Fun Techtivities in September!

September holidays are here, and that means a time to have fun! Take a look at our consolidated #Techtivities for some fun powered by technology this holiday. 🥳

Firstly, for the #TechNews of the month, Covid-19 has greatly raised the importance of food security and resilience. While using methyl bromide has been a safe and common food storage practice within the industry, Singapore Storage & Warehouse is now using a safer method to store rice 🍚. Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) box is a locally developed technology that creates a low-oxygen environment that allows rice to be stored for up to a year!⏱

Find out more on how Singapore Storage & Warehouse uses MAP technology to enhance our food security here!

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Now that we’re learnt something new, keep scrolling on to discover techtivities that you and your family can indulge in this month! ✨

MeshMinds 3.0: ArtxTechForGood

Experience a unique exhibition at MeshMinds 3.0 powered by technology at the ArtScience Museum! See how we can look at cultural and environmental issues in a different way as you immerse yourself in various digital environments. 😲

What tech is here? 🤔
🧑‍💻 Try out Sky Farm Island, the first Roblox educational game that allows players to learn about sustainable farming! 🧑‍🌾
🧑‍💻 Explore Aquasia, a futuristic utopia that aims to teach us about rising sea levels, all powered with Virtual Reality! 🌊
🧑‍💻 Experience a completely new Geylang at Geylang Crunk, where the area has been reinvented into a thrilling roller coaster ride with the help with Augmented Reality! 🎢

Details:
When: 1 – 30 September 2023
Where: ArtScience Museum Singapore
Price: Free
Learn more here.

RSAF Open House 2023

Calling all Aviation enthusiasts! RSAF Open House is back after 7 years at the Paya Laber Air Base to commemorate the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF)’s 55th Anniversary. With various carnival activities, performances, games and many more, everyone is sure to have fun and learn more about our Air Force at this event! 🥳

What tech is here? 🤔
🧑‍💻 Prepare yourself on the RSAF55OH Digital Experience Webapp, where you can create your avatar and use the Augmented Reality Aerial Display Filter to earn digital coins to get rewards at the event! 📱
🧑‍💻 Admire the abilities of our RSAF crew at their Aerial Capability Display, where they are deployed to handle a suspected bomb threat, and sending all the live footage via Video Transmission! 🤩
🧑‍💻 Try out various simulators, physical displays, and interactive elements, and even play immersive games such as Full Body Agility Tests and Air Combat powered by Sensing Technologies at their three Exhibition Halls! 🎮

Details:
When: 9 – 10 September 2023
Where: Paya Laber Air Base, 504 Airport Road
Price: Free
Learn more here.

Singapore River Festival

Celebrate Mid-Autumn with the Singapore River Festival! With bright lights and colours, as well as food, music, performances and experiences, experience the fusion of local heritage and culture while enjoying your time with friends and family! 🏮

What tech is here? 🤔
🧑‍💻 View the mesmerising light installations at Singapore’s three quays – Cavenagh Bridge, Read Bridge and Alkaff Bridge, and immerse yourself in the ambience as you enjoy the various food and performances! 😋
🧑‍💻 See how Augmented Reality is used to make historical landmarks come to life with interactive storytelling, and hear the tale of Singapore’s evolution from its founding to the global city it is today! 😄

Details:
When: 7 September – 1 October 2023
Where: Singapore River Precinct
Price: Free (with paid activities)
Learn more here.

September Holiday Coding Camps

Last call for our September Holiday Camps! 📢 Calling all young tech enthusiasts, this is your time to shine! 🌟

What tech is here? 🤔

🧑‍💻 Ages 5-6: Get a head start through an interactive and engaging hands-on curriculum and let your child explore all about Sensors, Sounds and Movement! Program their new friend, Photon the robot, and go on exciting adventures together! 🤖

🧑‍💻 Ages 7-9: Done Scratch in school? We go way beyond that! Expand your coding abilities and discover all that you can create – Add exciting game features into your games such as creating time challenges, tracking your high scores, and many more! 👾

🧑‍💻 Ages 10-12: Create your very own version of your favourite mobile apps in our App Inventor classes and learn all about App Design and User Interface! Release fully publishable and popular apps such as Whack-a-Mole, Flappysaurus, and even a mini game to identify and name objects in real life.

