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Minecraft Education + Sphero Robotics

‼️Please let us know (using the questionnaire below) if you will need the canteen for your Friday courses. Please note that no bus service is available for these courses, as they finish at 15:00. Don’t forget to contact the organizations to confirm your enrollment and payments. COMSEV .

A Beginner STEM Course for Primary School Students (P3–P5), combining Minecraft Education and Sphero robotics in a fun, hands-on learning environment.

Students will complete creative Minecraft challenges and learn coding concepts through Minecraft Education during the first part of the course. After Easter, we will move on to Sphero robotics, programming robotic balls to navigate mazes, solve problems, and take part in fun STEM missions.

Minecraft Education licences and Sphero robots will be supplied as part of the course. The only requirement is to bring a laptop and a curious mind!

The course is led by Derval O’Neill, founder of CodEng, with over 10 years of experience teaching STEM in Varese. Derval is also a 5-time Section Leader for Stanford University’s Code in Place.

This course is perfect for students who enjoy Minecraft, robotics, creativity, problem-solving, and discovering how technology works.

Questions regarding course curriculum can be addressed to codengvarese@gmail.com.

📌 Please note that the course will conclude in May and will finish at 15:00.

All prices includes €20 to cover admin fees and insurance.

Enroll more than one child and get €25,00 off each enrolment. Two enrolments save €50,00. The discount applies automatically after adding to cart.

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635,00 

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Day

Friday

Period

Fisrt day September 25th – Last day May 7th – 25 lessons

Time

13:00 – 15:00

Targeted Age

P3 – P5

Instructor(s)

Derval O’Neill, CodEng

Max Participants

12

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