Meet the Sydney Programming School team. To put it plain and simple, we’re passionate about what we do and it shows in our work! Together we are a bunch of creative enthusiasts who believe that coding is the language of the future.
We understand that every child is unique, therefore our team of experts has carefully developed a number of tailored kids programming courses that reflect the capabilities of children enrolled. Fostering a culture of collaboration, we believe that the best way to teach kids to code is through creativity, innovation and teamwork. All our staff members are experienced IT professional and each has a current Working With Children Check.
Head of Teaching
Jesse Clark is the Head of Teaching. He designs the majority of courses at Sydney Programming School and also teaches Game Development and Web Development courses. As a former NASA software engineer, Jesses loves to explain the basics of programming using space games, which he builds himself. Jesse also works for UTS as a robotics researcher.
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Director, Co-founder, Programming Teacher
Former Digital Product Manager at News Corp, now Grigory is a Director and a Co-founder of CODE4FUN. Having a Master’s degree in IT and being a father of very techie children, Grigory understands both an importance and a challenge of teaching the basics of Computer Science to kids at a young age. Grigory believes that children only really learn coding when they code their projects themselves. Therefore Grigory, looks after all CODE4FUN coding challenges and teaches coding classes six days a week.
Lead Programming Teacher
Andrew is a graduate game designer from Macquarie University. He is the founder of Australia’s first academic chapter of the International Game Developers Association; the IGDA MQ. With IGDA MQ, Andrew has acted as project lead for games such as Simple Paintball Game, Simple Fighting Game, Ricochet and Labyrinth. The team’s games can be found here: https://igdamq.itch.io/. Specialising in the Unity engine, Andrew is well versed in 3D Modelling, UI Design and Programming.
Lead Programming Teacher
Declan is a mobile games developer. He graduated from Macquarie University as a game designer. Declan is interested in virtual reality and is developing virtual reality applications for educational purposes. He believes that kids should be able to understand how to create digital content similar to what they already use.
Lead Programming Teacher
Jonathan has been a computer hobbyist since he was a child. He grew up surrounded by gaming and building computers with his older brother. He started programming in high school and since then it has become a passion of his. Outside of the class room Jonathan volunteers with a youth organisation, running weekly programs and camps during the holidays. He has been involved with education/leadership programs for 4 years. Teaching at CODE4FUN has allowed him to combine both his passions – education and computers.
Lead Programming Teacher
Gabriel is a first year engineering mechatronics and commerce student at The University of Sydney. Gabriel’s passion lies in link between actuality and the intangible software world. At age thirteen Gabriel taught himself how to use and create code for the Arduino platform. Gabriel is endeavored to help give kids the same opportunities he had as a kid and aid them in the process of learning.
Lead Coding Teacher
Tamar is a 3rd year Engineering / Arts student majoring in mechatronics and philosophy. She is extremely passionate about inspiring and enabling the next generation as change-makers for the future and feels technology is the way to empower them. She volunteered for several years in a youth organisation, planning educational programs and camps and has lots of experience with kids. Through teaching with Code4Fun, she feels she is given the opportunity to help kids reach their potential and explore the fun and exciting world of coding that she is passionate about.
Programming Teacher Assistant
Lachlan is a Software Engineering student at the University of New South Wales. He started learning to code in high school and has loved learning as much as he can ever since. As an aspiring Software Engineer, he has involved himself with projects by the university IT cyber-security department, university outreach programs and intra-university mentoring. Having been inspired by several passionate teachers, he hopes to pass on the same sense of excitement at coding that he has learnt to love.
Programming Teacher Assistant
Tjhai is a Math/Physics student at the University of New South Wales. He has a desire to spread interest in these subjects and believes teaching coding is a good way to start as it both promotes logical creative thinking and is required for many applications in these fields. He believes people should try to learn more about the world around them and the devices they use. Hence, learning to code is the best way to understand the technological world around us.
