Your learning plan · 12 modules

Junior Coding and Game Development

Build computer confidence through visual coding, animated stories, simple games, a first web page and playful Python activities. Practise one small idea at a time, then show a finished project to your family or classmates.

Coding foundationsSequences / Loops / Logic

Who it's for: Grades 3-5 beginners
Typically ages 8–10
Suggested duration: 4-6 months
How you learn: Concepts → practice → projects

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Age ranges are approximate. We'll confirm your starting module and class schedule before enrolment.

The goal

What you'll learn to do

Use a computer, organise files and follow safe online habits.
Explain sequences, events, conditions, loops and debugging in simple words.
Create animated stories, quizzes and games using visual block coding.
Build a first HTML page and try Python input, output and Turtle drawing.
Run, improve and confidently explain a final project to parents or classmates.

One module at a time

Your module-wise syllabus

Open a module to see the topics and hands-on practice. Start with the foundations and build up step by step.

Computer Basics and Online Class Discipline

What you'll explore

Keyboard and mouse/trackpad practice
Opening browser, tabs and links safely
Files, folders, saving work and naming files
Joining online classes: mute, chat, screen sharing and submitting your work
Basic internet safety and responsible technology use

Try it yourself

Create a personal coding folder
Type a short introduction paragraph
Save a screenshot or small note file

Logic, Sequencing and Algorithms

What you'll explore

Step-by-step thinking
Daily-life algorithms
Put instructions in the right order
Understand how each instruction changes the result
Debugging: find a mistake, fix it and try again

Try it yourself

Write steps for a daily activity
Arrange shuffled instructions in correct order
Find mistakes in a simple instruction set

Flowcharts and Problem Breakdown

What you'll explore

Use start and end symbols in a flowchart
Show each action as a process step
Use decision boxes to show choices
Follow yes/no branches in a plan
Breaking a big task into small tasks

Try it yourself

Draw a flowchart for a simple quiz
Create a flowchart for a game rule
Explain the flowchart in class

Block Coding Environment

What you'll explore

Choose a sprite, the character in your project
Set up the stage and background
Use an event to start an action
Motion blocks
Looks and sound blocks
Saving and opening projects

Try it yourself

Make a sprite move and speak
Add a background and sound
Create a 20-second animated scene

Events, Motion and Animation

What you'll explore

Click events
Key press events
Move, turn and glide actions
Costume changes
Basic animation timing

Try it yourself

Create a dancing character
Move a sprite with keyboard keys
Make a short animated story

Loops, Conditions and Score

What you'll explore

Repeat loops: run an action a set number of times
Forever loops: keep an action going
If conditions: act when a rule is true
If/else decisions: choose between two actions
Use a variable to keep the score
Timer and lives

Try it yourself

Build a catch game with score
Add timer or lives
Test and improve game difficulty

Interactive Story Project

What you'll explore

Story planning
Characters and dialogue
Background changes
Sound effects
Scene order
Simple user interaction

Try it yourself

Create a 3-scene animated story
Add at least two characters
Present the story flow

Beginner Web Page with HTML

What you'll explore

What is a web page?
Headings and paragraphs
Images and links
Simple colors and text styling
Plan a page about yourself, a hobby or a favourite topic

Try it yourself

Create an About Me page
Add one image and one link
Change heading and paragraph text

Python Fun with Turtle and Print

What you'll explore

Use print to show a message
Simple variables
Ask for input from the person using your program
Numbers and text
Turtle drawing basics
Use loops to repeat the steps of a shape

Try it yourself

Print name and favorite subject
Draw a square or star with Turtle
Change colors and shape size

Quiz and Mini App Logic

What you'll explore

Question-answer flow
If/else checking
Score counting
Simple feedback messages
Plan how a quiz or app can start again

Try it yourself

Build a 5-question quiz
Add score at the end
Customize quiz topic

Beginner Game Development Project

What you'll explore

Game goal
Create the player and an obstacle or enemy
Movement controls
Decide what happens when game objects touch
Score, lives and restart
Testing and improvement

Try it yourself

Build a maze, catch or avoider game
Add win/lose message
Improve design and difficulty

Final Showcase and Parent Demo

What you'll explore

Project polishing
Naming project properly
Explain your code in simple words
Demo practice
Use feedback to improve your project

Try it yourself

Prepare one final project demo
Show project to parent/class
Answer two questions about how it works

Make your learning visible

Projects & practice you can build on

These ideas come from the syllabus. Your teacher will help choose and adapt projects to your level.

A 20-second animated scene and a three-scene interactive story
A catch, maze or avoider game with score and a win/lose message
An About Me web page with an image and a link
A Python greeting and Turtle square or star
A five-question quiz with a final score
A polished project for a parent or class demo

Where could you go next?

Possible next steps to discuss once you're confident with this syllabus.

Creative Coding HTML & CSS

Adapted for students and parents from the academy's module-wise syllabus. The downloadable PDF includes the original detailed teaching plan.