In Key Stage 1, pupils begin their discovery of block-coding with a tactile pen as they guide mTiny across a puzzle map that emulates functions of block-code. With this screen-free, kinesthetic activity pupils gain visual and auditory feedback that prepares them for simple coding on tablets.

Pupils begin a playful introduction to Scratch with gaming applications on a driving and smiling robot, CodeyRocky. The device includes 10 electronic modules with basic AI applications such as face and age recognition, and also gathering data from the Internet.

As of Year 3, pupils will experiment with an array of Neuron touch, infrared and motion sensors that can be paired as magnetic blocks. Fun, imaginative projects with CodeyRocky reveal how data collection and wireless communication make ‘smart’ objects come to life!

The children develop their engineering skills with water rockets, Robomaster TT programmable drones, and HaloCode micro-computers to discover how robots work, think and play.

Pupils will transition from block-coding to Python through game-based challenges using the CyberPi console. This engaging approach to Python shows pupils how coding can be used to develop Web-based Apps and to create data management tasks with real-world applications.

In Reception, children will work with different techniques of drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, clay modeling, and upcycling art and discover their unique qualities.

They will be encouraged to respond spontaneously to various prompts and understand how art can be used to express our feelings. Making emotion paintings, animal wall hanging in cartons.

Asking themselves “What is art?”, the pupils in Key Stage 1 will be looking at abstract art, developing various techniques of drawing, painting, and sculpture, working with colour, line, and shape.

As part of their Humanities topic on Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius, Year 3 will be looking at specific artworks about natural events to make sense of the world around us and find beauty. They will be learning about how artists use contrast and emphasis, and repetition to create movement aiming to make a volcano in papier mâché.

As of Year 4, the students will get inspired by specific artists such as Yayoi Kusama, Jean Dubuffet, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, William Blake, and Maurice Sendak, in order to create their own collaborative displays in a variety of art forms.

Children will learn the art of filmmaking through the medium of stop motion animation. We will look at script writing, storyboarding boarding, production and editing.

The children will explore the art of documentary filmmaking bringing to life issue-driven subjects related to the school environment. We will look at all aspects of the process from pre-production through to post-production.

Click on the image below to see a sample of what Key Stage 1 students (Years 1 and 2) have been learning in their Stop Motion Animation course: