Knightsridge Primary School

Knightsridge Primary School in West Lothian will develop a series of new after-school clubs to teach the basics of coding and computational thinking to children of primary school age using the curriculum and robots developed by Root Robotics. The clubs will allow pupils to experience coding by learning about the individual functions of the Root Robot and using the coding software to complete set tasks and projects. A different function will be explored each week and at the end of each block of afterschool clubs, a final project will consolidate all the learning and allow learners to showcase their new coding capabilities. The Root Robot coding software is designed in 3 stages: P1-P3 pupils will learn Level 1 and pupils from P4-P7 will learn Levels 2 and 3. Pupils who become proficient in coding with all 3 stages will be able to then support their fellow students. A facility to share pupils’ projects and collaborate with other establishments using Root Robots is also being explored.