A group of Computer Science pupils from Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy had a fantastic day using our brand new Lego Robotics Kits. Leading the taster was Andy Snape, Assistant Head of 6th Form, along with Lesley Kelly, Subject Leader for Computing & ICT and Lucy Nevitt, STEM Community Developer. With their help and following a set of instructions the pupils had to build their own robot and were then challenged to programme the robots.
They were firstly programmed to move backwards and forwards and then moved on to turning the robots. Various challenges were set, including programming the robots to stop on a line and drive around the edge of a square without knocking the LEGO minifigures over.
The most technical challenge came when the pupils added the ultrasonic sensor so that the robots could detect distances and they then programmed the robots to navigate around a tricky maze.
Mrs McCracken and Ms Varley were successful in programming their robot safely around the maze and commented that the “Great college staff motivated the pupils and showed enthusiasm and enjoyment which had a great impact.”
Bethany Cooke said that the taster was: “Fun and challenging at the same time,” and Grace Wass enjoyed the day she explained; “The teachers were funny and the class was fun, I learned a lot.”
Many thanks to Mr Smart who helped to organise the taster; we hope to see you and your pupils again soon.
If you are a teacher and would like a group of pupils from your school to attend a taster at Newcastle-under-Lyme College, please contact the School Liaison Team on 01782 254347 or email schools@nulc.ac.uk.
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