🧑‍💻 Ages 13-18: Get the best headstart in coding in our extensive curriculum for teens! Dive into the top 5 global programming platform, Python, and pick up key coding concepts with challenges relevant in today’s society. 🌎

Take your pick, because whatever your choice is, we’re sure your child will have loads of fun in our classes! 😎 💚 Not free this holiday? Our October and December Holiday Coding Camps are coming up, not to mention our regular weekly classes! 😉

With so many options for both beginners and the initiated, and various physical and online options, there’s definitely a class suitable for everyone! Sign up here or feel free to drop us an email, call us or WhatsApp us to get in touch. 😊

Psst! You can apply the discount code ‘CODEHANGOUT’ to get *12% discount when signing up in a group of 3 or more! Slots are running out quickly so secure a timeslot of your choice for your child today! 😉
*When stacked with Early Bird Discount

Details:
When: 4 – 8 September 2023
Where: Online, Parkway Parade, Bukit Timah (KAP Mall)
Price: From $401.52

Sign up for your Coding Lab class now!

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Ending off with a fun #TechFact, did you know that there are more than 1.1 billion websites on the World Wide Web? The web reached 1 billion websites 9 years ago, showing how important websites are in today’s world! (Source)

If you haven’t seen our previous techtivity recommendations, check out our August #TechtivitiesOfTheMonth, which includes more cool tech-related activities you can do with friends and family!

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Achieving a Silver Award in the National Olympiad in Informatics 2023: Ziv Lim

Remember our 10 Medallists at the 26th National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI) earlier this year?

We are dedicated to nurturing future leaders in technology, and as educators, we are always delighted to hear our students’ achievements and their kind words of appreciation for our efforts. We caught up briefly with our student, Ziv who had some words for us:

“The countless days spent practicing on websites, as well as attending classes at Coding Lab, have greatly contributed to achieving this milestone. However, I want to express my deepest gratitude to my parents, teachers, and friends, who have been like stars in the sky, always standing by me, watching over me, and guiding me through the treacherous jungle of life. Thank you for being my guiding light.”

– Ziv Lim, Zhonghua Secondary School and Silver Award Winner (NOI 2023)

Once again, congratulations on your Silver Award for NOI 2023 – and on your very first try! This prestigious competition is very reputable, and it is amazing to see what you achieved after all these years. Thank you, Ziv, for your message to us, and we’re incredibly proud to have played a part in your coding journey! We’re honoured to have been your guiding light, and we eagerly anticipate your future accomplishments.

Ziv - NOI Silver Award Winner (2023) — Ziv Lim – NOI Silver Award Winner (2023) – His very first NOI Competition

Did you know Ziv has been featured on our blog before? Having started Coding with us since 2018, when he was a young 10 year old, his first claim to coding fame was when he was part of the winning team for the IMDA National Code: Xtreme Apps Competition in 2019. Ziv was in the Top 10 Finalists of the Young Coders Global Hackathon 2020. We’re proud to see him grow and glow as he blossoms into a fine young leader in the area of technology! Read his previous blog feature here!

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Winning 3 Platinum Medals – Hwa Chong Infocomm Challenge 2023!

We are thrilled to extend our heartfelt congratulations to our exceptional students, Chen-Xuan, Emrys and Prabir, who have achieved remarkable accomplishments in this year’s Hwa Chong Infocomm Challenge 2023! 🏆 Chen-Xuan, Emrys, and Prabir have each earned the prestigious Platinum award, the highest honour bestowed upon the top 1.5% of participants.

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Such incredible achievements have brought forth a multitude of opportunities for our students. We acknowledge the results of our numerous Coding Lab students who also achieved a medal in 2023! Many of them have received confirmed DSA offers from their preferred schools, including esteemed institutions like NUS High, Hwa Chong Institution and SJI, among others.

These sterling results for HCIC 2023 not only continue the legacy of excellence but also magnify it. Our students have perpetuated the outstanding tradition, setting a high bar since Jun Ray’s achievement of securing 1st Position in the challenge back in 2019. We’re thrilled to note that this remarkable journey persists, with our 7 Platinum and Gold winners marking our triumph in HCIC 2022. We’re elated to witness our students’ growth, celebrate their feats, and stand by them in their journey of achievements. To all our extraordinary students, we extend our wholehearted congratulations once again! 💚

Our students started coding with us from as young as 7 years of age, starting from Scratch and we are thrilled to see their efforts and coding abilities being recognised. We are also happy to see our students’ abilities being recognised after displaying their outstanding projects and winning awards in our International Coding Showcase (ICS) 2022!

Amidst the celebration of this competitive arena, we are mindful that competitive programming is but a facet of the expansive programming landscape. Our students have ventured far beyond these boundaries, embarking on projects that span from crafting a Stock Rating Algorithm, a Real-Time Carpark Tracker, to creating a prize-winning app or attaining an overseas scholarship to read Computer Science at University. Whatever it is, we’re steadfastly committed to supporting our students’ every endeavor.

Interested to find out more? Check out the Python Programming and Elective courses we offer for Secondary school and Junior College students. At Coding Lab, we are committed to nurturing the next generation of tech enthusiasts, empowering them to transform their ideas into reality!

