Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music and art. As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively. SCRATCH is a free programming language, so students can continue their projects in class or at home, long after the workshop has finished.
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Why is a chair the shape it is? Why are houses made of bricks? Why are pencils sometimes not round? Every manufactured object we see around us has had to be 'designed' be people. What decisions did they have to make when designing their object?
This incursion uses common LEGO bricks to step students through the design process necessary when creating objects.

ScratchJr is an introductory programming language that enables young children (ages 5-7) to create their own interactive stories and games. Children snap together graphical programming blocks to make characters move, jump, dance, and sing. Children can modify characters in the paint editor, add their own voices and sounds, even insert photos of themselves -- then use the programming blocks to make their characters come to life.
ScratchJr was inspired by the popular Scratch programming language (scratch.mit.edu), used by millions of young people (ages 8 and up) around the world.

From the cinema classic ‘King Kong’ through to modern day favourites ‘Wallace and Grommit’, Stopmotion animation has been a popular film style. Let your class get creative and have them shoot a short animated clip explaining a science concept, retelling a historical event or making a community announcement. From storyboarding to filming to editing, students will engage in creating their own slice of movie history.

The Arduino platform is a great way to introduce students to the world of circuits and electronics. These workshops will show students how to hook up simple circuits and write some basic code to interface with sensors and actuators. Using hardware and software prototyping tools, they will learn to flash LED’s, operate Buzzers and make servo motors move.

Robotics workshops are an ideal way to captivate young minds and stimulate critical thinking. Robot building and programming teaches a wide range of skills such as problem solving, as well as encouraging team work and cooperation. Students learn a simple programming language and have a robot up and moving within minutes.
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Computers are run with 1's and 0's, but do you know how they use those bits to create images? In this workshop we look at how data is stored in a computer and how this data can then be used to create images that a human can see and understand. This is an offline activity, no devices necessary while still addressing the needs of the Digital Technologies Curriculum.

The BBC MicroBit is an easy to use Microcontroller that can be programmed with either a Graphical or General Purpose Programming language. The Microbit is equipped with a 5 x 5 LED array for displaying simple images and text, as well as a variety of different sensors. In this workshop, students will learn the basics of the MicroBit, and will program a variety of different challenges, including animated name badges, virtual dice, magic 8 ball and many more.

The LEGO SPIKE workshop introduces students to the concept of ‘automation’, the idea that things in the real world can be controlled by writing a set of instructions (an algorithm) to control a process. In this workshop students are set a task to design and build a solution to a given problem as well as use their solution as part of a larger story to be told.

BeeBots are an exciting robot, designed especially for the Early Years. The colourful robot, combined with large easy to use buttons will have students up and going in no time at all.
BeeBot activities are open ended and during the session we will cover topics such as Numbers and Measurement, Directional Language and Problem Solving. If you have a topic in class, let us know and we’ll incorporate that into a few of our activities!