Digital workshops for Western Bay’s young minds

Digital for kids will be the order of the day in Te Puke and Katikati later this month with two holiday programmes aimed at eight to 13-year-olds.

Tauranga's Venture Centre is taking digital coding to the two towns on 24 January (Te Puke) and 25 January (Katikati).

The two `taster' workshops in Te Puke (at the Vector Group space) and in Katikati (at Katikati college in collaboration with the Community Centre) aim to get kids started with code. The two-hour sessions begin at 1pm and are a creative, fun way of learning, designed for girls and boys with some or no previous experience.

Codebrite started in 2015 to encourage children into coding (computer science) and the discovery of problem solving through digital technology.

Venture Centre Director Pascale Hyboud-Peron says it is hoped that, through the workshops, local volunteers may step forward to start offering a coding club on a regular basis in each community.

These workshops give children the chance to explore and develop digital skills not readily available at school. The kids also learn through experience and with peers. These conditions are pivotal to the world of work they will enter as they grow.''

Register for the Te Puke workshop

Register for the Katikati workshop

For more information see the Venture Centre website.