KS3 STEM Workshops

Over the past two weeks at RHS, all of our students in Years 7, 8 and 9 have taken part in a robotics workshop run by Hyett Education. The leader from Hyett Education showed enthusiasm and expertise, which engaged the students and enabled them to make impressive progress with their building and coding skills.

For Year 7, this was the start of their robotics journey - they worked in teams to build LEGO robots, embellishing them with additional LEGO to create their own personalised machine, before learning to code an algorithm so that their robot could make its way around a course. Year 8, built on the skills developed last year, adding buttons and sensors to their robots enabling them to make sounds and respond to external factors such as colour or objects in their path. Some students used additional motors to add rotating decorations to their robots that could be started and stopped by their programming. Finally, Year 9 developed their robots even further to solve problems, such as moving barrels of radioactive waste, rescuing boats or moving rocks.

The creativity and problem-solving skills demonstrated by all year groups was impressive and it was fantastic to see the students working so well in teams and thoroughly enjoying the experience. Rael, 9W, said: “I’ve really enjoyed the workshop. It has been a good chance to use our creativity skills and it’s been really fun.”

Thank you to the Science Department for leading on organising the workshops; they have been a valuable way for students to learn beyond the classroom.