Teen & Holiday Bootcamp Beginner

Software Engineering – Teen & Holiday Bootcamp

A fun, fast-paced three-week intro to programming and app building, designed specifically for teens and high school students during school holidays.

★★★★★ 4.9 (112 ratings) ⏰ 3 weeks

About this program

This Holiday Bootcamp is a two-week, in-person introduction to software engineering built specifically for teens and high school students. It's designed to be hands-on and genuinely fun — short daily sessions packed with building rather than lecturing, so students leave the holidays having actually made something.

No prior coding experience is expected. By the end of the two weeks, each student will have built and presented their own simple website or app, alongside a first real taste of what a career in software could look like.

Core competencies

Coding Fundamentals

Friendly first steps into programming logic and syntax.

Building Websites

Making a simple, real website using HTML and CSS.

Problem Solving

Breaking a project down into small, achievable steps.

Presenting Your Work

Confidently showing and explaining what you've built.

3-Week Holiday Bootcamp Learning Path

WEEK 1Web Development & Artificial Intelligence ▼

Introduction to HTML5 and CSS3
Building responsive web pages
Introduction to JavaScript
Creating interactive web pages
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
How AI works and where it is used
Using Generative AI tools responsibly
Building a simple AI-powered application using beginner-friendly tools

WEEK 2Programming Fundamentals with Python ▼

Introduction to Software Engineering and Career Opportunities
Computer fundamentals and computational thinking
Getting started with Python
Variables, data types and operators
User input and output
Conditional statements and loops
Functions and simple problem-solving challenges
Mini Python projects and coding challenges

WEEK 3Project Development & Innovation ▼

Introduction to Git and GitHub
Working collaboratively on software projects
Debugging and improving applications
UI/UX design fundamentals
Developing a complete software project
Career guidance in Software Engineering and AI
Capstone project development
Project presentations, graduation and certificate award

What parents and students say

Mrs. Karanja (parent)

April Holiday Cohort 2025

★★★★★

My son came home every day excited to show me what he'd built. He's already asking to join the full Software Engineering track next year.

Faith, age 16

December Holiday Cohort 2025

★★★★★

I thought coding would be boring but we actually built stuff every single day. Showcase day was my favourite part.