Reviews

Python Coder virtual camp

Ethan enjoyed his course and has asked me to sign him up for the next level. I found the half day sessions works well as his concentration diminishes as the day progresses.

Roblox Developer course

My child really enjoyed this course. The feedback element of the course by the child on a daily basis is a great idea as the teacher then changed his style/ tech in accordance with the children’s preference on how they learn. As a parent I would only ask that some individual feedback is given to...

My child really enjoyed this course. The feedback element of the course by the child on a daily basis is a great idea as the teacher then changed his style/ tech in accordance with the children’s preference on how they learn. As a parent I would only ask that some individual feedback is given to parents at the end of the course (nothing detailed but info on what the teacher thinks the child could do to improve their programming/developer skill going forward). We would sign up for another course again! Thanks funtech.

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Fantastic

Hi I've had both my son & my daughter on virtual course for the last 2 weeks, and they have both enjoyed them enormously.. indeed they have both been engaged & enthusiastic from start to finish - even more than we expected, with nothing but positive comments... Thanks so much for the great job ...

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I've had both my son & my daughter on virtual course for the last 2 weeks, and they have both enjoyed them enormously.. indeed they have both been engaged & enthusiastic from start to finish - even more than we expected, with nothing but positive comments...
Thanks so much for the great job you did, the great organisation, and the excellent communication
Best
James

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My daughter enjoyed the course

My daughter enjoyed the AI learning camp very much. The instructor has organised the teaching material very well and was answering the questions from the pupils at all time. The break interval was set up well and allow the child to concentrate throughout the half day course. Recommend to all...

My daughter enjoyed the AI learning camp very much. The instructor has organised the teaching material very well and was answering the questions from the pupils at all time. The break interval was set up well and allow the child to concentrate throughout the half day course.

Recommend to allow option of full day course over 1 week for the Virtual camp instead of the half-day course spreading over the 2-week time. This will allow more flexibility on the family to plan holiday away time during the school off period.

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Day Camp

Our daughter attended Day Camp in 2021 who is very happy to have learnt something and has made a friend too. We are very impressed with staff's friendliness and the time and effort have been taken to help out my daughter the whole time. We will certainly recommend FunTech to our friends a...

Our daughter attended Day Camp in 2021 who is very happy to have learnt something and has made a friend too.

We are very impressed with staff's friendliness and the time and effort have been taken to help out my daughter the whole time.

We will certainly recommend FunTech to our friends and will be sure to attend future courses too.

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My kids loved it

Thank you for having both my children. They loved their time with you and learnt a lot. Transferable skills too so I am very happy.

very educational

My son Victor really got a lot out of the camp and is now working away on a video game. It is extremely valuable to go on the course as the tools that the children like and skills will be of benefit in the future.

I am very pleased ...it was well worth the investment.

Lorna Knight

Roblox - Barbican - July 2021

Overall, my son (10 year old) had a good time at Roblox - Barbican. Positive + Lessons were easy to understand & linked to tasks. Good team mates. Small class. Engaging teachers. Easy check-in & Check-out Clean & Safe (Covid). Negative- Didn't get a FunTech T-shirt this year. My...

Overall, my son (10 year old) had a good time at Roblox - Barbican.

Positive +
Lessons were easy to understand & linked to tasks.
Good team mates.
Small class.
Engaging teachers.
Easy check-in & Check-out
Clean & Safe (Covid).

Negative-
Didn't get a FunTech T-shirt this year.

My son says it was 4.8/5 and he wished school was like this all the time.

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Python OOP Review

My daughter enjoyed this, and I think its a valuable course prior to starting GCSE's. However, she did find that some time was wasted on covering ground for some pupils not having a firm knowledge of Python.

But overall, a good course, and highly recommended.

Python Coder

My daughter enjoyed it, and she has already starting to link it to work she is doing with Scratch programming in school.

A great fun camp pitched at just the right level

My 12 year old son attended the cyber security Hackathon course this summer. He is not the easiests child to get to attend holiday camps and so we were a bit apprehensive as to how it would go. However, he really loved the course! He found it just about the right level of challenge but also great...

My 12 year old son attended the cyber security Hackathon course this summer. He is not the easiests child to get to attend holiday camps and so we were a bit apprehensive as to how it would go. However, he really loved the course! He found it just about the right level of challenge but also great fun. My son really liked the course leader who really 'knew his stuff' but was also fun and engaging.
We had a few issues before the course started about course venue etc and these were all sorted out very efficiently by the Fun tech team. Overall our experience with Fun tech has been extremely positive and we would definitely look at booking courses in the future.

