Computing

Our Graphics courses focus on the use of Photoshop to combine, amend and enhance images and create posters, magazines and other similar visual displays.

Tutors will start by working out each child’s level of expertise and their interests using a familiar programme like Publisher or PowerPoint to create a simple composition of images (usually gathered from stock images or the web). The class then move on to learning about the tools available in Photoshop with tutors demonstrating their use, before the children then practice on an image they select.

Once the children start working their way through the tools and learn about scaling, cropping, layering and blending, they’ll be able to search for images on a topic of their choice and start to combine, amend and enhance them to create their own incredible images, posters, magazine covers or billboards.

Our expert tutors are always on-hand to advise and assist with any of the more tricky skills.

The ideal choice for children who want to learn to design their own website! We will be using a web-based software and website builder which will allow the children the freedom to create a site which is unique to them as well as providing template pages for future additions if preferred. We will introduce html coding to give the children a taste of more advanced web building techniques and provide an insight into how professional web designers guide visitors from one page to the next. Ideally, children will have previously completed our graphics course, have a basic computer proficiency and an interest in coding to accomplish the aims of the week.