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Great couse

After a bit if reluctance to go, from day one my son was hooked and really enjoyed the course. Great location.

My Daughter Loved It

My daughter had a brilliant time learning new ways to use redstone and exploring other aspects of Minecraft.

Great camp - recommend for anybody interested in doing a bit more with minecraft

My son really loved going there everyday and as a added benefit was exposed to the world of logic. Next project to get him on a raspberry pi and get him coding. It really managed to get him interested into the basics of redstone and logic

Minecraft Redstone

My son has thoroughly enjoyed his week on the Minecraft Redstone course. He was really excited each morning and has already asked if he can come back. He is now keen to attend the 3D gaming course.

Huge level of enthusiasm

This course has really fired Sasa's enthusiasm for programming and his understanding of logic. Every evening, when I collected him, I was given a detailed explanation of everything he had learnt that day....in sharp contrast to the "Fine" I often get in response to the question "How was your day at

This course has really fired Sasa's enthusiasm for programming and his understanding of logic. Every evening, when I collected him, I was given a detailed explanation of everything he had learnt that day....in sharp contrast to the "Fine" I often get in response to the question "How was your day at school today?"
Great to know that he has spent the week having fun and learning computer logic as well as Minecraft.

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A perfect experience abroad for our son

This two weeks residential camp was the first experience out of Spain for our son Andres (14) and it was also the very first time he used English out of a classroom. He loves technology and was really excited about the trip and the courses (coding levels 1 and 2) but he was also a bit worried about

This two weeks residential camp was the first experience out of Spain for our son Andres (14) and it was also the very first time he used English out of a classroom. He loves technology and was really excited about the trip and the courses (coding levels 1 and 2) but he was also a bit worried about being a foreigner in an class full of locals. However, his worries vanished in a few hours: he had a really great time in Tonbridge, making new friends easily (twice!), realizing that he can really use English for life, and also confirming that technology is great. Learning Java for 6 hours every day was really fun for him, he learnt a lot and he has been programming at home since he came back. The relationship with the tutors and the rest of the staff was also great, and the continuous activities out of the classroom were really exciting (his brothers are now quite jealous!).

The support we as parents received was excellent, including the delicate moments at the beginning. Sheineez and Phil were very nice and responsive, and made us feel really confident. They even organized a birthday celebration for Andres.

In summary, a perfect experience for Andres and an excellent way of combining tech, social and language learning in a shot. Absolutely recommendable.

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Great Holiday Fun

My son really enjoyed his week at Funtech and looked forward to each new day, he learnt a lot and developed his skills in a friendly atmosphere.

Parent review

Sanam enjoyed it and seems to have learnt a lot

lego robotics

my son had a fantastic time this week - I was not sure how he would take to the camp as in the past he has only attended sports camps but he was excited to go in every day and is already planning his next tech camp

Great week! Impressive robotics!

Thank you to everyone at Funtech, especially William, for the fantastic week our son had with you this week. He couldn't wait to get to camp every day and had ideas and plans running around in his head in the evenings. We were so impressed by the programming he learnt and the confidence in tech th

Thank you to everyone at Funtech, especially William, for the fantastic week our son had with you this week. He couldn't wait to get to camp every day and had ideas and plans running around in his head in the evenings. We were so impressed by the programming he learnt and the confidence in tech the course has given him. He's keen to do more so I'm sure we'll be back for another course some time soon!

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Fantastic Course Child in Heaven

If you have a child who loves Minecraft and all things computers and you put him in a camp with a tutor who is extremely knowledgable on the subject your child will be in heaven or at least that was the case for my child, who was in awe of his tutor Lewis. Brilliant camp.

Over the moon

When your children are disappointed to see you at pick up time you know they are enjoying themselves. My two boys couldn't wait to get back to class every morning to learn some more. The teacher Chris was exceptionally good, his enthusiasm was infectious and he had a great sense of humour, the kids

When your children are disappointed to see you at pick up time you know they are enjoying themselves. My two boys couldn't wait to get back to class every morning to learn some more. The teacher Chris was exceptionally good, his enthusiasm was infectious and he had a great sense of humour, the kids loved him. He was teaching some complex stuff but the kids couldn't get enough.

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Happy Children

My child couldn't wait to go back to camp every morning; he had so much fun and learnt so much. The tutor Chris was amazing and he kept the kids engaged througout. I would definitely recommend if your child is into computers.

Scratch Summer Camp

My son enjoyed this FunTech camp very much, he learned a lot and he's keen to do more!
His tutor Corey was excellent - thank you!

