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EU codeweek playnight and workshop
Join us to try programming or find new fun ways to improve coding skills!
Where? → Kumpula campus (Exactum, Pietari Kalmin katu 5)
When? → Wednesday 23rd October at 17:00–19:30
For who? → Especially 8–11-year-olds, but we also offer activities for 5–7- and 11–15-year-olds. Parents are also welcome!
We offer two free Scratch programming workshops for beginners. You can also try out multiple programming related activities in our science lab that can be of interest for total beginners as well as more advanced coders.
The event is free, but you need to register to the workshops separately here.
Both workshops have the same activities, so only register to one.
Schedule of the event
17:00 Doors open and you can try out following activities freely
- logic games and puzzles
- Botley and Sphero robots 🤖
- Majava programming competition exercises
- Marshmallow challenge
- ScratchJr programing for 5-7-year-olds
- Python programming for 11+ year-olds
17:30-18:30 Scratch programming workshop (Group 1, for 8-11-year-olds)
18:30-19:30 Scratch programming workshop (Group 2, for 8-11-year-olds)
19:30 Event ends
Clubs
Autumn 2024 programming clubs
Registration to clubs of autumn 2024 has closed. If you wish to be informed when registration opens for clubs of spring 2025, send us an e-mail to linkki-kerhot@cs.helsinki.fi
Clubs offered
These clubs are organised on-campus in Kumpula:
- Children's programming club for beginners: on Tuesdays at 16:30–18:00, 3.9.–3.12. (12 meetings, club on holiday 15.10. and 22.10.) – 210€
- Children's advanced programming club: on Mondays at 16:30–18:00, 2.9.–2.12. (12 meetings, club on holiday 14.10. and 21.10.) – 210€
- Python programming club for beginners: on Thursdays at 16:30–18:00, 5.9.–5.12. (12 meetings, club on holiday 17.10. and 24.10.) – 210€
- Text programming club: on Wednesdays at 16:30–18:00, 4.9.–4.12. (12 meetings, club on holiday 16.10. and 23.10.) – 210€
- You cand attend this club also online.
These clubs are organised online
- Children's programming club for beginners: on Wednesdays at 17:30–19:00, 4.9.–4.12. (12 meetings, club on holiday 16.10. and 23.10.) – 210€
- Children's advanced programming club: on Wednesdays at 15:30–17:00, 4.9.–4.12. (12 meetings, club on holiday 16.10. and 23.10.) – 210€
- Text programming club: on Wednesdays at 16:30–18:00, 4.9.–4.12. (12 meetings, club on holiday 16.10. and 23.10.) – 210€
- You can attend this club also at Kumpula.
Payment and cancellation
The club fee is paid during the registration process. By paying the club fee you accept the terms of cancellation. The fee can be paid either with a credit card, via mobile payment (MobilePay, Siirto) or through an online banking service from a Finnish bank. The payment is handled by the Verifone Finland Oy BlueCommerce service.
If you want to try out a club for one meeting before registration, please contact us at linkki-kerhot@cs.helsinki.fi. Please note that the language of instruction in the clubs is Finnish, and it will be difficult to participate if the participant does not speak and understand Finnish.
In case of a cancelled meeting
In the case that we have to cancel a club meeting, for example if the instructors is sick or there is a public transportation strike, we will inform the guardian on the registration form. We will try to offer a compensation, like self learning materials or a compensating meeting.
Welcome to our clubs!
Organize Pulmaario workshops at school or at library
Pulmaario is a series of programming and mathematics workshops which is geared towards primary and lower secondary school students. Anyone interested can instruct the workshops without any previous experience. Organize your own workshops with Pulmaario Practical Guide! The guide was created in Pulmaario project cooperationally with the Helsinki Metropolitan Area Libraries and the University of Helsinki Science Education Centre.
