On Monday 24th August, the EAL summer school upped-camp and moved to the Saints Study Centre  for a Robolab session. Pete Austen, study centre manager, ran this session on control technology which involves building lego robot ‘buggies’ and programming them by computer to complete various challenges.

The challenges include getting the buggy to turn 360 degrees and stop, go in a straight line and stop at a specific point, park in a garage and a ‘free-for-all’ race. Students really enjoyed this session and worked together well. They got quite competitive for the grand prix at the end. They also learnt not to give up if things initially don’t go as planned. PERSEVERE!!

This activity encourages communication, teamwork and co-operation skills. As the group have 6 different languages between them, English is the common language. For this session, students had to learn new vocabulary which was appropriate to Robolab.

A big thank you to mentors Tim, Rosie and Zoe.

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