Great

My son Nick loved the camp. He really enjoyed it.

Lego Robotics

My son - aged 8 - loved the course and I have to say I was quite impressed by what he managed to achieve in 1 week with the encouragement of the tutors. I think it is an excellent course and I highly recommend it!!! Based on our experience, I think it is highly likely that I will be looking at Fu

My son - aged 8 - loved the course and I have to say I was quite impressed by what he managed to achieve in 1 week with the encouragement of the tutors. I think it is an excellent course and I highly recommend it!!!
Based on our experience, I think it is highly likely that I will be looking at FunTech again as a solution to school breaks in the future.

My only comment, which has nothing to do with the course itself, but more with the overall organisation is that the venue where the course is held is currently a building site and that causes a certain level of concern with regards to the possibility of accidents.

FunTech comment [10/08/2018]
Thank-you for raising this. When we signed up with the school for the summer, we were not made aware that such major building works were going to be in progress. We have spoken with the school and are monitoring it closely. We send extra staff to this locaion to simply ensure that children don't explore the building area.

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Excellent course

Elgin enjoyed the camp very much and went to the camp happily all week.All the kids were very happy and proud of the result of their work during the show on the last day.Great experience and definitely recommended.

Best club for my son

Nicolas, who is 8, thought it was the best class ever. He enjoyed learning something new and exploring technology. He thought the teachers were really good and fun. Nicolas missed the first day as we were travelling back from abroad and the teachers helped him to catch up and were very accommodating

Nicolas, who is 8, thought it was the best class ever. He enjoyed learning something new and exploring technology. He thought the teachers were really good and fun. Nicolas missed the first day as we were travelling back from abroad and the teachers helped him to catch up and were very accommodating. Thank you for a great week

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Price

Although this was a great introduction to Java in a nice location I thought £575 for what is essentially a kids camp was really expensive.

Final report

Matteo enjoyed himself, although he enjoyed more lasts years Java 2 campus, as the previous year's tutor was exceptional.

Will we receive a final report as we did this year? I thought it was very useful.

Thanks
Deborah

My son loved the Python Coder course!

When I enrolled my ten-year-old son on the Python Coder course, he was not enthusiastic at all...well, returning home on his first day he was so excited and happy. He was so keen to go back each morning and on his last day he told me 'I will miss the class so much!'. The teacher has been fantastic,

When I enrolled my ten-year-old son on the Python Coder course, he was not enthusiastic at all...well, returning home on his first day he was so excited and happy. He was so keen to go back each morning and on his last day he told me 'I will miss the class so much!'. The teacher has been fantastic, and I would love for my son to attend the course again next year.

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Excellent teaching

My son enjoyed doing 3D Game Design very much and is extremely keen to do more at Fun Tech. Learning and fun at the same time during the summer school holidays - perfect. Joseph is an excellent teacher - inspirational even! Thank you

Excellent classes

Our sons have done several camps with FunTech and we have always found the quality of teaching excellent. The teachers are knowledgeable and engaging. We tried another tech camp last summer but the quality of the teachers did not compare. I grew up in the Silicon Valley so we were keen to find a goo

Our sons have done several camps with FunTech and we have always found the quality of teaching excellent. The teachers are knowledgeable and engaging. We tried another tech camp last summer but the quality of the teachers did not compare. I grew up in the Silicon Valley so we were keen to find a good programme that properly educates our children about technology and they learn from a young age not to fear it.

We had an incident this past camp where one of my sons was being bullied. We know this can happen at any school or any camp but FunTech dealt with it swiftly and appropriately. Their response was exemplary and we have complete confidence that our sons are in good hands. They love FunTech and are keen to go back soon.

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Excellent camp - great results

Our 12 year-old daughter has benefited greatly from the summer Touch Typing course. I am a strong believer in learning through play, it is the most effective way to acquire new skills, and the course only confirms that. Our daughter has covered nearly the whole keyboard in 5 days, and what is intere

Our 12 year-old daughter has benefited greatly from the summer Touch Typing course. I am a strong believer in learning through play, it is the most effective way to acquire new skills, and the course only confirms that. Our daughter has covered nearly the whole keyboard in 5 days, and what is interesting, she is more creative typing up her stories than she is writing them down. It is an excellent thing to do over holidays. Thanks, Fun Tech.

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3d Game design

It's good knowledge advanced technology camps which our boy was so much fun and enjoyed time.
He does every summer which tried other camps but he enjoyed the most doing it in Tech camp.