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Game developer

My two children really enjoyed it and were engaged the whole two weeks of the course. They were also thrilled with the game they produced by the end of it

Ayo Afilaka

HI, Ayo seemed to really enjoy the camp. It took a while for him to get the hang of it and a few technical glitches, but by the end he was enjoying it. It's quite a big time commitment for him in the holidays, so I was impressed that he kept going back. His tutor was patient and managed well to ...

HI,
Ayo seemed to really enjoy the camp. It took a while for him to get the hang of it and a few technical glitches, but by the end he was enjoying it. It's quite a big time commitment for him in the holidays, so I was impressed that he kept going back. His tutor was patient and managed well to keep them all engaged.
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Amy

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Python club

Gali really enjoyed the club. She was excited every day to learn new things. Her instructor Joel was kind and helpful. Very professional. She is looking forward to sign up for Python 2. Thank you Funtech for doing an amazing job :)

Mine craft Red Stone Course

My 9 year old son has been attending holiday clubs since he was 5 and this is the first one he has genuinely enjoyed and been really enthusiastic to try another. He made friends in the class very quickly and really liked all the tutors, especially Gustavo (Gus). He’s been impressing friends with ...

My 9 year old son has been attending holiday clubs since he was 5 and this is the first one he has genuinely enjoyed and been really enthusiastic to try another. He made friends in the class very quickly and really liked all the tutors, especially Gustavo (Gus). He’s been impressing friends with his mine craft builds and it has done his confidence the world of good.

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Python course

My daughter enjoyed the course. Thank you for the experience

Indie game course review

My son did enjoy the virtual course but it was a lot of screen time. Some longer breaks may have been good

Child’s interest and learning

Our child has great interest in Roblox and prefers it over other games. Now she has learned to design her own games. What the childen like, they learn faster. Good training.

Great summer activity and enjoyable camp

This was the second Minecraft camp that my son did with FunTech and he has enjoyed his learning process. It involves lessons, self-work, and implementing the learned materials in the game.
Thank you FunTech!

Minecraft Game Coder

Lyndon thoroughly enjoyed his virtual Minecraft course. He found the tutor engaging and the course was well organised and structured. Lyndon has now done 6 Funtech courses (4 physical and 2 virtual) and they have all been excellent. We would highly recommend Funtech.

Python-Coder Virtual Camp

Amazing courses! My daughter was very happy with the content of Python L1 and L2. I am willing to consider other virtual camps in the future.
Thank you FunTech!

Worthwhile

Long days - might be better as a school day length.
Would be nice if there were more older kids.
Worthwhile course though.

Fun but long days

My son said he enjoyed it but he has trouble concentrating for long periods and 9-5 was a very long day for him. the Amazon voucher was a nice touch.

Great time for my son

Timson is quiet a shy but bright boy. He needed a lot of support from me first 2 days but since Wednesday first week he was able to work by himself and speak directly to his tutor if needed. He was looking forward to lesson every day and learned a lot. End of week two he opened a lot more and was...

Timson is quiet a shy but bright boy. He needed a lot of support from me first 2 days but since Wednesday first week he was able to work by himself and speak directly to his tutor if needed. He was looking forward to lesson every day and learned a lot. End of week two he opened a lot more and was having fun with other kids online as well.

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Luca absolutely loved the course!

Thank you for such a great course, my son Luca loved the course and really wants to book onto the next one. He learnt a lot of new skills and made some new friends, all round he really enjoyed it - thank you!

Python OOP - Wimbledon w/c 9th August

Thank you so much for a hugely stimulating, challenging and enjoyable week for Charlie - he loved every moment of it. Joe, his teacher was incredibly good at explaining the course to Charlie, making it engaging and fun. We can't thank you enough for the aftecare in helping Charlie get to and f...

Thank you so much for a hugely stimulating, challenging and enjoyable week for Charlie - he loved every moment of it. Joe, his teacher was incredibly good at explaining the course to Charlie, making it engaging and fun.
We can't thank you enough for the aftecare in helping Charlie get to and from the course, particulary coming home from Wimbledon to Barnes in the evening - so appreciated.

He is definitely keen to continue with either term time or more holiday courses with FunTech.
Thank you and the team again!
Best
Louise

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Minecraft Redstone Engineering

My son loved the week long course and learnt a lot! He said his tutor was really helpful and ensured that no-one got left behind.

Roblox Designer

This is the first time we have used Funtech having enrolled our 7 year old daughter on a week long Roblox Designer course. We were slightly apprehensive at first, however our daughter had an absolutely fantastic week. She learnt lots of new skills whilst also having fun and making new friends. Sh...

