“Play is our brain’s favourite way of learning.” - Diane Ackerman
Join our Open Morning for Years 1 and 2
Friday 22 November 2024 | 9:30 - 11:30
“Play is our brain’s favourite way of learning.” - Diane Ackerman
“Play is our brain’s favourite way of learning.” - Diane Ackerman
If you ask any child after a full day of structured studying at school whether they would like more studying or whether they would want to play, we can guess which answer they will give.
On Wednesdays after school at the Creative Robot Club, we play. Learning is just a serious side effect. In the club we play building Lego Mars Rovers, helicopter looking pieces, space objects, race cars resembling cool things, personal flying stuff, or just some wheels somehow connected and called 'something'! In addition to this, we programme the robots’ "brains" to move the motors, sense its surroundings, make sounds and bring the creation to life. The aim of the club is to open up the children’s minds to the wonders of the 21st century technologies, to let fantasies fly and ideas come to playful realisation. Teamwork, sharing and helping are some of the natural tools we use to make our game more effective and enjoyable.
At the end of the day when we ask, “Did you had fun?” and the answer is, “Yes”, we know they have learned something.
Following the postponement of Journey’s End before Christmas, we are pleased to announce the new dates.
Year 9 have been showing their green fingers/thumbs by trying to germinate cress seeds under various conditions, to see what is important for the seed growth.
There was more basketball on Saturday. This time our U14 Girls A and B teams had their DVAC Festival here at BISB.
