This year D&T Club will offer a range of different practical activities each term, including the use of the latest digital technologies which will be used to code robots, 3D Print and laser cut products. Students will also get the opportunity to experiment with more traditional techniques, working in wood and textiles.
Here are some pictures of our students completing some Lego Robotics challenges and learning how to write block-based programs which control their products so that they move and make sounds in response to input components such as switches and sensors. In their first week, students learnt how to program and control their Lego Hub to display different light patterns, turn a motor on at a set speed and direction as well as incorporating sensors into their programs to detect specific colours, forces, distance and movement. This week they built a robot and incorporated switches and a colour sensor into their program in order to activate a range of sounds.
In their next session, students will build a robot that will complete a number of challenges over the next few weeks, including races, obstacle courses and a football match.
If your child wants to find out more about D&T – Lego Robotics club, then please speak to Miss Hawes.
