ScratchMyPi is an award winning York based business teaching programming to children and teenagers in an engaging and fun way. We have a number of code clubs in York as well as programming courses and holiday workshops which are always popular.
Our code clubs are on Thursday evening and Saturday mornings in Acomb. The clubs are basically fun places for children who have similar interests to hang out and code. They use the club to socialise and to teach each other techniques. We are on hand to advise as appropriate and we also have a range of electronics to help engage the children as well. We can also teach new languages such as C and Python to stretch the children.
One of our most popular workshops is Minecraft programming and a new 9 session course starts soon on Monday evenings. Generally suitable for 9 yr olds plus, it introduces text based programming concepts to children using a fun and familiar environment like Minecraft. It’s very popular and engaging.
A new course we are starting is programming electronics. We use the Arduino micro controller to program LEDs, motors, lights, buzzers and to use a range of sensors as well. It’s an engaging 10 week course for children aged 9 plus.
Our holiday workshops are always popular and include robot wars, Minecraft programming, design a burglar alarm, joystick games, Morse code and remote control robots. We normally advertise in Shine and you can ask to be added to our mailing list.
Finally, we also do children’s parties! We do robot wars parties where the children get to armour up robots and fight other robots with the aim of bursting their balloon. It’s a great and engaging party.
ScratchMyPi won the York Press award for new business in 2014. It’s run by a primary teacher who also teaches computing in primary schools. Full details can be found at www.scratchmypi.co.uk
Special Offer
£5 off a course or club fees during the Autumn term 2016. When booking, please mention York Mumbler. (only available for a single course )
