FAQ

July 25, 2016 admin

General FAQs

  1. Does your staff carry a valid Working With Children’s Check?
    • Yes, all our staff hold a valid Working With Children’s Check.
  2. Can you drop our kids to the after-school care at the end of the workshop?
    • Yes, we can.
  3. Do students need experience or exposure to robotics or coding?
    • No prior experience or knowledge in robotics or coding is required.
  4. Is consuming food/drink allowed during the workshops?
    • Yes, however, we have a nut-free policy and food should be consumed in the break-out area.
    • We encourage students to have their snacks/water before the workshops commence.

FIRST® LEGO® League Junior – All Schools

  1. What is the difference between FIRST® LEGO® League Junior (FLL Jr.) and FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL)?
    1. FLL Jr. program is targetted to primary school students aged 6-10 years old. FLL is for ages 9-16.
    2. FLL Jr. program is based on a real world problem that is to be explored through research and team work, no prior robotics or coding experience is required. FLL program involves using LEGO® MIndstorms® EV3 or similar robotics kit and requires working knowledge of this robotics kit. We recommend checking out our Introduction and Advanced EV3 courses.
  2. What is the FLL Jr. program structure?
    • The eight-week program is divided into three stages.
      • The first stage focuses on researching the real-world challenge topic to understand the problem and what are the causes of the problem.
      • The second stage encourages students to work as a team and come up with ideas and developing solutions to address the assigned problem.
      • The last stage is to bring the ideas to life by using the various material such as LEGO bricks to create prototypes or models and use robotics/coding to have a component that moves. A poster is also developed to document and share what we have learned.
    • Each week we mentor students on specific soft skills such as team work, design thinking, problem-solving, communications, and collaboration.
  3. How many students in a workshop/team?
    • FLL Jr. workshop is limited to 12 students with 3-4 students in each team.
  4. Will each student get their own kit?
    • Each student will receive their own robotic kit to learn robotics and programming. However, the final model and solution to be developed is one per team. There will be one poster created per team as well.
  5. Do students use LEGO bricks every week?
    • No, this program is much more than just using bricks. LEGO bricks are only used in the last few weeks of the program, most of the time is spent in researching the topic, working in teams to come up with ideas to solve the problem. LEGO bricks are used to bring their solution to life by creating prototypes or models.
  6. What are the drop-off / pick up arrangements?
    • Students meet us at the nominated class room after school and they must be picked up by the end of the workshop by a parent or a guardian. We are happy to drop your child to the OOSH club. Just let us know.
  7. Why can’t year 6 students join the program?
    • FIRST(R) LEGO(R) League Junior program has age limits. We recommend checking out our LEGO® Mindstorms® EV3 program.

School Holiday Workshops – All schools

  1. Where will the workshops be held?
    • Girraween PS – Technology Room; next to the staff room.
    • Greystanes PS – Class 6J / 6N; next to the school library.
    • Parramatta East – Class 6C / Block F.
  2. Is it a full-day workshop?
    • Yes. Program start at 9.30am and finish at 4 pm. Drop off from 8.30am and pick up until 5 pm is available.
  3. What is the program structure?
    • As this is a full day program, there will be regular breaks during the day including a morning tea break, lunch break and afternoon break.
  4. Do I need to pack lunch for my child?
    • Yes, you need to provide lunch/snacks/water, etc. for your child. Please note we have a nut-free and no sharing policy.
  5. Do students need experience or exposure to robotics or coding?
    • No prior experience or knowledge in robotics or coding is required.
  6. Do our program quality for child care rebate?
    • No, our programs do not qualify for the rebate, however, we have a lot more fun and we learn a lot more than in a vacation care facility!