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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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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.
Glenboig Primary School
Glenboig Primary School will create a Minecraft: Education Edition After School Club
Edzell Primary School
Edzell Primary School will use mobile devices to help develop children's interest in digital technologies.
Edinburgh Science
Microcoders will provide young people with an awareness of how cybersecurity is a global problem that affects many areas of our lives.
Athelstaneford Primary School
Athelstaneford Primary School will create a coding club for students, who will then subsequently record and share their lessons for other primary schools in East Lothian.
Arbroath Academy
As part of a new lunchtime club, students at Arbroath Academy in Angus will explore 'what is under the hood' in various technologies
Aberdeen Science Centre
Aberdeen Science Centre will develop a digital-themed workshop to introduce young people, community groups, and families to the world of programming and cyber security.
University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)
University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) will be building on their previous grant awards by developing a ‘Lend a Lab’ digital resource box to share with educators at schools and libraries across northern Scotland as well as with the public at community led science festivals.
The Nicolson Institute
The Nicolson Institute in the Western Isles will be introducing a LEGO Robotics Club using the EV3 LEGO Mindstorms robots.
