HackLab: Think. Hack. Make. Do.

think. hack. make. do.

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The #1 provider for tech holiday camps, in school events and after school clubs.

Teaching children how to harness the power of technology by understanding how it works from the inside - enabling them to create, rather than merely consume the technology around us. We want to stop the computer from being a disposable 'magic box' that can only be developed by ‘geniuses’. Our aim is to demystify technology for children and young people, parents and teachers in a fun, relatable and no-nonsense manner.

Our courses

Burglar Buster

Hacking is the ability to take bits and pieces of technology and put them all together in ways that they're not really designed for, to create something new.

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Code Your Own Adventure

Have you ever played a choose your own adventure book? How about a Fighting Fantasy game book? Are you a fan of retro text-adventure games like Zork?

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Gamer Brainstorm

We get into some Object Oriented Programming and imagine, design and code our own personal video games.

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Minecraft Matrix

We use 3D geometry to explore the random, blocky, creative-sandbox world of Minecraft. Build yourself a secret lair, then step into the Matrix and begin bending reality.

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Portal Into Unity

Unity is the most versatile and adaptable game engine in the world at the moment, and it’s not hard to see why it’s fast becoming the most popular too.

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Stop Motion Madness

Take the director’s chair, and create your own animated film. We add a PiCamera to the Raspberry Pi, knock together a program in Python, and....Action!

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Don't take our word for it

Without any doubt he enjoyed it! He said he wished school was like this. We were jet-lagged having returned from holiday the previous day, but he jumped out of bed every morning - and fell asleep in the car going home!
Parent

It was a perfect course for them to do as they love computer games and we got a Pi kit last year, but they have not done anything with it. Since doing the course, they got it out immediately and started playing with it.
Mrs P. Watt

My daughter came back really enthused and wanting to go another day. Working a full day on a fixed project was a really nice way of getting an idea of what types of projects are possible. Plus she said she made new friends, so she enjoyed the social aspect of the club.
Ms Murray

He had a fantastic time at HackLab, he was full of it when he got home each day and is still excited about everything he has learnt. Thank you for the time and effort everyone has put in to making it a wonderful experience!
Mrs R. Dunlop