Programming Teacher Assistant
Zac studies Advanced Science/Computer Science at UNSW, and looks forward to a career in the technology industry. He began coding in High School with his Maths teacher, who taught Zac to code through his love of mathematics. Zac thinks coding is such an important and exciting skill to have and is excited to pass it onto the younger generation. He loves working with children as he has spent a year working in a boarding school in England and has lots of experience tutoring.
Coding Curriculum Developer
Coding Curriculum Developer
Asma holds Masters in Computer Science and experience in working on different products ranging from financial institutions to sport analytics software. Taking the passion for technology forward, she has taught coding, robotics, app development and renewable energy machines for four years. Currently, she makes use of all of her knowledge and experiences developing exciting curriculums at CODE4FUN.
Coding Curriculum Developer
Uyen Nguyen is a Software Engineer at IRI. She redesigns the system’s architecture to migrate the complex system to the Web. As a former software engineer at HotSchedules, she used to design and build a cloud-based back of house system for hospitality industry. You can learn more about Uyen’s experiences at her LinkedIn account. Uyen also does private online tutoring. For more details please check her website. All CODE4FUN customers get 10% discount on Uyen courses.
Let’s be honest, children these days are more tech-savvy than most of their parents, however there has never really been a physical space in which they can develop their computing capabilities. This is where we come in! CODE4FUN Sydney Programming School have partnered up with a number of schools and venues across Sydney to provide children with a physical space in which they can let their love for computing and technology run wild.
As co-founders of CODE4FUN, our mission is to ensure that every child has an opportunity to learn coding and computer science. We all want the best for our children and as parents we are passionate about creating an environment where our kids can continually grow and develop.
Even though we are all about creativity, innovation and teamwork, we are also about Personality! The team that make up CODE4FUN Sydney Programming School believes that coding is a great way to socialise, network and make friends with similar interests.
Learning how to code has provided our children, and many other children that attend our weekly Coding Courses with a way of processing the world around them, a logical way of thinking, problem solving and cognitive development. We harness their creativity and teach them that there is no such thing as impossible. Programming is a life skill that will allow our students to become the architects of the future.
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Coding is a challenging yet rewarding experience. As the digital landscape continues to change so will the way in which we communicate within it. Once you learn how to code the only limit of what is “possible” is your imagination.
Learning how to code will allow the children of this generation to become architects of the future. At Sydney Programming School, we ensure that our children are equipped with the necessary tools to help them build their very own games, apps and interactive stories. Kids start from Scratch to advance to real programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Phaser and Unity3D programming.
Living in a world that is dominated by software, Computational thinking is an important skill that everyone should learn. Sydney’s coding culture is on the rise, so to ensure your child is not left behind the digital age, enrol them into one of our fantastic programming courses and give them a skill for life.
We are proud to be the first coding school in Sydney offering a new Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Course for High School students. This course is suitable for digitally savvy Y6 – Y11 students, who are keen to learn this cutting edge technology. The students will learn the basics of different blockchain technologies and how the famous cryptocurrencies…
Each year CODE4FUN has a Christmas Coding Challenge and the entries and prizes keep getting better! This year a theme was ‘Time Machine’, our students used the skills they learned in a class to create apps, games, and animations. There were two challenges set; the first was to develop original stories and games in Scratch and the…
15 – 25 January 2018. One-day Coding Camps in Mosman Beginners, Advanced and Pro level students are welcome Learn to code and build your own online computer games: join our one-day Coding Camps for Y2 – Y11 students these summer school holidays. These one-day coding workshops is your pathway to more advanced coding during…
One-Day Coding Camps for Y2 – Y12 Students in Mosman and Chatswood. Learn to code these school holidays Learn to Code and Build Your Own Games During Spring School Holidays Y2 – Y6 students are welcome to join our Beginners and Advanced camps. They will develop their coding skills and build their own computer games using Scratch. Y7 – Y12 students are welcome…
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