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Expert teachers
Qualified, first-aid certified, and the same teacher every week.
Afternoon programmes · Ages 6–17 · Zürich
Four Pathways for Children in the AI Age
Communicate · Create · Lead · Excel
Children develop the skills to communicate, create, lead and excel, through languages, technology, creative arts, financial intelligence and the academic foundation to reach a demanding school.
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Languages & Technology
COMMUNICATE, Languages & Technology
Confidence in human languages alongside real digital fluency, English, French and German taught next to Python and digital literacy.
English · Deutsch · Python · Digital Literacy Explore Languages & Technology →
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Creative Music & Performance
CREATE, Creative Music & Performance
Imagination, confidence and storytelling, built through performance and visual art. Every 14 sessions end with something finished and performed.
Musical Theatre · Singing · Performance · Creative Playwriting Explore Creative Music & Performance →
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Future Intelligence & Life Skills
LEAD, Future Intelligence & Life Skills
Money, decisions, technology and relationships. The judgement and mindset an evolving world asks for, taught through real projects.
AI Literacy · Financial Literacy · Entrepreneurship · Real Projects Explore Future Intelligence & Life Skills →
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A holistic, lifelong digital wellness academy
Our mission and vision
Mission
To equip people with the knowledge, emotional intelligence and practical skills to live safely, consciously and meaningfully in a digital world.
Vision
A world where technology enhances human potential without compromising human wellbeing.
Why Swiss NewEra
Five reasons to choose us
Every claim has something behind it. Ask us on the trial session. You are welcome to stay and watch.
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Eight children, never more
The same eight every week. By session three she knows who is stuck and who is bored.
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Hands-on, not worksheets
Every 14 sessions end with something finished, a game, a storybook, a pitch. That your child keeps.
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Well-being built in
Healthy technology habits and responsible AI use run through all four pathways.
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Skills that compound
Languages, Python, money and leadership from age seven, with a written progress note after every 14 sessions.
Four pathways
Four pathways, one future-ready child
Choose one pathway, or combine up to four. Each runs one session a week for fourteen weeks. New entry every week — join anytime.
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Communicate
Languages & Technology
Learn to communicate with people and with computers, human languages and digital fluency, side by side.
Inside the pathway
English · Deutsch · Python Programming · Digital Literacy
Children develop
Communication · Language confidence · Digital fluency · Computational thinking · Problem solving
AgeAges 6–17
Format1 session/week
FeeIn the brochure
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Create
Creative Music & Performance
Perform. Express. Create. Imagination, confidence and storytelling, built through performance and visual art.
Inside the pathway
Musical Theatre · Singing · Creative Playwriting · Performance
Children develop
Creativity · Self-expression · Confidence · Storytelling · Collaboration · Presentation
AgeAges 6–17
Format1 session/week
FeeIn the brochure
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Lead
Future Intelligence & Life Skills
Think. Solve. Create value. Lead. Money, decisions and real-world projects, for the mindset an evolving world needs.
Inside the pathway
AI Literacy · Financial Literacy · Entrepreneurship · Critical Thinking & Problem Solving · Real-World Projects
Children develop
Financial intelligence · Entrepreneurial thinking · Leadership · Decision-making · Resilience · Problem solving
AgeAges 12–17
Format1 session/week
FeeIn the brochure
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Excel
Gymnasium Prep
Prepare. Practise. Excel. The Zürich entrance examination, taught paper by paper against real past papers.
Inside the pathway
Mathematics · German · Exam techniques · Study skills · Mock examinations
Children develop
Academic confidence · Study habits · Exam technique · Written German · Mathematical fluency · Composure
AgeAges 10–13
Format1 session/week
FeeIn the brochure
Speciality · add on to any pathway
Gymnasium Prep
The Zürich Gymnasium entrance exam, taught paper by paper against real past papers. Booked on its own or added alongside a pathway.
Ages 10 to 13
14 × 2 hours
1-to-1 or semi-private, up to five
Deutsch Textverständnis · Deutsch Aufsatz · Mathematik
What the 14 sessions cover
Pick a pathway, then build the afternoon inside it. One fee covers the 14 sessions; the CHF 45 trial is credited against it.
What the 14 sessions cover
Ages
In the 14 sessions
Also available
Specialist add-ons alongside the four pathways.
One-to-one tutoring
Single-child sessions in any subject, arranged around your week.
Business languages
English, Français or Deutsch for professional use: meetings, negotiation and presenting, in a small group.
AI responsibility & security, for parents
How to keep children safe around AI: what the risks actually are, what to allow, and how to talk about it at home.
The week at a glance
Every pathway runs once a week at the same hour. New entry every week — join anytime.
The team
Who will be with your child
One team teaches all four pathways. Every instructor is first-aid certified.
Edwin
Mathematics & German
Materials Science, ETH Zürich (BSc in progress)
Weekly small-group maths and German, and all three papers of the Zürich entrance exam.
Dr. Ilya Fomin
STEM & Programming
PhD Geophysics, ETH Zürich
Helps children turn questions into a model, code it, and explain the logic and the answers.
