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Computer Camps 2025 – Primary school children – Dundrum, Whitehall and Lucan

Exciting Computer Camps for Primary School kids in July 2025! Join us in Dublin’s Dundrum, Whitehall, and Lucan locations for tech-filled adventures.

Looking for a productive and enriching summer activity for your child in 2025? Consider enrolling them in our Searsol computer skills camps, where they will gain valuable digital skills essential for academic success and future endeavours. Our camps are scheduled in the following locations this year:

Level 1 Computer course is suitable for Primary school children from age 8 upwards and offers the following modules:

Computer Camp – Level 1 – 8 -10-year-olds

First Hour – Mastering Typing

Typewiz typing tutor – designed specifically for children.

Typing – during the first hour, students focus on mastering typing techniques, improving typing speed, and accuracy through structured exercises and practice sessions.

Second Hour – Essential Digital Skills Workshop

Email – Learn how to compose email replies, forward

Email Essentials: Students delve into setting up and using email accounts effectively, mastering email etiquette for personal communication, including composing messages, managing attachments, and sending emails.

Create word-processing documents

Word Processing Basics: Introduction to word processing software, including creating letters, utilising spell-check tools, and formatting documents for clarity and aesthetics.

Create presentation slides similar to PowerPoint

Presentation Skills: Students explore creating dynamic presentation slides, incorporating animations, inserting images, and experimenting with fonts to communicate ideas effectively.

Third Hour – Creative Exploration and Digital Artistry

In this session, creativity takes centre stage as students engage in a variety of hands-on projects and activities:
Designing Online Comics: Students unleash their storytelling skills by creating their own online comic book strips, and exploring narrative structures and visual storytelling techniques.
Avatar and Character Creation: Students design and customise their avatars and characters using digital tools, expressing their unique personalities and creativity.
Birthday Card Creation: Students craft personalised digital birthday cards, incorporating graphics, text, and special effects to celebrate special occasions creatively.
Picture Collages: Exploring digital image editing, students learn to create captivating picture collages, arranging and editing photos to convey artistic expressions.
Image Editing and Animation: Students delve into the world of digital art, learning to draw, edit, and animate images using specialised software tools, unlocking their artistic potential.
Introduction to Coding: Students are introduced to the basics of coding concepts through interactive games and puzzles, fostering computational thinking and problem-solving skills.
Artificial Intelligence Module: A glimpse into the fascinating world of AI introduces students to its applications and ethical considerations, sparking curiosity and critical thinking.

Create birthday cards
Comic strips
Design and Create picture collages

Here are the improvements to the important information about our computer camps:

1. **Tailored Curriculum for Primary School Children**: Our course materials are specifically designed to cater to the learning needs and interests of primary school children, ensuring that they engage with age-appropriate and stimulating content throughout the camp.

2. **Certificate of Completion**: Each student who completes the camp will receive a certificate, recognising their dedication and achievement in acquiring valuable computer skills and knowledge during the program.

3. **Qualified and Vetted Tutors**: Rest assured, all our tutors are thoroughly Garda vetted, ensuring the safety and well-being of every child in our camps. Our team comprises experienced professionals dedicated to fostering a positive learning environment.

4. **Positive Learning Atmosphere**: Our camps are conducted in a positive and encouraging environment that motivates students to explore, learn, and excel. We prioritise creating a supportive atmosphere where every child feels valued and inspired to reach their full potential.

By choosing our computer camps, you can trust that your child will not only gain valuable computer skills but also experience a safe, positive, and enriching learning journey. Join us for an exciting summer of learning and growth!

To book a place on the camp, go to https://searsolcomputercamps.com/computercamps

Easter 2023 computer camps – Dundrum

Easter computer skills camps 

Touch typing
Touch typing

Easter computer camps are available in Dundrum for those students who want to improve their computer skills. The course runs over the Easter period for three hours per day. The emphasis is teaching your child the fundamental skill of touch typing along with other appropriate computer skills appropriate to their age that will help them with school homework or projects.

