn to narrow down the problem, form a theory, change one thing, test it, and explain what they discovered. By the end, the goal is not just “I made it work.” It is “I can explain why it works.”
A 24-week progression that takes children from deeper programming logic to planning, building, testing, and presenting an original project of their own.
Planning a project on paper and breaking a larger idea into manageable parts before building.
Recognising repeated structures and using loops, reusable blocks, and patterns instead of rebuilding the same solution.
Turning repeated behaviour into a named custom block and focusing on what a part of the program does rather than every individual instruction.
Writing and testing an algorithm before coding, then turning that plan into a working program.
Using a systematic process to narrow down a bug, form a hypothesis, change one thing, test it, and explain the actual cause.
Comparing different working solutions against clear criteria and explaining why one approach may be better for the problem or audience.
What families notice when children begin thinking, building and explaining with confidence.