Melike
Languages
M. Education
French across the language groups, from first spoken words to presenting in front of the room.
Violeta
Voice, Piano & Musical Theatre
MA Music Education
Singing, piano and stage work, from first songs to performing in front of an audience.
Jennifer
Reading, Poetry & Chess Club
MD, Medicine
The reading club and chess, in English, reading aloud, and games that carry over from one week to the next.
- Max 8
- Children per teacher, never higher
- 100%
- First-aid certified instructors
- Written
- Photo consent, asked per child
Sponsors & partnerships
In every pathway
Digital well-being & human development
Not a fourth pathway to buy. It runs through every afternoon, whichever pathway your child chooses.
Healthy Technology Habits
Social Skills
Growth Mindset
Emotional Awareness
Collaboration
Responsible AI Use
Parent Academy
Helping parents navigate the AI age
Workshops and guidance for the whole family, technology, careers and parenting in a changing world.
Parent AI Companion
A guided AI assistant that helps you support your child's learning at home.
Digital Well-being
Practical guidance on healthy screen habits for the whole family.
Screen & Technology Habits
Simple routines that work for real Zurich family life.
Future Careers
What skills will matter in a world being reshaped by AI.
Parenting in the AI Era
How to talk to your children about technology, safety and change.
Family Workshops
Evening sessions in the studio, three times a term.
Prices
What it costs
Start with a single session for CHF 45. The full breakdown, fees, bundles, bootcamps, discounts, is in the brochure.
If the trial session isn't right for your child, we refund the CHF 45.
Start here
CHF 45
One trial session of two hours in a real group of eight, credited in full against your first pathway fee if you enrol.
The full price breakdown
Every fee, bundle and discount, plus payment terms and the session calendar. One PDF, opened here straight away.
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What is included
- Maximum eight children per teacher
- All materials and software provided
- A finished project or portfolio piece your child keeps
- A written progress note after the 14th session
Discounts
- Sibling: 15% off the second child, enrolled at the same time
- Referral: CHF 50 credit to both families
- Two blocks of 14 sessions booked together: 10%
- Trial fee credited in full on enrolment
Payment
- TWINT and card
- Pathway fees in two instalments: half at the start, half at session 7
- Missed session made up in another group the same week, if announced in advance
- If the trial session isn't right for your child, we refund the CHF 45.
- Camp add-on: early drop-off and late pick-up, CHF 120
Booked separately from the pathways
Holiday Bootcamps
Five intensive days in the Zürich school holidays. Booked separately, same team, same groups of eight.
5–9 October 2026
Brain Boost
Programming and financial literacy, side by side. Children code real projects, learn how money works, and pitch an idea to parents on the Friday.
Monday to Friday08:45–16:45Ages 6 to 16Groups of eight
Fees in the brochure
Bootcamp details and booking →
February 2027
Sports Holiday Bootcamp
Robotics and stop-motion animation, with a teen product track
Monday to Friday09:00–15:00Ages 6 to 17Groups of eight
Fees in the brochure
Bootcamp details and booking →
Children who join a bootcamp can carry the fee into a pathway if they enrol within four weeks.
All bootcamp dates →
Proof
What the children actually build
Recent finished projects, photographed with parents' consent.
Practicalities
- Address
- Sent with your booking confirmation
- Public transport
- Five minutes on foot from the S-Bahn station, tram stop two minutes away
- Session length
- 2 hours, one session a week
- Drop-off / pick-up
- Pathways 15 min before · bootcamps 08:45–09:00 and 15:00–15:15
- What to bring
- Water bottle, indoor shoes. Laptops and materials are provided.
- Lunch
- Bootcamps include lunch, provided and eaten together
- Extended hours
- Bootcamp add-on: early drop-off from 08:00 and pick-up to 17:30
- Missed sessions
- Announced in advance, made up in another group the same week, space permitting
- Sibling discount
- Available for a second child enrolled at the same time
- Cancellation
- CHF 45 trial refunded if it isn't right
If the trial session isn't right for your child, we refund the CHF 45.
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Tell us your child's age and a slot. We'll match the pathway with you.
What happens next
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We confirm your place by email within one working day, with the date, the address and the tram stop.
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Nothing to pay today. Settle the on the day by TWINT, card or bank transfer, or ask for an invoice.
If the trial session isn't right for your child, we refund the CHF 45. If your child continues, it is credited in full against the 14 sessions.
Schools & companies
Daytime in the studio
The studio is free during school hours, a laptop and licensed software for every seat. Same small-group teaching for schools, companies and parties.
Class visits and corporate half days, priced per group.
School class visit
For a class of 16 to 20, at your school or in our studio. Game design, coding or AI literacy.
Corporate day
The room for your own session. Up to twelve people, one long table, a large screen and a whiteboard.
Birthday party
Saturday afternoon, up to ten children, game design or animation.
Come and see an afternoon
Ninety minutes at the back of a real session. CHF 45, credited in full if your child enrols.
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