This year we have two levels:

  • Level 1 – 8 – 12 years old (Primary school)
  • Level 2 – 13 – 18 years old (Secondary school)
Level 1 – Computer skills camps for children

Level 1 Computer course is suitable for 8 – 12 years old (Primary school)  and offers the following:

  • Typing – the first hour of the course is dedicated to learning how to touch type.
  • Email fundamentals – Compose, reply, and forward messages and add attachments.
  • Word Processing – introduction to word processing, creating letters, spell checking
  • Presentation slides – create, animate, insert images, change fonts
  • Uploading, editing, and cropping pictures on the PC.
  • Creating their own online comic book.
  • Creating their own avatar and character
  • Creating their own birthday cards.
  • Creating their own Picture collages.
  • Cloud storage – storing documents on the internet.
  • 3D Animation code image design
  • And much more…
Level 2 – Computer skills camps for teens

Level 2 Computer course is suitable for 13 – 18 years old (Secondary school)  and offers the following:

  • Typing – the first hour of the course is dedicated to learning how to touch type.
  • Email fundamentals – setting up and using email correctly. Compose, reply, and forward messages and add attachments. Sending business emails.
  • Word Processing – Intermediate word exercises, creating tables, borders etc. 
  • Presentation slides – create, animate, insert images, change fonts
  • Spreadsheet – creating, add function, minus function, sum function
  • File management – creating folders and sub-folders, copying documents, renaming documents
  • Cloud storage – storing documents on the internet.
  • Uploading, editing and cropping pictures on the PC.
  • Creating their own online comic book.
  • Creating their own avatar and character
  • Creating their own Picture collages.
  • 3D Animation code image design

We are taking now bookings for our Easter computer camps 2023. Places are limited so early booking is advised. To book go to https://searsol.com/computercamps/ 

 

What computer skills should your child learn over the Summer months of 2016?

Computer skills

With the increasing array of computer options available to children – PC, laptop, tablet and smartphones. Children are been exposed to the wonders of technology at an increasing rate and at an earlier age. What computer skills should a child be learning over the summer months of 2016 to stay ahead of the learning curve?

Touch Typing

To be able to touch type with speeds of up to 40 word per minute can give you child a brilliant life skill no matter what device they will use in the future. Touch typing is one of these skills that may not be considered vital to a student. But as they work with computers for the rest of their lives, to be able to touch type correctly and with speed can save them time.

Email

Email is still the biggest channel of communication for everyone, even greater than social media. Students should be learning the basics of email such as how to create, reply, forward, and attachments. Email is still vital for students to learn and operate in today’s modern society because businesses still engage most of their communication via email.

Coding

All children should be introduced to the concept of coding.  The logic that they learn from coding can be applied in various situations of life such as mathematics, computers, economics, and finance. By learning how to code, a child improves the skill range and helps them improve their job prospects in later life.

Cloud Computing

We are only beginning to understand the capabilities of cloud computing. Cloud computing is defined as deploying groups of remote servers and software networks that allow centralized data storage and online access to computer services or resources.

In essence, we no longer need to stored out computer files (documents, music, pictures etc) on local devices hard drive but can be accessed from centralised storage area, the “cloud”. We can use multiple devices to access the documents and can update these where ever we have an internet connection and device. This is a major change we have worked with computers and it will lead to great efficiency for everyone.

 

Web-based application v’s computer applications

Traditionally students used a Pc or laptop as their main computing device. They installed applications and used them to update their work. But with the development of the internet and cloud computing. The move is now to use the internet as the go-to option to update documents or use applications. Where traditionally students would have used Microsoft Office for created documents, spreadsheets etc. Now the move is to use online resources instead such as Google Drive or Microsoft Office 365. Students are now arranging their lives online so the skills they need to learn is using web-based application as opposed to computer applications.

 

These are computer skills that will help your child to stay ahead of the learning curve with computers. If you are interested in helping to develop your child’s skills, why not book them into one of the computer camps over Summer 2016. More details of Searsol’s Computer camps are available by clicking on the following link.

What should a child be learning over the Summer of 2015?

