Coding courses for children in Cham: Visual Programming and Digital Literacy

In Cham we teach coding on Thursday evening and Saturday morning. On Thursdays from 18:00 to 19:30 Visual Programming runs in English with Enija Sārmane, for nine to eleven year olds, many of them from international schools in Zug and Baar. On Saturdays Alexander Mijatović teaches in German: Visual Programming from 9:30 to 11:00 and Digital Literacy for seven to ten year olds from 11:30 to 13:00.

Digital Literacy is the entry point: confident on the computer, first programs with blocks, own animations. In Visual Programming the children then build whole games and stories, get to know variables, conditions and loops and present their projects to the group. At most eight children per group, each on their own device, which we provide.

It continues online: Minecraft from age nine, Game Design from ten, Python from twelve, all in English, with fixed times during the week and at the weekend. The AI course from age twelve is available online or at the school. Alexander Mijatović additionally supports several of these groups. Families from Zug, Lucerne or Lake Zurich thus combine the Saturday on site with the rest from home.

Coding courses in Cham at a glance

• Small groups of at most 8 children, usually 4 to 6
• Coding Knight from age 5, Digital Literacy from 7, Visual Programming from 9
• Minecraft from 9, Game Design from 10, Python and AI from age 12, online or on site
• In German and in English
• Free trial lesson

Current groups in Cham

Online, in English: Python on Wednesdays 18:30 to 20:00, Thursdays 17:30 to 19:00 and Sundays 10:00 to 11:30 (ages 12 to 18), Minecraft on Thursdays 19:00 to 20:00 (ages 9 to 12), AI on Saturdays 14:30 to 16:00 (ages 12 to 15).

Who teaches in Cham

These teachers run the coding groups in Cham: Enija on Thursdays in English, Alexander on Saturdays in German, Nataša where needed.

• Enija SārmaneSpeech & Language Therapist | Brainorithmics Teacher
• Alexander MijatovićCo-Founder | Strategy & Technology
• Nataša MijatovićFounder & Managing Director

Prices in Cham

How to find us in Cham

The school is at Riedstrasse 3 on the 2nd floor, and there is a lift. From Steinhausen Rigiblick station it is about 400 metres on foot. The entrance is not on the street but on the car park side, so children can get out of the car safely right by the door.

By car: there is paid parking on the street, or alternatively at the tennis centre opposite. On Saturdays and Sundays, when the companies in the building are closed, you can also park right in front of the building.

Parents who would like to stay during the lesson have a large room with a kitchen at our school. You can work, read or simply have a coffee, tea, juice or a glass of water until the lesson is over.

• 2nd floor with lift, about 400 m from Steinhausen Rigiblick station
• Entrance on the car park side, safe drop off right by the door
• Parking on the street or at the tennis centre opposite, at weekends in front of the building
• Waiting room with kitchen for parents, with coffee, tea, juice and water

Children come to our Cham school from across the canton of Zug, from the Lucerne region and from Lake Zurich, among them from Cham, Zug, Baar, Steinhausen, Hünenberg, Risch-Rotkreuz, Buonas, Oberwil bei Zug, Walchwil, Unterägeri, Oberägeri, Morgarten, Sins, Obfelden, Gisikon, Ebikon, Rothenburg, Luzern, Horgen, Thalwil, Adliswil, Kilchberg, Zürich.