Come along to our classes at Thorndon School. AkoTech allows boys & girls to develop 21st century skills in a fun and action packed & agile environment.

We help develop confidence & initiative through design, creativity, solving problems & collaboration. Students get to create projects in a pretend tech company environment, where they create games, websites etc

"AkoVerse After-School Program: 9 Weeks to Creative Brilliance"

"Embark on a 9 week journey where students explore AkoVerse's 3D gamified universe and dive into Design, Art, Storytelling, Sports, Fashion, Python, Web Design, or Javascript. Then, team up with tech gaming studios to craft game and app prototypes for big-budget clients, presenting your innovations in just 9 weeks."

Learn

Depending on your child's level of experience and time at our CodeCamps, students learn the following technical skills whether it be visual or text coding in order of priority, starting with problem solving, debugging, decomposition, algorithms, loops, variables, conditional logic, operators and functions.

Our programs teach the all important soft skills such as team work, design & planning, communication, time management, Agile project management, critical thinking, presenting, conflict resolution.

Date: Every Wednesday: 16th October - 11th December

Time: 3.30-5pm

Venue Address: Thorndon School, 20 Turnbull St, Thorndon.

Room: Reception

SUPER IMPORTANT: Students must have access to an email account at all times. You will need a Google Account for Gmail. If you are under the age of 13 we suggest setting up a family account, you can allow your children access to this account while on camp and then you may change the password after if you wish.

Please don't forget your Username & Password for Gmail. Students can use their School Gmail accounts but must be able to access the emails.

Please make sure to write down your login details if you have existing accounts with Scratch, Tynker, Gmail etc. and put them somewhere safe and bring them with you.

Important Notice

Please remember to bring your laptop. You don't need anything special or high spec, just something less than 5 years old with internet access. iPads and tablets can be used, but we do suggest a laptop as best.

And lastly...

Don’t forget your imagination and creativity!

For other questions, please check our FAQs at the bottom of the page here https://akotech.nz/OurPrograms. or feel free to email us at admin@akotech.nz. Parents are most welcome to drop in 15-20 minutes before the end of each day to see the awesome things we are getting up to!

If you want to join after program commencement date please contact us directly and we can arrange to discount non-applicable classes