Computer skills

With the increasing array of computers options available to children – PC, laptop, tablet and smartphones. Children are been exposed to the wonders of technology at increasing rate and at earlier age. But computer skills should a child be learning in 2015 to stay ahead of the learning curve?

 

Cloud Computing

We are only beginning to understand the capabilities of cloud computing. Cloud computing is defined as deploying groups of remote servers and software networks that allow centralized data storage and online access to computer services or resources. (Wikipedia). But what does that mean to us a computer users? Well in essence we no longer need to stored out computer files (documents, music, pictures etc) on local devices hard drive but can be accessed from centralised storage area, the “cloud”. We can use multiple devices to access the documents and can update these where ever we have internet connection and device. This is a major change we have worked with computers and it will lead to great efficiency for everyone.

 

Web based application v’s computer applications

Traditionally students used a Pc or laptop as their main computing device. They installed applications and used them to update their work. But with the development of the internet and cloud computing. The move is now to use the internet as the go to option to update documents or use applications. Where traditionally students would have used Microsoft Office for created documents, spreadsheets etc. Now the move is to use online resources instead such as Google Drive or Microsoft Office 365. Students are now arranging their lives online so the skills the need to learn is using web based application as opposed to computer applications.

 

Email

Email is still the biggest channel of communication for everyone, even greater than social media. Students should be learning the basics of email such as how to create, reply, forward and attachments. Email is still vital for students to learn and operate in today’s modern society because business still engage most of their communication via email.

 

Touch Typing

To be able to touch type with speeds of upto 40 word per minute can give you child a brilliant life skill no matter what device they will use in the future. Touch typing is one of these skills that may not be considered vital to a student. But as they work with computers for the rest of their lives, to be able to touch type correctly and with speed can save them time.


These are some computer skills that will help you child to stay ahead of the learning curve with computers. If you are interested in helping to develop your child skills, why not book them into one of computers camps over the Summer 2015. More details of Searsol’s Computer camps are available by clicking on the following link.

What essential computer skills should your child learn to stay ahead of the curve?

Computer skills

What essential computer skills should your child learn to stay ahead of the curve?

 

With the increasing array of computer options available to children – PC, laptop, tablet, and smartphones. Children are been exposed to the wonders of technology at an increasing rate and at an earlier age. But computer skills should a child be learning to stay ahead of the learning curve?

 

Cloud Computing

We are only beginning to understand the capabilities of cloud computing. Cloud computing is defined as deploying groups of remote servers and software networks that allow centralized data storage and online access to computer services or resources. (Wikipedia). But what does that mean to us, computer users? Well, in essence, we no longer need to store our computer files (documents, music, pictures, etc) on local devices hard drive but can be accessed from centralised storage area, the “cloud”. We can use multiple devices to access the documents and can update these where ever we have an internet connection and device. This is a major change we have worked with computers and it will lead to great efficiency for everyone.

 

Web-based application v’s computer applications

Traditionally students used a Pc or laptop as their main computing device. They installed applications and used them to update their work. But with the development of the internet and cloud computing. The move is now to use the internet as the go-to option to update documents or use applications. Where traditionally students would have used Microsoft Office for created documents, spreadsheets etc. Now the move is to use online resources instead such as Google Drive or Microsoft Office 365. Students are now arranging their lives online so the skills they need to learn is using web-based application as opposed to computer applications.

 

Email

Email is still the biggest channel of communication for everyone, even greater than social media. Students should be learning the basics of email such as how to create, reply, forward, and attachments. Email is still vital for students to learn and operate in today’s modern society because businesses still engages most of their communication via email.

 

Touch Typing

To be able to touch type with speeds of up to 40 word per minute can give you child a brilliant life skill no matter what device they will use in the future. Touch typing is one of these skills that may not be considered vital to a student. But as they work with computers for the rest of their lives, to be able to touch type correctly and with speed can save them time.


These are some computer skills that will help your child to stay ahead of the learning curve with computers. If you are interested in helping to develop your child’s skills, why not book them into one of the computer camps over Easter or Summer. More details of Searsol’s Computer camps are available by clicking on the following link.