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Digital Xtra is a registered charity whose goal is for every young person in Scotland to have access to innovative, meaningful, and creative extracurricular computing and AI activities regardless of their gender, background, or where they live.
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Westquarter Primary School
Westquarter Primary School will start an extracurricular STEM club with the ability to deliver coding activities.
West College Scotland
West College Scotland will expand their engagement online by working with teachers from primary schools in East Renfrewshire and Glasgow
Warddykes Primary School
All P2 children at Warddykes Primary School in Angus will have the opportunity to develop their coding skills through unplugged and digital activities using equipment such as Bluebots, Dash and Dots, Code-a-pillars, micro:bits, and Sphero minis.
Vale of Leven Academy
Vale of Leven Academy will develop an extracurricular Creative Coding Club with a focus on inclusion, especially amongst the female students.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) will grow and further develop last year's supported project – FIRST LEGO League Explore for 6–9-year-olds.
T-Exchange, Moray Makerspace
T-Exchange, Moray Makerspace will host a series of Technology Day Events & Coding Experiences to give young people in Moray, the Highlands, and Orkney opportunities to code.
St. Andrew's Primary School
St. Andrew's Primary School in North Lanarkshire will develop a lunchtime club for pupils ranging from early to second level of the Curriculum for Excellence.
Southmuir Primary School
Southmuir Primary School in Angus will purchase a variety of equipment such as Dash & Dot robots, VEX Go, and micro:bit accessories to help set up an all-girls coding club.
Shawlands Primary School
Shawlands Primary School will purchase Spheros to take their coding club to the next level.
Shawlands Academy
Students at Shawlands Academy in Glasgow will have an opportunity to take part in FIRST LEGO League in 2021/22
SSERC
SSERC will organise and coordinate an extracurricular competition based on the VEX GO platform.
Scottish Council for Development & Industry
SCDI's Young Engineers & Science Clubs will provide young people in Glasgow an opportunity to investigate energy usage in their school or home and then use the micro:bit to create a solution to reduce their consumption
Knox Academy
Knox Academy in East Lothian will train S1–S6 to become Young STEM Leaders. Learners will have the opportunity to use Sphero BOLT and RVR robots, Marty the Robot, and micro:bits on their digital journey. Later in the year, students from Meadowpark will also have an opportunity to learn with the equipment while the micro:bits will be used as part of the school's P7 transition events with local primary schools.
Kirkliston Primary School
Kirkliston Primary School in Edinburgh will establish a coding club for female students in Primary 4–7. The clubs will be a great opportunity for children to share their love of tech while learning to code using micro:bits and Sphero BOLTs. Sessions will highlight the practical applications of coding with the children being encouraged to understand and design solutions to real-world problems.
Kirkcudbright Academy
Kirkcudbright Academy in Dumfries & Galloway will set up a new initiative using the F1 in Schools platform. Students will work as a team on the design, analysis, manufacture, and testing of a model F1 Car. Students will take part in real life CAD/CAM activities as they design and analyse the car on the computer, test aerodynamics through CFD analysis, and manufacture component parts.
Heart of Midlothian Football Club
Heart of Midlothian Football Club will develop a new programme for girls and boys in S1–S3 exploring the games industry in Scotland.
