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.
Director, Co-founder, Lead Coding 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 Coding 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 Coding Teacher
Daniel has been coding games from a very young age, starting in High school using drag and drop platform Game Maker, where he learned the logic of programming.
After High school he moved on to learning C++ and Game development at Hornsby TAFE, and later C# and Game programming at St Leonards TAFE. Daniel frequently attends Sydney Game Jams and mostly enjoys making multiplayer games and game servers using Unity3D.
Lead Coding 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 Coding Teacher
Sean is a passionate game developer with a shared love for programming and art. He studies at University of Technology Sydney and works as a contractor at a studio where he creates commercial virtual reality experiences. During his final high school year, he launched his first title called Greebroll. He has recently launched his second major game on the App and Play Store, Snake Time. Sean has worked with many game development studios including Flat Earth Games, Bandai Namco, AIE and Well Placed Cactus. His hobbies include 3D printing, 3D scanning, and competitively making games in 48 hours. He believes that experimentation is the key to solving any big problem.
Lead Coding Teacher
Gleb has been fascinated by programming since high school. Teaching himself the basics of Python, his passion for mathematics and computer science has lead him to study a Data Science degree at UNSW, where he is acquiring skills in programming languages such as C, Python and R. Gleb’s interest in new technology and statistics means that he spends a lot of his free time learning about new methods or regression and classification analysis. Gleb is also responsible for writing and designing our Artificial Intelligence (AI) course, which teaches students Python, the basics of TensorFlow, and the key concepts behind machine learning and neural networks.
Lead Coding Teacher
Kevin has recently graduated from Macquarie University in Games Design and Development. He currently focuses on website and games development, and plans to learn more. Kevin has previously worked on games for the International Game Developers Association (IGDO MQ) such as Simple Paintball Game and Simple Fighting Game as a 3D Modeller and artist. Kevin believes that learning how to program from an early age is one of the major steps in becoming a successful software engineer in the future.
Lead Coding Teacher
Lead Coding Teacher
Cameron has been interested in science and technology all his life. During high school he facilited many science camps for school students where he developed a taste for teaching. Cameron picked up programming in his first year of university and quickly fell in love with it. He added Computer Science to his Renewable Energy Engineering degree and enjoyed adding these new skills to his repertoire. He spends his free time applying his programming skill making tools and analysing Australia’s energy market.
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James is a graduate game designer from SAE Qantm Sydney graduating with a Bachelor of Games Development. Since starting University he has learnt C#, Blueprint for the Unity and Unreal engine software, developing 3D assets, as well as learning to assemble and disassemble computers. Since finishing Uni he has worked for companies such as Saber Astronautics working on the development of a program called P.I.G.I., Liminal VR on the development of a virtual reality simulation aimed at helping people with anxiety and worked with small indie studios developing user-interface assets.
Lead coding teacher
Toshi is a UNSW student currently studying a Bachelor of Computer Science who has a penchant for teaching and learning about programming. He believes that a strong foundation with programming develops great habits in all aspects of life, especially with problem solving. Toshi started his journey with programming using R while completing a Bachelor of Medical Science. Since graduating and starting his current degree, Toshi has learned a plethora of languages such as C, C#, C++, Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Python, Haskell and MIPS. He has also used technologies such as Unity for developing augmented reality applications for the HoloLens and React for front-end development.
Lead Coding Teacher
Ben has a background in fiction, studying writing and cultural studies at UTS, before doing an exchange in Mexico, and completing an honours degree in Mexican literature. Coding through game design began as an excercise in producing visual narratives. having completed multiple TAFE qualifications in these subjects, Ben now works part time as a software developer, and maintains a keen interest in AI, machine learning and natural language processing.
Lead coding teacher
Samara began coding in Year 5, programming fight sequences for Lego Mindstorm robots. Since then she has gained skills in multiple languages and specialises in Python and JavaScript. She has experience in many areas of the software world, including virtual reality, robotics, 3D animation and website design. Samara loves watching her students experiment with new concepts and come up with wacky and unique ideas for what the code can do.
Lead coding teacher
Dan is an avid game developer with a knack for mathematics, programming and problem solving, and a passion for helping others. He believes that anything can be understood when communicated clearly by a passionate and dedicated educator. Dan’s love of maths and teaching almost led him to study to become a high school mathematics teacher, before he instead studied a Diploma of Information Technology. He is currently in his final year of a Bachelor of Arts: Games & Interactivity at Macquarie University. In his spare time he develops both computer and tabletop games with a focus on modifying existing systems with homebrew and modified content.
Lead coding teacher
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.
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.
Such an amazing achievement by two CODE4FUN students Zoe and Andrei and their team from Balmain Public School in winning STEM Video Game Challenge 2019! They competed among others from all around Australia in Y5 – Y8 “Playable Game in Scratch” category. We all are super proud of them and cannot help but share their success…
Huge congratulations to Daniel Welsh, CODE4FUN lead coding teacher, for winning the first place at Viva League Global Game Jam Sydney 2019, the professional game development competition. The Sydney Game Jam was packed into an intense 30 hours where participants, who are generally made up of programmers, game designers, and artists, competed solo and in teams to create computer games…
Last week, the top 20 CODE4FUN robotics students went on a special tour to the Magic Lab at University of Technology Sydney. The Magic Lab is a pioneer and a leader conducting transdisciplinary research into strategic and disruptive innovations that will transform society in the coming decade. The Lab is home to the only PR2 robot…
The resume as we know it may become a thing of the past thanks to the imagination and inventive skills of Sydney coding students in the CODE4FUN Christmas Coding Challenge 2018. With employers spending an average of six seconds scanning a resume, and companies like Microsoft receiving over two million applicants a year, knowing…
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