LEGO Education
After-School Club
Details
This activity is subject to capacity and availability. If you are interested in your school taking part, or for further information concerning lesson plans and LEGO provision, please contact Patrick using participate@sussex.ac.uk.
Year Group: 7 or 8
Suggested dates/times of year: Sessions will be delivered after-school to ensure no curriculum disruption. We are able to deliver a full 5-week programme in Term 3/Term 4. Sessions are designed to last for 1hr including setup and pack-down time.
Max group size per school: 25 students per session
Location: In school
Cost: Programme is free of charge, all equipment is provided
Additional Information
This delivery will require the following:
Classroom – tables established carousel-style, 5 students per table.
Support from an appropriate member of school teaching staff (DT/ICT/STEM)
Agreed outcomes between teaching staff and University of Sussex practitioners
Our LEGO after-school programme focuses on:
- Promoting exploratory learning
- Generating interest in STEM pathways
- HE pathways, qualifications + student progression, via our WP ambassadors
- Supporting essential learning skills
- Creating a space for fun, joy and creative expression
- Developing understanding of stack coding and simple engineering
- Fostering a sense of community amongst students
Sessions have a loose structure to support extension of essential learning skills using LEGO and the space will be cultivated to be as free and exploratory as possible. Students will be offered different ways to engage with the LEGO kits. The initial sessions will introduce the kit, learning how to use the programming software and construct functioning robots. The final 1-2 sessions will give students the space to create their own unique designs, test them, and perfect them.
Our Widening Participation ambassadors are all trained in the specific pedagogy of this session, as well as safeguarding. All ambassadors and staff have completed enhanced DBS checks.
Contact us
For all pre-16 enquiries please contact participate@sussex.ac.uk
For all post-16 enquiries please contact accessprogramme@sussex.ac.uk
If your email relates to both teams please email participate@sussex.ac.uk and we will ensure it reaches the relevant members of staff.