Great Fun with Touch Typing

My 8 year old daughter enjoyed the Camp very much. She found the first day a little challenging as they were getting used to the flow of the class. By the second day they are taught that muscle memory kicks in and this was avery value piece of take away for them being such a young age. The class an

My 8 year old daughter enjoyed the Camp very much. She found the first day a little challenging as they were getting used to the flow of the class. By the second day they are taught that muscle memory kicks in and this was avery value piece of take away for them being such a young age.
The class and tutors were engaging and tentative. A great class for youngsters to begin and ground in the basics of a useful life skill.

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Touch Typing!

Very enjoyable course - both my daughters had fun whilst learning an important skill that will help them both at school and later on in life! Highly recommend!

Great Fun with Touch Typing

My 8 year old daughter enjoyed the Camp very much. She found the first day a little challenging as they were getting used to the flow of the class. By the second day they are taught that muscle memory kicks in and this was a very value piece of take away for them being such a young age. The class a

My 8 year old daughter enjoyed the Camp very much. She found the first day a little challenging as they were getting used to the flow of the class. By the second day they are taught that muscle memory kicks in and this was a very value piece of take away for them being such a young age.
The class and tutors were engaging and tentative. A great class for youngsters to begin and ground in the basics of a useful life skill.

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Excellent

Lots of new stuff learned. My son really enjoyed the week.

Touch typing made fun!

My son has had a great week at the Touch Typing with FunTyper course and it is great that we as parents are able to see what they have been up to all week! I think you should run courses like this for adults ;-)

Minecraft

Ethan really enjoyed the week at the Minecraft camp. He is very keen to do more at home and show us what he has learned at the camp.

Great holiday fun!

My son had a great time at this Minecraft camp and couldn't wait to come back each day!

Python Coder review

This is quite an informative session for kids. Truly inspiring kids to enter into tech. The tutor Sam is really good, enthusiastic and quite friendly to kids. My daughter is so happy that she attended this course and learnt good skills. Glad to see these exciting courses available on Funtech. Look

This is quite an informative session for kids. Truly inspiring kids to enter into tech. The tutor Sam is really good, enthusiastic and quite friendly to kids.
My daughter is so happy that she attended this course and learnt good skills. Glad to see these exciting courses available on Funtech. Looking forward for more of these courses from FunTech

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Minecraft camp

My 9 year old son had an amazing time this week and has created all kinds of blocks, characters and environments in Minecraft. He has been really busy all day and got on really well with the other kids.

Python Coder review

My son loved the course. He says he has learnt a lot, which is the most important thing.

Fun Learning

Ishan enjoyed coming everyday and creating a game...

Good experience

After some initial trouble setting everything up, the experience was really positive. The staff was always willing to cooperate and assist, and they were really helpful and patient. The program was really interesting for my son, who has now discovered coding and funtech. We will repeat the exper

After some initial trouble setting everything up, the experience was really positive.
The staff was always willing to cooperate and assist, and they were really helpful and patient.
The program was really interesting for my son, who has now discovered coding and funtech.
We will repeat the experience for sure!

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Touch typing made fun

FunTech has inspired my 10 year old son to start learning to touch type, stick with it and become pretty competent at it within a few months. They've been great at pushing, encouraging and rewarding him and making learning a new skill good fun.

Great head start

A great opportunity. Our son achieved A* A level in Computing, a year early. It gave him tremendous confidence and study skills to achieve as well in his other subjects, at school. It also looked so good on his cv, that he got offers from every university on his UCAS application. Our daughter achiev

A great opportunity. Our son achieved A* A level in Computing, a year early. It gave him tremendous confidence and study skills to achieve as well in his other subjects, at school. It also looked so good on his cv, that he got offers from every university on his UCAS application. Our daughter achieved A* at GCSE ICT - 2 years early, which gave her fantastic confidence and prepared her really well to for the challenges of her other GCSEs.

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One very happy parent

I can not begin to express how highly I rate FunTech. My three children have been involved with FunTech since they were 5 years old and with 2 GCSE A stars already in the bag they are now attending a range of classes from Computer Programming to GCSE maths to preparation for Common Entrance.

I can not begin to express how highly I rate FunTech.

My three children have been involved with FunTech since they were 5 years old and with 2 GCSE A stars already in the bag they are now attending a range of classes from Computer Programming to GCSE maths to preparation for Common Entrance.

Not only is the teaching first rate but my children really enjoy the lessons and as a parent I know the team will always goes the "extra mile".

