CODING & ROBOTICS CHALLENGE WEEK

At BSL, the children have been busy participating in our Coding & Robotics Challenge Week.   The project, in collaboration with ‘ICanCode’, allowed all the children to design, program and execute their ideas using Scratch and Lego WeDo.  Learning to code is not only important for our children’s future; it’s also lots of fun!  The outcomes for the children included game projects, console games with joysticks and robotics. 

We were delighted to be joined for the project by our resident expert, Igor Dekkers from ‘ICanCode’.   Throughout the week, Igor was on hand to motivate and empower the children during the different stages of each project – learning, thinking and creating.   

The culmination of the week was our grand Robot Wars’ final!  After a series of knockout rounds, The Mad Moles (Year 5) and The Wow Owls (Year 4) battled in the final.  It was a close fought battle with the children fully utilising their robot’s weaponry and the use of their ‘timeout’ cards.  The eventual winners were The Mad Moles with their robot Monty.  A huge well done to everyone who took part in the challenge!