Blairdardie Primary School in Glasgow will deliver three cohorts of a lunchtime ‘Coding Club’ for girls in P4-P7. Activities during the club will be structured around Marty the Robot and will focus on coding as well as debugging, AI exploration, and mathematical challenges. Following the conclusion of each cohort, Coding Leaders will transition to supporting subsequent cohorts of learners, thereby facilitating knowledge sharing within their own classrooms and among their peers.

CamCare UK will offer STEM enrichment opportunities in ten Local Authorities across Scotland to foster curiosity and confidence in young innovators aged 7 to 16. Participants will learn critical digital skills using learning platforms such as Education SPIKE Prime, Marty the Robot, and micro:bits. There will be five workshops available covering IoT, AI/ML, app design, and robot coding and design with varying levels of difficulty, as well as opportunities to participate in FIRST LEGO League.

‘Claypott’s Coders’ at Claypotts Castle Primary School in Dundee will improve digital innovation and robotics capital across the school while also engaging key audiences based on age, gender, and support needs. Four clubs will be delivered throughout the year using LEGO Education SPIKE Prime, SPIKE Essential, and VEX GO allowing children to see their programming skills come to life while also helping dispel stereotypes and misconceptions about the STEM and digital industries.

Dunscore Primary School, a small rural school in Dumfries & Galloway, will offer fun and meaningful afterschool activities with links to their rural location in partnership with the Royal Highland Education Trust. Children will have the unique opportunity to engage with technology they have never used before – LEGO Education SPIKE Prime, SPIKE Essential, Sphero indi and BOLT, and micro:bits – to encourage creativity and enthusiasm as well as learn applied computing skills.

Kaimes School, an Additional Support Needs school in Edinburgh, will use the modular nature of LEGO Education SPIKE Prime and SPIKE Essential to engage their learners in a variety of activities which cater to their specific needs. Their overall goal is to create a stimulating, engaging, and inclusive learning environment which enhances participants’ cognitive, motor, and social skills and fosters a sense of accomplishment and confidence through hands-on, collaborative projects.

‘Play and Create’ by King’s Park Primary School in Glasgow will focus on learning by doing allowing learners to immerse themselves in digital skills. Focusing on engaging girls and young women as well as learners with additional support needs, the club will feature LEGO Education SPIKE Essential for older learners to solve challenges within real-life contexts and Sphero indi robots for younger learners who will code their devices to traverse a series of mazes and obstacles.

STEM Leaders at Kirkgunzeon Primary School in Dumfries & Galloway will develop coding and digital skills, explore careers in digital tech, and develop leadership skills for both pupils and parents/carers using LEGO Education SPIKE Essential as well as Sphero indi and BOLT. This small, rural school will run afterschool coding clubs for senior pupils during the first half of the year before these participants then deliver an afterschool coding buddies group for junior pupils in the second half.

Knowetop Primary School is home to North Lanarkshire Council’s Visual Impairment Service and will develop ‘Eye Can Code’, the authority’s only coding club accessible for both visually impaired children and their peers. Code Jumper is recommended by the RNIB and is designed to promote an understanding of computing science with learners who are blind or have a vision impairment. Learners will learn to problem solve and code while fostering an inclusive computing culture.

Langbank Primary School in Renfrewshire is passionate about Increasing opportunities for children to use and access digital technology. The first half of the year will be allow learners in P4-P7 to use both Sphero indi and BOLT to develop their creativity, innovation and programming skills. The second half of the year will see learners in P1-P3 use the Sphero indi to develop their computing science, problem solving, and team working skills through play with support from older pupils.

‘The TechPlorers’ by Mearns Primary School in East Renfrewshire will engage learners in P4 and P5 with using LEGO Education SPIKE Essential creating hands-on opportunities for STEM exploration and skills development. Led by P7 mentors and STEM Ambassadors, the 1-hour afterschool sessions will cover coding, robot building, communication, and collaboration. The club will also actively target girls and minority groups to foster an inclusive and supportive environment.

