Doodles Fun Arts and Crafts

09/11/2022

Bring your kids to try out a fun two-hour trial session at our centres in Chartwell (ages 5-12) or Kyalami (ages 13-18). The cost is R250pp, deductible from the first month's fees if your kiddos are keen to join our growing teams of young makers! Take the first steps in a coding journey, build interesting robotics and electronics projects and master valuable soft skills. For bookings, enquiries or to stay informed about upcoming holiday activities call/message us on +27 71 434 1214

27/06/2022

On 27 June Chartwell Centre for Coding & Robotics hosted a free four-hour session for learners from Diepsloot as part of its Youth Day initiative. The Centre provides fun coding, electronics and robotics sessions for kids between the ages of 5-12. Alan Vesty founded the centre in September 2021. Alan explained that this was after working for a major UK university for around 14 years, during which time he had helped show schools and thousands of teachers throughout the African continent simple, practical ways to integrate technology into their classrooms. Alan says, “It was meaningful and important work, but I always felt the pace of change was too slow. This was illustrated during the height of the pandemic when many learners were simply left stranded and without access to education. One day I re-read a quote from Gandhi - ‘Be the change you want to see’ – this propelled me to take the daunting step (during lockdown) to open a small centre that would directly help to incubate a homegrown tech base and enable kids from all walks of life to participate meaningfully in a world which is transforming rapidly due to the effects of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. On Youth Day 2022, I met a highly talented youth choir group from Diepsloot, Harmonious Inj3ctors. They were very curious about my centre. When I showed them around, I could see their hunger to learn and participate. When I offered to run a free in-depth session for their group, they broke into spontaneous song and dance. It was very touching. Two weeks later, I was able to make good on that Youth Day promise – around twenty kids spent a few hours with me today exploring robots, computer components, assembling their first lines of code and much more. It was such a great success, that afterwards I chatted to the leadership group and have agreed to make this a regular free programme for all these awesome kids, who will be back next week!” Chartwell Centre for Coding & Robotics is based at The Stables Village Centre in Chartwell, near Broadacres. Alan can be reached on 071 434 1214.

11/06/2022

Our first holiday programme is good to go! Set over three days, a range of indoor and outdoor coding and robotics activities for kids that includes Scratch, a dip into Python, building and programming various robots, code quests, iteration games and more. R1200pp, which includes teas/hot chocolate and biccies and a light lunch each day. Contact Alan on 071 434 1214 for available dates and more info. Small groups - max eight kids per programme session. ChartweIl Centre for Coding and Robotics is based at 212 3rd Street Chartwell, at The Stables Village Centre, a minute away from Broadacres.

22/04/2022

𝗞𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝟲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟮𝘆𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗠𝗼𝗻-𝗦𝗮𝘁) 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽. Come learn to code, build awesome robots and other fun electronic projects with us! Prior booking essential - we have 6 kids max per two-hour session - contact Alan on 071 434 1214. Chartwell Centre for Coding and Robotics is based at The Stables Village Centre, 212 3rd Street, Chartwell (just past Broadacres Shopping Centre on Cedar).

14/02/2022

Happy Valentine's Day everyone - lots and lots of love, Carmen! 🎨❤🎨❤🎨❤🎨❤

13/02/2022

Kids have also had quite a tough time over the past two years - our arts and crafts activities are a wonderful way to let them zone out of those stressors and zone in to something purely creative and fun, without any pressure, just the sheer joy of making something unique. Contact Carmen on 073 916 9213 |The Stables Village Centre 212 3rd Street Chartwell Johannesburg 🎨

12/02/2022

Bring your kids to Doodles Fun Arts and Crafts for fun, varied daily arts and crafts activities in many different media! Bookings: Carmen 073 916 9213 | 212 3rd Street Chartwell Johannesburg in a lovely open air setting at The Stables Village Centre.

11/02/2022

Chartwell Centre for Coding and Robotics, together with Doodles Fun Arts and Crafts offer kids a rounded STEAM experience at one venue here in Chartwell. Come chat to us!

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲-𝘁𝗼-𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀! We offer fun weekday sessions from 10am-12pm or 3pm-5pm at our centre in Chartwell (just past Fourways). Build and programme robots, learn to code, delve into electronics, develop computational thinking skills and much more! 𝗧𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝟬𝟳𝟭 𝟰𝟯𝟰 𝟭𝟮𝟭𝟰. Chartwell Centre for Coding and Robotics is based at The Stables Village Centre, 212 3rd Street Chartwell.

08/02/2022

Bring your kids to Doodles Fun Arts and Crafts to make some special Valentine's Day art this Sunday! 😘❤️🎨😘❤️

Join us this Sunday at The Stables Village Centre for a wonderfully loving day ❤❤❤, Valentine's Market, live music, meet the Dogtown South Africa team and some of their beautiful puppers looking for true love! Table reservations and enquiries 071 434 1214. Relaxed, friendly vibe in a garden setting, just past Fourways, near Broadacres. (212 3rd Street Chartwell).

24/12/2021

Thank you so much for helping me to turn Doodles Fun Arts and Crafts into a reality! I really appreciate your family's support and loved working with so many amazing kids over the past year. Wishing you a safe and blessed Christmas and a New Year filled with fun, colour and laughter! See you when I reopen, 5 January 2022. Lots of love, Carmen. 🎨

16/12/2021

𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚'𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐳𝐳𝐢𝐞𝐬! Come to the Stables Village Centre's Christmas Night Market this Saturday 4-9pm and let your kiddies solve our fun clues to finding Santa's missing prezzies. Meet Santa, some miniature horses and have a lovely evening of fun and laughter with all of us!