About the HCIC

The Hwa Chong Info-communications Challenge (HCIC) is an annual competition to kindle the flames of interest among primary school students within the realm of info-communications. It serves a dual purpose of not only fostering curiosity but also spotlighting prodigious talents in the spheres of programming, coding, and robotics. The year 2023 saw the competition unfold in May, with participants hailing from Singapore’s Primary 6 segment as well as overseas centers’ equivalent of Primary 5 or 6 students.

Read: 1st Position in the Hwa Chong Infocomm Challenge 2019, Ang Jun Ray

Also Read: Congratulations to our 7 winners at the Hwa Chong Infocomm Challenge 2022!

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Coding Lab Student Feature: Isaac Khong, 12, Platinum Award Winner, HCIC 2022

Meet our Coding Lab student, Isaac Khong – Platinum Award winner (the highest honour, awarded to the top 1.5% of participants) at the Hwa Chong Infocomm Challenge (HCIC) 2022.

You may remember him from our previous student feature together with his sister, Alicia Khong. He has previously won the Judge’s Choice – Social Impact Award in the International Coding Showcase 2020, and the Judge’s Choice – Most Innovative Award in the International Coding Showcase 2021.

“Coding has always been my favourite hobby which I enjoyed during my free time. I am very delighted to have the unique opportunity to expand into the AI field, which I can see a lot of interesting developments in the near future like ChatGPT! “

Hello again, Isaac! Congratulations on winning the Platinum Award at the HCIC! How do you feel about your achievement?

Image of Isaac (2) — *Meet Isaac Khong, who has been with us at Coding Lab since a young age of 7!*

I feel honoured yet humble to have received the Platinum Award at the HCIC. Coding has always been my favourite hobby which I enjoyed during my free time and winning a Platinum Award in a coding competition held across Primary schools in Singapore gave me the recognition for my efforts put into learning and practising coding.

I would like to thank my parents, teachers and friends for supporting me throughout this exciting journey!

How was your HCIC experience?

My HCIC experience was very fulfilling. The questions were challenging and it requires critical and creative thinking skills. Preparation for the HCIC was manageable. I enjoyed the opportunity to think-out-of-the box which gave me a lot of satisfaction.

What are you coding right now? Are there any exciting future coding projects or dream project that you want to mention?

I am coding a program to automate web browsing using Python’s selenium module. The computer will then be able to go through many web pages within a short duration and interact with the website. This saves time for the user.

“Isaac is a very responsible and independent student who has shown great understanding in programming. He displays self discipline and concentration, and is very enthusiastic towards learning. On many occasions, I have seen him attempting the challenges before the rest and he is helpful and willing to share his knowledge with his classmates, which is really commendable!“

– Educator Edmund

Which school do you study at currently? How is adapting to life in Secondary school so far?

I am currently a student at Hwa Chong Institution. I applied for DSA through coding and I received two confirmed offers from Dunman High and River Valley High and, initially, a waitlist offer from Hwa Chong Institution.

Transitioning from Primary to Secondary school, the workload has increased significantly and yet there are many opportunities for independent work and collaborative projects, which I really enjoyed. I am very delighted to be admitted into HCI, as it offers me the unique opportunity to expand into the AI field, which I can see a lot of interesting developments in the near future like ChatGPT!

Image of Isaac (1) — *Isaac has advanced from a young budding coder to an advanced, brilliant programmer at the level of 13-18 years old, with several competition wins under his belt!*

What do your friends or family say when they know that you can code?

I have taken a lot of inspiration from my dad whom I used to watch him code when I was a young. I got my first computer in Primary One and was learning Scratch. My sister who was two years younger was amazed at how one can program a computer. She is now on her path to be a young programmer at Coding Lab as well!

It was great catching up with Isaac again in this student feature and hearing updates on his progress in his coding journey! We are glad to have played a role in his growth over the years as well as his DSA journey. 😊

Here at Coding Lab, we take pride in taking our students’ aspirations seriously, as our mission is to nurture future leaders in technology and help our students reach their fullest potentials! We hope that Isaac’s journey and aspirations will motivate you to consider investing in your child’s education in coding!

Isaac Khong started attending P101 Scratch 1 class at Coding Lab when he was barely 7 years of age and advanced his way to our S200 Electives by the time he was 12. He was awarded the Platinum Award (the highest honour) at the Hwa Chong Infocomm Challenge (HCIC) 2022. He is 13 years old as of 2023 and is attending Hwa Chong Institution.

Our #CodingLabStudents series features our ambitious students and their ongoing coding journeys – be it the budding coder or advanced Python Pro, we appreciate each and every single one’s efforts as they progress to greater heights. 🌱

Coding Lab offers an award-winning curriculum specially for ages 5 to 18 – check out our courses to begin your own coding journey today!