This is the first time we have used Funtech having enrolled our 7 year old daughter on a week long Roblox Designer course. We were slightly apprehensive at first, however our daughter had an absolutely fantastic week. She learnt lots of new skills whilst also having fun and making new friends. She’s already requested to attend the Minecraft Camp next year. Highly recommended.

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Python Gaming Coder

Ollie had a great time making the game. The content stretched him and he learned new skills (classes). There was good support. When Ollie didn't understand something, he went back to the teacher and managed to fix it with their help. Another great course!

Kept my 9yo engaged and enthused

The course was really good. My daughter was really happy to see her creations progress from design and build to published status. The teacher was great and small groups made it easy to learn. If I could say anything constructive it would be that maybe they could be offered a bit shorter too a...

The course was really good. My daughter was really happy to see her creations progress from design and build to published status.
The teacher was great and small groups made it easy to learn.
If I could say anything constructive it would be that maybe they could be offered a bit shorter too as a full time week (or 10 mornings 9-1) felt a little long.

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Well run, excellent instructors and great support provided

Lessons were well conducted, enthusiastic instructors. I was particularly impressed by the additional consolidation sessions provided if the child requires it as that meant no kid would be left behind in subsequent lessons if he/she didn’t understand a particular concept.

Perfect week for our Minecraft mad son!

The Minecraft Redstone course was thoroughly enjoyed by our 9 year old son. He remained engaged all week and our evenings were spent listening to what he lad learned that day. Clearly the staff invested time and effort into teaching him as he had lots to tell us and he was eager to get to camp ea...

The Minecraft Redstone course was thoroughly enjoyed by our 9 year old son. He remained engaged all week and our evenings were spent listening to what he lad learned that day. Clearly the staff invested time and effort into teaching him as he had lots to tell us and he was eager to get to camp each day. Many thanks to the team at Northwood for a great week.

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Minecraft mod developer

Timo (7) loved the course and he learned a lot. He already asked if there is a follow up course. I think two weeks was a bit long for Timo. The length of the days were OK but he lost concentration in week two. The instructor was very patient with the young boys and girls and was also very kno...

Timo (7) loved the course and he learned a lot. He already asked if there is a follow up course.
I think two weeks was a bit long for Timo. The length of the days were OK but he lost concentration in week two.
The instructor was very patient with the young boys and girls and was also very knowledgeable.
A great course and Timo loved it.

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My 12 year old son was completely engaged all week

Great teacher - course kept my son happily engaged all week. He couldn’t wait to continue the course each morning. He’s showed us some of the code he has done and we are impressed.
Would definitely recommend this course.
Thanks

Roblox Desiger Day Camp

Well organised and a lot of fun.

Another great Funtech experience

The children really enjoyed Redstone engineering and built some incredible things with their tutor Ashley. A brilliant way to engage them whilst we worked.

Rocking redstone engineering

The children really enjoyed Redstone engineering and built some incredible things with their tutor Ashley. A brilliant way to engage them whilst we worked.

Excellent tutor

Tutor is inspiring!

Camp

Hi, We would have liked a walk-through of their work and also to see that they have done some coding. Oliver showed me his work but did not show me where they had built blocks or done any coding. FunTech Response He was taught Lua Scripting, but independently decided not to incorporate any...

Hi,
We would have liked a walk-through of their work and also to see that they have done some coding. Oliver showed me his work but did not show me where they had built blocks or done any coding.

FunTech Response
He was taught Lua Scripting, but independently decided not to incorporate any Lua into his final project

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Brilliant Introduction to Python Coding

This was my son's first foray into Python coding which he really enjoyed. FunTech's support prior to the course and during the course was superb. The instructor was knowledgeable, engaging and followed up with me when my son hadn't submitted some of his exercises and I'm left wishing they ran c...

This was my son's first foray into Python coding which he really enjoyed. FunTech's support prior to the course and during the course was superb. The instructor was knowledgeable, engaging and followed up with me when my son hadn't submitted some of his exercises and I'm left wishing they ran courses for adults too!

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Python 5 day virtual camp

My son found the camp worthwhile and definitely improved his knowledge. Virtual learning is always challenging but this was well organised and professionally delivered. He did wish that there had been more interaction with other students, they learn from each other. I did feel that the students...

