Scratch One-on-one Private Classes

The lessons are delivered as online video calls via Zoom, making it easy for your child to learn to code wherever in the world you are. Based on the trial, we and you will know exactly, where your child should start. Then, the course progresses at your child’s pace - our tutor will slow down to explain more difficult topics and speed up when your child feels confident with a certain area of learning. While booking the trial and actual course, you can select the day and time that best suits your schedule. If you cannot find one, please get in touch.

Lessons can be booked on an ad hoc basis (at the cost of £100 per lesson) or in blocks (at the cost of £70 per lesson). We will contact you to discuss the options and the payment schedule to suit your needs.

Scratch Knowledge Levels

Our standard course is divided into 6 distinct Scratch knowledge levels, with children advancing a level every 6-8 weeks:

• Level 1 - children with no prior knowledge of Scratch

• Levels 2 - 4 - children with varying degrees of Scratch knowledge; from using most blocks in simple sequences in response to various events; to complex structures using conditionals, loops, variables, inter-thread communication etc.

• Level 5+ - at this stage children know all the building blocks of Scratch. They are able to code most of simple applications and games. At this stage our focus shifts to algorithms and data structures.

We tailor our course to the needs of every child while keeping existing knowledge alive by reapplying it in new programming contexts. We aim to progress children from level to level approximately every term. As they reach level 5 our focus changes - we start with an introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Once children are comfortable with this aspect of computer programming, we move on to discussing, developing and applying the most common algorithms from classical computer science, to real world problems. As there is no end to computing skills, so there is no end to our course - there is always another level - a new piece of knowledge to acquire.

Our tutors make it a personalized, exciting and valuable experience

Our experienced tutors will tailor our industry leading curriculum to suit your child. One-on-one private tuition provides personalized instruction that helps students progress at their own pace while being appropriately challenged. Here, at Educademy, we believe it’s more important to ensure every child reaches a good level of understanding than to cover all the topics scheduled for the lesson.

Learn Scratch - learn Computer Science

Scratch is an amazing, block-based virtual programming language. Simple to understand and click together blocks hide the complexity, yet offer nearly all the features found in more traditional solutions.

The level 1 course introduces children to computer science through a small collection of blocks used in Scratch. While using these blocks to create simple programs, children learn advanced techniques which are often alien even to traditionally educated programmers. Students learn concepts, such as events. We use them in everyday life, for example, if an event occurs I will do one activity, else I will do another. It’s all made easier by the colourful and intuitive layout of Scratch. These core, foundation programming skills will enable our students to be successful in whichever Computer Science route they may take in the future. As children progress from level to level, we dive deeper (as the official Scratch curriculum neatly phrases it!). Every week we prepare a set of interesting projects, through which participants learn computational concepts, like cloning, events, parallelism and data structures. We also encourage best practices, like experimenting and iterating, testing and debugging, reusing and remixing, abstracting and modularizing. All of it packaged in an attractive set of games and challenges. By the end of this course, our students will gain an intuitive approach to advanced Computer Science problems, regardless of the programming language.

Fun and sense of achievement

At the core of our approach is the understanding that children learn the most though fun. At Educademy we ensure that each lesson is engaging and entertaining. We ensure every student comes out of it with an enormous sense of achievement. To us, children and their creations are at the centre of the course. 

There is more to that than coding

No doubt computer programming is going to be the most important skill of the 21st century. When children learn to code in Scratch, they also learn important strategies for solving problems, designing projects, and communicating ideas.

Educademy’s mission is to create a lasting positive outcome. Deep in children’s minds we plant a feeling that they can create wonderful programs. They learn to overcome challenges. They know they can and will succeed in the field of Computer Science. Equipped with that feeling, they are able to face challenges in other areas of their education and future life. They already know they are really good at something. It’s only a matter of time before they’ll replicate this success in other areas.

Do you have a group of friends that would like to have a lesson together? Please get in touch for a quote