Game Dev Modder: Scratch to Python

The stage where the blocks give way to typed code. Across six levels, Scratch gradually hands over to Python, and your child stops assembling code and starts writing it.
For children aged 10 and up. There is an award at every level and two major milestones along the way, so the jump into text-based code arrives in steps rather than all at once.
Coming from Hacker, or arriving with coding already behind them, a mentor places your child at the right level first. Nothing is skipped to keep up with anyone else.

Transition from Scratch to Python!
Six levels, an award at each one
Modder runs the same six-level shape as Hacker, with two major milestones marking the points where the code really changes. Every level earns its own award.
block by block, then line by line

Intermediate coding, ages 10 and up
A new build every week, worked through at their own pace, with a mentor answering by text and video as the typed code arrives.

Blocks, then pseudo code, then Python
The route out of Scratch is not a cliff edge. Blocks become pseudo code, pseudo code becomes real Python, and each step is small enough to take on its own.

Guided hacks in Python
A new game every week, changed with typed Python rather than dragged blocks. Your child reads working code, then breaks it on purpose to see what it was doing.

A mentor for the awkward bit
Typed code is where most children get stuck, so this is the stage a STEM-certified mentor matters most. They also answer by text and video message between sessions.
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Meet the mentors
Who your child actually sits with each week: STEM-certified, background-checked, and trained in supporting neurodivergent children.
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The whole award ladder
Hacker, then Modder, then Architect. Every level earns a STEM-certified certificate, and the levels are the same whichever club your child is in.
See all the awards SPIRAL LEARNINGWhat is spiral learning?
Why we come back to the same ideas at a deeper level each time, and how that turns into real coding skill rather than remembered steps.
How the clubs workWhere Modder fits in
Join the Game Dev Academy for an exciting coding journey! Children aged 6 to 16 learn while creating awesome games, from Scratch to Python, at whatever hour suits them, with a STEM-certified mentor answering along the way.