My son found the camp worthwhile and definitely improved his knowledge.
Virtual learning is always challenging but this was well organised and professionally delivered.
He did wish that there had been more interaction with other students, they learn from each other. I did feel that the students should have been requested/invited to show their faces rather than blank images. Face to face, even online is really important for understanding learning. This was not childcare for Owen but an opportunity to support his knowledge in readiness for his GCSE’s. I would definitely recommend.

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Much more fun than school

From Max aged 12

Super fun and good for entry level game design. Really engaging and great teachers. It’s learning about tech in an interesting way - much more fun than school. I’d really recommend this to other people.

My son enjoyed the course

My son enjoyed the course and had a real sense of achievement. His teacher was able to engage him and as such I didn't have any trouble getting my son to attend each day.

Indie Game Coder

My son really enjoyed the indie game coder course using Construct3 and has clearly learned a lot. He is able to create simple games independently and has lots of ideas for how to push his new skill forward.

Python Coding Camp

Malachi said he really enjoyed the week and made a few friends. I am not clear what he learnt, and would have appreciated a learning plan, an evaluation of his learning. I am still to look at his USB stick with him to see what's on it. Thanks FunTech response: I appreciate that you...

Malachi said he really enjoyed the week and made a few friends.

I am not clear what he learnt, and would have appreciated a learning plan, an evaluation of his learning.

I am still to look at his USB stick with him to see what's on it.

Thanks

FunTech response:
I appreciate that you are enrolled onto our term time courses. Please note that the system for holiday camps is very different. For term time we give comprehensive structures of what is covered and regular feedback.
The content covered on the course can be found here under 'What your child will learn:' https://funtech.co.uk/course-descriptions/python-coder?from_type=All
A member of the team will give you a call to answer any questions you may have.

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A great week

My child found the start of the course a bit slow and would have liked some differentiation across the class, but overall they really enjoyed it and felt they had learned from the week. They found the teachers very helpful.

Cyber Hackathon at Barbican

Divya was delighted to have completed the Cyber Hackathon course. Even though it was hard in the beginning for her(she has just completed year 8), the staff happily went over it again and again and she was understood the course and was very happy to do it. She is considering a career in Cyber Se...

Divya was delighted to have completed the Cyber Hackathon course. Even though it was hard in the beginning for her(she has just completed year 8), the staff happily went over it again and again and she was understood the course and was very happy to do it.
She is considering a career in Cyber Security, so this course has laid a good groundwork in that journey.
As parents, we were happy with the course, location, facilities and friendly and knowledgeable staff.

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Virtual Bots

My son enjoyed the course, and liked the teachers and other boys, but I didn't think the venue was really very appropriate for a group of this age group (predominantly 7-9). A school setting with much quicker and easier access to the outside to burn off steam would be better for the children and ...

My son enjoyed the course, and liked the teachers and other boys, but I didn't think the venue was really very appropriate for a group of this age group (predominantly 7-9). A school setting with much quicker and easier access to the outside to burn off steam would be better for the children and for the staff, with the serviced offices saved for older groups. I don't think it is healthy for young children to be kept inside for hours on end without fresh air. I would certainly be keen for him to attend another Funtech course, but would not book at this venue again.

I was disappointed that the original course we booked was cancelled, Lego Robotics Coder, as I think my son would have got more out of getting to build a physical robot. I hope that course will be offered again another session.
I was also disappointed that the original mid-July dates were cancelled. I am sure I am not the only parent who was delighted to find a course early in the school holidays, as many things only start when state school holidays do. It was a blow when it was cancelled.

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Python Coder

My 11 yo enjoyed the course, was eager to get on with his work, and looked forward to it starting. The tuition was excellent and my son learnt a lot of the basics of programming Python. Working over two weeks of half-days helped him stay focused. He thanked me, dad, for funding the course, and...

My 11 yo enjoyed the course, was eager to get on with his work, and looked forward to it starting. The tuition was excellent and my son learnt a lot of the basics of programming Python. Working over two weeks of half-days helped him stay focused. He thanked me, dad, for funding the course, and i'm now in his good books! He will be doing Python OOP next.

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Excellent course

Our 12 year old son was a beginner in Java at the start of this course. I asked him after it finished whether he would recommend it. The answer was yes, for the following reasons: - Liked the teaching style - All the questions were answered - Friendly atmosphere. By the end, he has written ...

Our 12 year old son was a beginner in Java at the start of this course. I asked him after it finished whether he would recommend it. The answer was yes, for the following reasons:
- Liked the teaching style
- All the questions were answered
- Friendly atmosphere.

By the end, he has written is first gaming project as an independent exercise, up to 250 lines of code and counting.
Would highly recommend this course.

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