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Discover what automation means, how sensors work and what really happens inside a robot's brain!

Students will use a variety of mini-robots to explore creativity while learning key programming and engineering concepts. Working their way through design challenges and problem-solving mazes.

Course Length: 2 Day Course
Delivery format: In person teaching in small groups (max 8)
Suitable for: Age 6 - 9 
Pre-requisites: No prior experience required
System Requirements: All equipment provided. 
Day Structure: 4 x 45 Minute Sessions, with 15 Minute Breaks & 45 Minutes for Lunch

Take your coding further with this second step in learning Python. This course builds on the Python fundamentals covered in the Teen Coding with Python course and helps you to deepen your knowledge of this powerful and popular coding language that is helping a wide range of industries push the boundaries of digital innovation and creation. 

Our specialist tutors will help you to develop more robust programming proficiency by developing your knowledge and use of advanced strings & expressions, file IO’s and data structures applied within challenge-focused environments.

Course Length: 2 Day Course 
Delivery format: In person teaching in small groups (max 8)
Suitable for: Age 12 – 17
Pre-requisites: Attended  Coding with Python or have prior Python Coding Experience
Day Structure: 4 x 45 Minute Sessions, with 15 Minute Breaks & 45 Minutes for Lunch

Course Length: 2 Day Course
Delivery format: In person teaching in small groups (max 8)
Suitable for: Age 9 – 12
Prerequisites: None. 
Day Structure: 4 x 45 Minute Sessions, with 15 Minute Breaks & 45 Minutes for Lunch

This course introduces students to Fire Tech's Video Game Development workshop series using Unity. This industry-endorsed toolkit is used by students, academics, and professionals all across the world.

In this introductory course, you will be introduced to the Unity platform and taught the fundamental concepts of programming and design used through the development process. This involves a comprehensive guide to navigating Unity, an introduction to programming in C#, and a beginners guide to good design principles.

With a heavy focus on the transferable skills applied, our workshops open avenues to careers in software design, game development, and computer science. The application of Unity is not only limited to Game Design, but heavily involved in research, mining, and engineering fields as well.

Course Length: 2 Day Course 
Delivery format: In person teaching in small groups (max 8)
Suitable for: Age 12 – 17
Pre-requisites: No prior experience required. 
Day Structure: 4 x 45 Minute Sessions, with 15 Minute Breaks & 45 Minutes for Lunch

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 & development, world building and Lua programming. By the end of the course they will have created their own unique Roblox games and published them to the Internet for anyone to play.

Course Length: 2 Day Course
Delivery format: In person teaching in small groups (max 8) or Remote Learning - Live Teaching in small groups (max 8)
Suitable for: Age 9 – 12
Pre-requisites: No prior experience required
System Requirements: In person: All equipment provided. Remote Learning: please see system requirements. 
Day Structure: 4 x 45 Minute Sessions, with 15 Minute Breaks & 45 Minutes for Lunch

Share your passion through YouTube, whether it’s sketching, photography or reviews. Our specialist tutors will show you how to create unique content for your YouTube channel and teach you how to create stories that drive engagement and boost your following.

You will storyboard, script, film yourself or your screen, discover the YouTube video editing tools and work to publish eye-catching content.

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. 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.

Course Length: 2 Day Course
Delivery format: In person teaching in small groups (max 8)
Suitable for: Age 9 – 12
Pre-requisites: No prior experience required! 
System Requirements: All equipment provided. 
Day Structure: 4 x 45 Minute Sessions, with 15 Minute Breaks & 45 Minutes for Lunch

This course is designed for students interested in graphic design, digital publishing and online media creation. During this course, students will learn how to use the Adobe Suite, which includes Photoshop, Illustrator, Clip, Premiere Pro, and Audition.

Students will attain core skills within creative digital design that will be highly adaptable and applied across personal, academic and professional contexts, and learn how to create different digital media using professional-level Graphic Design tools.

Course Length: 2 Day Course 
Delivery format: Live Teaching in small groups (max 8)
Suitable for: Age 12 – 17
Pre-requisites: None
System Requirements: All equipment provided. 
Day Structure: 4 x 45 Minute Sessions, with 15 Minute Breaks & 45 Minutes for Lunch