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FunTech

We are so glad we discovered FunTech !! Frazer and Flora have achieved great GCSE results in a highly supportive environment. Funtech not only provides excellent teaching and results but the team really care about your child and meeting the individual needs of your child. As a parent I really appre

We are so glad we discovered FunTech !!
Frazer and Flora have achieved great GCSE results in a highly supportive environment. Funtech not only provides excellent teaching and results but the team really care about your child and meeting the individual needs of your child. As a parent I really appreciate the support, guidance and ongoing encouragement my children receive - thank-you Funtech !!

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Wow, my son achieved an ‘A’ level in Computing, A grade, before his GCSEs

Wow, my son Mike, aka Pip for reasons of his FunTech related success, studied ‘A’ level computing at the age of 13 & completed with an A grade at the age of 15! FunTech have inspired him toward what I know, as an IT professional myself, to be the best career in the world. FunTech repeatedly go

Wow, my son Mike, aka Pip for reasons of his FunTech related success, studied ‘A’ level computing at the age of 13 & completed with an A grade at the age of 15!

FunTech have inspired him toward what I know, as an IT professional myself, to be the best career in the world.

FunTech repeatedly go the extra mile. When it came to work experience time, FunTech even provided the connection which resulted in Mike attaining a placement at Microsoft.

But how did we get here?

When Mike was in year 8, age 12½ his mum saw a FunTech advert, essentially to teach children to have fun learning how to write computer games. I know myself how fun that can be, so we asked him & took our enthusiastic young man along for an assessment.

From the outset I was quite impressed that they were assessing the children, rather than just taking the money regardless of suitability.

After the assessment they wanted to talk to us, his parents & recommended he didn’t do the write a computer game course, as they felt he was too advanced for it, but recommended another course, more suitable for his abilities.

They saw potential in him that the 11+ had not.

I looked at the skill-set which they were recommending he learned & realised that I wished more of the CV’s I was seeing for people wishing to work for me professionally had those skills & when they did they were the ones I tended to call for interview.

I love programming & the opportunity to give my son that pleasure, especially given his enthusiasm for the idea was something I wasn’t going to miss.

He did the course, although he was the youngest by far more than a year. He was a great success & one thing led to another & a dilemma presented itself. His great FunTech driven success led him to the opportunity to take an ‘A’ level in Computing, to be completed before his year group had even sat their GCSE's!

FunTech had always been very clear that school work had to come first, but then the technology that FunTech teach really is fun. Indeed, school homework can sometimes be boring, but the stuff FunTech do can be light relief. I do say this as someone who himself loves programming.

My concern was that while Mike, as a result of FunTech’s input, was now academically capable of meeting the ‘A’ level challenge, he was still a youngster & was he mature enough to keep this in balance with the rigours of school-work?

Mike was keen, but I went in to speak to FunTech about my concern. Their response was professional, balanced & wise. In the end I decided that the risk of holding Mike back by not engaging FunTech here, given his enthusiasm, well – he had to be supported in his decision to do it. With hindsight I’m so glad that’s the decision I came to.

It’s interesting, when applying for 6th forms, I raised the question when everyone else was talking about predicted & hoped for GCSE grades & whether their child could achieve a 6th form place, I asked the question as to the impact of Mikes early A grade ‘A’ level in Computing, given that we were being told by RGS for one that the key is GCSE results, GCSE results & GCSE results.

The response was physical, the tutor in question physically stepped forward, shook hands & stated “well that IS very encouraging”.

The world is Mike’s oyster, due to in no small part, the footing & inspiration granted to him by FunTech.

He is currently deciding which 6th form to give his support to.

In his free time Mike has written a tool his dad, that’s me, has used professionally.

Watch this space.

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Highly Recommended

My son Mark has thoroughly enjoyed going to Funtech. He has achieved A Level Computing 2 years early. The staff's dynamic approach to teaching motivates pupils to achieve their full potential. I can highly recommend this organisation to others.

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Great Week!

Our son, William, spent a wonderful week at FunTech. There was not a bad moment throughout the entire time. He was actively engaged from start to finish. He was appropriately challenged, as well. His teachers were patient and always age appropriate. William had a fantastic time at your wond

Our son, William, spent a wonderful week at FunTech. There was not a bad moment throughout the entire time. He was actively engaged from start to finish. He was appropriately challenged, as well. His teachers were patient and always age appropriate.

William had a fantastic time at your wonderful camp. He met some fun friends and learned some awesome skills. You do a great job teaching your information to a difficult age group and I applaud you!

I look forward to enrolling him in more classes during the school term.

