FUN AT CODE CAMP
Coding has become a part of life for Year 5 students Mia and Mason Richards and they’ll soon be sharing their skills with others THESE school holidays, Gold Coast students will be creating a path larger than life by coding their own computer games.
Inspiring the next generation of tech superstars, Code Camp is the leading authority on kids’ coding education in Australia — with more than 40,000 children from the ages of five to 12 having designed and built their own iPhone
apps across the country.
Somerset College students Mia and Mason Richards are only in Year 5 and have already created their own apps.
Excitedly counting down the days, Mason said his grades had improved so much because of it and he was now helping his friends in class.
“I have really improved academically after coding camp,” he said.
“When I first heard about the camp I was excited to go because I loved coding but on my first day I was so nervous and a little behind — but all the teachers re-went over things with me and made sure I got the help I needed.”
Both Mia and Mason attended the previous year’s Blast 3D camp and Ignite Camp — and are now finally old enough for Blast AR — a world-first coding platform.
AR (Augmented Reality) is the incorporation of digital data with the user’s environment in real time.
It is now being used for everything from catching Pokemon to construction safety and healthcare.
Code Camp COO Hayley Markham said she was beginning to see people become more interested in coding.
“Parents are beginning to realise that coding is an important skill to equip their children with to provide them with more opportunities in the future”.
Mia said a mixture of new friendships, learning and personal achievements kept her going back.
“I was really proud of myself last year when I built my own app called 3D alien adventure using Java Script. It was about aliens that killed bad guys in different dimensions,” she said.
“I am really looking forward to learn about AR and code with AR, but I am also very excited to see my friends.”
After the three-day camp, students will have their own app to show family and friends and access to Code Camp World, so that they can further their coding skills at home.
Code Camp will be running their camps in schools across the city including St Hilda’s School, The Southport School, Queensland Academies for Health Sciences, Somerset College and St Andrews Lutheran College.
Find more information about Code Camp at www.codecamp.com.au