micro:bit STEM Workshops

This is a 'touring' workshop and will be delivered in a classroom at your school.

The Workshop will be tailored around any primary school that already uses micro:bits and would like to know how to extend their use into a STEM scheme of work. 

We can adapt the workshop for a primary school that is not yet using the fabulous micro:bit and would like to know how to introduce them into a STEM curriculum.

The workshops last between one and one and a half hours to fit in with your school's timetable.

The children will work in pairs and the host school will need to provide a laptop or chrome book with access to the internet for each pair of children.

A typical session, contains a mixture of problem solving and program development, and will include:

• Overview of the session and examples of work pupils will produce

• Introduction to basic programming commands (e.g. flashing a light on and off)

• Repetition of instructions (e.g. lights flashing a specified number of times)

• Sequencing instructions for components (e.g. traffic light sequences; alarm warning buzzers)

• Decision making / responding to events (e.g. a pressure pad causing an alarm to sound)

• Designing and making a physical end product (e.g. a burglar alarm)

• Parental showcase – parents / carers view pictures or video clips to see what the children have produced during the day

There is no charge for the workshop.

The workshops will take place in June from Monday 17th to Friday 21st.

Graham Hastings

Head of Computing

St John's College School

Cambridge