District Grant approved for Berwick Fields Primary School.Berwick Fields Primary School were looking for support to bring a practical hands on element to their Coding program at the school. They wanted to purchase three Lego Mindstorms EV3 kits so that the children could test their coding on real life robots which they could build themselves. This was to help develop a more well-rounded STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) curriculum. Total cost was $1860.00 The Rotary Club of Berwick put in a District Grant for this project and was successful. District will put in half while the club puts in the other half. The school now has enough support from within the school and other organizations to buy 14 of these kits. Although it might take a little while for the kids to master their new craft, we look forward to having a group of little "coding wiz" come to our club in due course, to show off their new skills. We will also arrange a small excursion to the school to see how the coding and robotics program is being integrated in the classroom. |