Adventurers & Innovators: Ages 8-14

Santa's Racing Robotics 🛷🧑‍🎄

Gear up for holiday fun as we build and race our very own robotic sleighs! This December, kids can channel their festive spirit into a thrilling, high-tech adventure full of creativity, competition, and holiday cheer!
Age 8 to 14
Difficulty Level
Suitable for beginners and experienced students alike
Date & Times 19th December / Notting Hill Prep
Price £100.00
Location Notting Hill Prep
£100.00
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You can drop your child off anytime between 9am and 10am. Pick up at 4pm.

Interested in multiple workshops? Book for 16-20 December and save £75!

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Ready, set, race! Participants will design and build robotic sleighs that can race through various holiday-themed challenges. They will program their robots for speed, maneuverability, and endurance.

Learning outcomes

Kids will apply engineering principles to build functional racing robots, focusing on the mechanical design of the sleighs. They will also learn programming skills to control speed and movement using basic coding languages. The session emphasizes teamwork, critical thinking, and iterative problem-solving as participants refine their sleighs to outperform the competition.

Information for parents

It is beneficial to bring a laptop if you can to enable your child to save their work to continue developing their skills. We also advise that you download the relevant software prior to the workshop. Setting this software up is easy and we will provide you with comprehensive set-up instructions before your lessons begin, so do check your email!

Camp structure

This is a sample schedule for a typical day at camp. In between each lesson there will be a 15-minute snack break, or a 1-hour lunch and play break.
10.00 - 11.00
Lesson 1
First off we'll get to know our teacher and classmates through some great mini games. Once we're all friends, we'll be introduced to our activity for the day. Let's jump in to coding!
11.15 - 12.30
Lesson 2
Now that we've had a healthy snack, we're ready to get right back into our activity. We'll carry on flexing our creative muscles by designing, coding and building our project.
13.30 - 14.45
Lesson 3
Let's refocus after lunch and playtime by diving into building our robots!
15.00 - 16.00
Lesson 4
It's time to finish off our project for the day and show it off to the rest of the class. Time has flown by - let's tidy up our work stations, pack up our things and get ready to go home!

My favourite part was all the coding

Student, aged 9

Policies

Illness policy

Campers should not be brought to camp if they are displaying signs of illness. In the case of a camper who has become ill during camp hours, parents will be notified immediately to pick their child up. If a child misses a day or multiple days of camp because of an illness, credit towards another camp can be arranged for when they're feeling better.

Refund policy

You can cancel your camp booking up to 14 days prior to the start date. If you want to cancel your camp booking less than 14 days before, you can receive 50% refund or full credit towards future courses when cancelling between 13-7 days before, or full credit when cancelling less than 7 days before. If we are unable to run our camps, you will receive credit or a full refund.

FAQs:

  • What are you doing at camps with respect to COVID-19?
  • What does my child need to bring to camp?
  • What laptop or computer is suitable for this class?
  • Do I need to install anything prior to the camp?
  • Can I switch camp dates incase holiday plans change?

  • "Thank you BlueShift for doing such a great job. My son is so excited about coding and learning made fun."

    Natalia, parent

  • "These courses are an amazing way to get kids interested in coding and robotics. Fun and educational"

    Isabel, parent

  • "My son was very keen to advance in programming. Not only has this been achieved, but his self-esteem has been greatly raised through your work. Thank you!"

    Marcos, parent

  • "The teachers have been excellent, full of enthusiasm and patience making the whole experience really fun"

    Angela, parent