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Review from a parent

Funtech has been nothing short of transformational and life changing for my son. Through Funtech he got two A stars at A level in Computer Science and Mathematics and is now off to study Computing and Maths at Bristol University. What was particularly remarkable is Funtech discovered his aptitude fo

Funtech has been nothing short of transformational and life changing for my son. Through Funtech he got two A stars at A level in Computer Science and Mathematics and is now off to study Computing and Maths at Bristol University. What was particularly remarkable is Funtech discovered his aptitude for Maths. Originally he was just doing Computer Science and they encouraged him to start Maths, a subject his school never suggested for A level. Funtech do more than teach very well. They are genuinely passionate about their students and do everything humanly possible to inspire, interest and motivate their students. I cannot recommend them highly enough.

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Excellent Mentoring, teaching & development

My son Shivam has been at Funtech for few years now. I am so pleased with the teaching, mentoring and support he's received in all the years here. Each of the teachers' he's had including the head, has taken so much interest in his development as a student and as a person. He received individual a

My son Shivam has been at Funtech for few years now. I am so pleased with the teaching, mentoring and support he's received in all the years here.
Each of the teachers' he's had including the head, has taken so much interest in his development as a student and as a person.
He received individual attention whenenver he's needed it.
I would recommend the school to everyone who's kids are interested in computers. It's an excellent school and every person who works here takes full interest in your kid's overall development.

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GCSE IT

Funtech noticed my son's strengths as soon as they met him a few years ago and on hearing this from such cool people, it boosted my son's confidence more than you can imagine! My son is dyslexic and has a slow processing speed, and with the excellent support from all the teachers and staff at Funtec

Funtech noticed my son's strengths as soon as they met him a few years ago and on hearing this from such cool people, it boosted my son's confidence more than you can imagine! My son is dyslexic and has a slow processing speed, and with the excellent support from all the teachers and staff at Funtech he completed his GCSE IT 2 years early and was thrilled to get an A. I am very proud of him and also grateful to Funtech for spotting him all those years ago and giving me the confidence to let him fly with his GCSEs. He learnt a lot about how to study too, his way, which he can now take through to his other courses. The staff are engaging, fun, knowledgable and most importantly - cool!

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Very engaging and comprehensive course

I was very impressed with how much content was covered and how it was targeted at a level that 7 year olds can understand. The first day was a bit painful due to most students not having the software set up correctly - so I suggest in future there should be a day of prep in advance of the course wi

I was very impressed with how much content was covered and how it was targeted at a level that 7 year olds can understand.
The first day was a bit painful due to most students not having the software set up correctly - so I suggest in future there should be a day of prep in advance of the course with a tech support expert.

Matt was excellent at tailoring the content to the level of the group and very good at giving 1-to-1 support - he was extremely helpful with more advanced concepts and taking it beyond the limitations of the software.

Only area for improvement would be to find a way to pass complex technical issues (with one student) on to a support person so that it doesn't hold up the rest of the class.
It would also be nice to do some sort of show-and-tell on the last day where each child could show the others what they have created.

overall though it was a great 2 weeks

FunTech Response
This was a rather unfortunate start to the course as a disproportionate number of families had not completed their Pre-camp Check List - to address this all families are now being contacted prior to the course start date.

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3-D Game design

Alexia is an 11 yr old non-native English speaker complete beginner with games and screens. Probably wrongly, we were obsessed about keeping her away from screens and did a great job. The consequence was that her gap with any other regular kid is very wide when it comes to tech. We came to the concl

Alexia is an 11 yr old non-native English speaker complete beginner with games and screens. Probably wrongly, we were obsessed about keeping her away from screens and did a great job. The consequence was that her gap with any other regular kid is very wide when it comes to tech. We came to the conclusion there is no escape from the tech world for the young generation and wanted to introduce her to the space. I had been following Funtech for a while since a leaflet landed in my box. Alexia was initially registered for a summer residential camp. We were very happy that Funtech was making a great effort to still trying to deliver the programs despite the cancellation due to the virus.
So the course started and Alexia really, really struggled. She couldn't cope with the content, the program and the pace. Funtech was extremely honest in providing very valuable feedback while coming up with an option so Alexia could continue to learn at her own pace. I would not get into details but everything was about Alexia gaining a positive learning experience and Funtech was very flexible and very generous. Cato, the teacher was excellent, very patient and always advancing in content despite minimal feedback from Alexia. Alexia loved the class and was always looking forward to the next session despite her struggles. Mamta was reaching to us daily to discuss the situation and to make sure things were going in the right direction. Adrian also was very helpful.
Now is up to Alexia to continue to learn and, we hope she does that and, comes back to funtech for a different course but for sure she has been given a great introduction to a complete new world. With sincere thanks to all in Funtech. Jose

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