New College Lanarkshire in North Lanarkshire have been at the forefront of engaging young people using VEX Robotics for years. Support from Digital Xtra will allow at least two additional teams from local mainstream and ASN schools to be introduced to the world of robotics using the VEX V5 system. Participants will also have an opportunity to take part in VEX’s global robotics competition as the College also hosts the Scottish Finals.

North Ayrshire Council Education Department will develop and pilot a new lunch-time workshop at three of North Ayrshire’s primary schools. ‘Coding the Future’ will be delivered within areas most impacted by deprivation and will specifically target girls within these areas to capture their interest in digital learning. Participants will learn about the design process using Scratch as well as Sphero indi, BOLT, and RVR+, and also about careers in tech.

Prewired has a long history of engaging young people from Edinburgh and Lothians in tech. This grant will allow them to enter at least two teams in the upcoming season of FIRST LEGO League Challenge – ‘SUBMERGED’. These weekly sessions will be free to attend and delivered by a team of enthusiastic volunteers from local industry and academia. This will also form the foundation for Prewired to participate in future seasons of FLL as well.

Queen’s Park FC Foundation, operating out of Glasgow’s southside, works to be intersectional, intergenerational, and interdisciplinary to maximise the impact of its community activities. The Foundation will deliver learning blocks across 3 primary schools and an ASN school. Learners will explore digital skills using the Sphero Mini and Edu App. Throughout the learning, young people will use enquiry-based learning to explore real-world scenarios.

Saline Primary School in Fife will deliver afterschool programming activities using the Sphero BOLT starting with draw coding before moving on to block coding and then JavaScript. They will deliver the coding club to 3 different cohorts including a group of Digital Leaders who will share their learning with classes across the school. Parents/carers from the school community will also be involved by sharing their learning at a STEM event.

‘Tech Titans’ will be delivered by Scottish Borders Council and Burgh Primary School in Galashiels in partnership with the National Robotarium at Heriot-Watt University. The school’s Digi Leaders will learn how to code and about the engineering process using LEGO Education SPIKE Prime and SPIKE Essential before sharing this knowledge with younger learners in P4-P6. Participants will also be able to design and print their own pieces using a Bambu Lab 3D printer.

Southmuir Primary School in Angus saw great success in Round VI with their all-girls Code Club for older learners. They will now focus on younger learners in a new club called ‘Southmuir Mini Coders‘. Activities will be led by girls from the original Code Club featuring a combination of practical challenges using the Rugged Robot in the school’s outdoor woodland area before progressing onto indoor challenges using the Sphero indi robot.

‘Digi Dabblers’ by St Bridget’s Primary School in North Ayrshire will offer 3 consecutive afterschool sessions consisting of 6-weeks each. Each session will have a different focus – Block 1 will focus on App Design supported by Make it Happen, Block 2 will use Sphero indi and LEGO Education Spike Essential and will focus on younger learners, and Block 3 will use Sphero BOLT and LEGO Education SPIKE Prime and will focus on older learners.

Digital Leaders from St Luke’s Primary School in North Ayrshire will help run a series of lunch time clubs using LEGO Education SPIKE Prime and SPIKE Essential, Sphero BOLT, Marty the Robot, and EaRL V2. The clubs will feature activities linked to global goals and local issues and will be suitable for learners from the infant, middle, and upper classes, as well as children with ASN and those who would benefit from more social or emotional support.

Thornliebank Primary School & Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig Thornliebank in East Renfrewshire and Glasgow will offer lunch time clubs over three blocks for the school’s younger learners (P1-P4) introducing digital terminology and skills such as identifying sequences, patterns, and loops. Blocks 1 and 2 will be aimed at P2 to P4 learners featuring the Sphero indi while Block 3 will be aimed at P1 learners and will also feature Bee-Bot programmable robots.