Sheffield Primary Robotics Hub LEGO Olympics 2024
Sheffield High School for Girls - Girls Day School Trust
Description
Sheffield Girls’ will host a full day celebrating robotics for approximately 45 students aged 9-11 in Year 5 & Year 6 from primary schools across Sheffield. The participating students will learn about robotics, researching AI, preparing team presentations and have the chance to demonstrate their robotics learning as well as participating in a friendly competition with their creations. The day will provide hands-on and minds-on sessions for participating students making Computing, Mathematics, Design Technology and Science fun and interesting so that they develop the competencies and values that are needed in the world of work without the constraints of gender or poverty bias.
The participating schools are representative of the social and economic diversity of the city, providing a unique opportunity for pupils from a diverse range of backgrounds to come together for a shared experience. Several of the schools involved are situated within socially and economically deprived areas of Sheffield.
All of the schools to be invited benefit from access to our Sheffield Primary Robotics Hub, which gives them free staff training opportunities, curriculum resources and robot loan scheme. The Hub helps support schools across Sheffield to enhance the teaching and learning experience they can provide for their students removing a key barrier of cost that schools encounter when teaching robotics.
This event offers local children a unique opportunity to participate in a full day robotics competition. The day will be themed around the Olympics and participants will use LEGO Spike Prime to learn block coding as well as physical robotic programming, both of which are core items within the UK’s Primary National Computing Curriculum. Participants will also learn personal and social skills as they work together with team mates to problem-solve to ensure that the robots interact with tasks. Members from the local STEM community will be attending the event to judge the competition and provide feedback to participants on their presentation. The families of participating children will be invited to join the final showcase of the day.
This event aims to raise the aspirations and sense of achievement for the students involved regardless of their socio-economic background. As a cross-sector event the shared experiences had by students will help to break down social, education and economic barriers bringing children together through the shared experience of robotics.
The participating schools are representative of the social and economic diversity of the city, providing a unique opportunity for pupils from a diverse range of backgrounds to come together for a shared experience. Several of the schools involved are situated within socially and economically deprived areas of Sheffield.
All of the schools to be invited benefit from access to our Sheffield Primary Robotics Hub, which gives them free staff training opportunities, curriculum resources and robot loan scheme. The Hub helps support schools across Sheffield to enhance the teaching and learning experience they can provide for their students removing a key barrier of cost that schools encounter when teaching robotics.
This event offers local children a unique opportunity to participate in a full day robotics competition. The day will be themed around the Olympics and participants will use LEGO Spike Prime to learn block coding as well as physical robotic programming, both of which are core items within the UK’s Primary National Computing Curriculum. Participants will also learn personal and social skills as they work together with team mates to problem-solve to ensure that the robots interact with tasks. Members from the local STEM community will be attending the event to judge the competition and provide feedback to participants on their presentation. The families of participating children will be invited to join the final showcase of the day.
This event aims to raise the aspirations and sense of achievement for the students involved regardless of their socio-economic background. As a cross-sector event the shared experiences had by students will help to break down social, education and economic barriers bringing children together through the shared experience of robotics.
Location
Age group
8 - 11
Difficulty
Type Offline-Event
Date 04.10.2024 09:00 - 16:30
Address 10 Rutland Park,
S10 2PE Sheffield
Max. Participants 45
You want to take part in? Please contact our local contact person.
Participation is free.
Contact Sheffield High School for Girls - Girls Day School Trust
Website: https://www.sheffieldhighschool.org.uk/
Mail of contact person: h.preston@she.gdst.net
Social media Facebook.com/sheffieldhighschool
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Difficulty
Type Offline-Event
Date 04.10.2024 09:00 - 16:30
Address 10 Rutland Park,
S10 2PE Sheffield
Max. Participants 45
You want to take part in? Please contact our local contact person.Participation is free.
Contact Sheffield High School for Girls - Girls Day School Trust
Website: https://www.sheffieldhighschool.org.uk/Mail of contact person: h.preston@she.gdst.net
Social media Facebook.com/sheffieldhighschool
sheffieldgirlsschool
Sheffield High School for Girls
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