BSD Education

Students will be introduced to a new concept each week to broaden their understanding of technology. They will do an exciting range of activities from a Google Earth Expedition to composing with a sound sequencer helping them to develop important technology skills.

• Days Saturday
• Time 15:45-16:45
• Age 5-8 years
• Date 11 Feb - 13 Apr 2019
• Fee $3150 / 9 classes
• Course Code

Students will initially learn the basics of HTML and CSS to add content and styling to their first website. They will change colors and fonts, add and alter images and add headings and paragraphs. They will then move on to build a storybook website, which includes their own images, which they will design on Piskel. Finally they will move on to build website navigation, which uses more advanced HTML and CSS concepts.

• Days Monday
• Time 16:45-18:00
• Age >9 years
• Date 11 Feb - 13 Apr 2019
• Fee $4050 / 9 classes
• Course Code

Students will be introduced to the differences between game assets and game mechanics, before beginning to build their own game. They will initially create a flowchart and storyboard for their game and then move on to designing it with CSS and HTML. Once they have mastered these concepts, they will be introduced to JavaScript to build new scenes and add the interactivity that will take their game up a notch.

• Days Thursday
• Time 16:45-18:00
• Age >9 years
• Date 11 Feb - 13 Apr 2019
• Fee $4050 / 9 classes
• Course Code

Students will design and build their own smart robots and gadgets from scratch with raw materials, such as acrylic sheets and wood. They will be introduced to basic engineering to put together the robot, as well as coding to personalize their robot’s actions using BBC’s Microbit (a pocket-sized computer you can control with custom code to control robots and even IoT devices).

• Days Saturday
• Time 09:30-12:30
• Age >10 years
• Date 16 Feb - 25 May 2019
• Fee $10800 / 12 classes
• Course Code

In Dev Club, Students are truly in the driving seat, with our expert instructors supporting them to become creators of the real world technology projects that they dream up by themselves.

• Days Wednesday / Saturday
• Time Wed 16:45-18:15; Sat 14:00-15:30
• Age
• Date 11 Feb - 13 Apr 2019
• Fee $4950 / 9 classes
• Course Code

Students will learn about the development process for video games, before diving into detailed development of game assets and mechanics. They will learn to create their own environments, characters and terrain, before moving on to concepts of frame rate, jump mechanic, game logic and collectables. By the end of the course they will have explored their creativity to make the game their own.

• Days Wednesday
• Time 15:30-16:30
• Age
• Date 11 Feb - 13 Apr 2019
• Fee $4050 / 9 classes
• Course Code