🎄 Building Christmas Robots With Code Crew: Creativity, Coding & Festive Fun – Book Now!

This December, Code Crew is hosting a Christmas Robotics Holiday Camp at the St Clement’s Centre, and we couldn’t be more excited! Designed for children aged 8–12, this two-day workshop blends creativity, problem-solving and festive fun — all through hands-on robotics.

At the heart of the camp is the Redfern Crumble microcontroller: a brilliantly accessible way for young people to learn real programming concepts while building something they can proudly take home.
👉 Learn more about the Crumble: https://redfernelectronics.co.uk/crumble/

🤖 What We’ll Be Making

Each child will design and build their own Christmas-themed robot — think Santa-bots, Elf helpers, jingling reindeer rovers, and snow-shuffling robo-snowmen!

The project is open-ended on purpose. Children make meaningful design choices:

• What does my robot look like?

• What does it do?

• How will it move or respond?

This keeps the workshop creative and personal, encouraging imagination as much as technical skill.

🛠 Learning Through Making

Children will learn, step-by-step, how to program and control robotic components using the Crumble. This includes:

• Motors (making the robot move or wave)

• LEDs (lights that blink or change colour)

• Sensors & switches (responding to touch or movement)

• Sequencing, logic and variables (the basics of real coding)

They’ll experiment with Crumble’s block-based programming environment, which is intuitive and visual — perfect for building confidence and understanding how code controls real-world objects.

🧪 Test, Improve, Try Again

Once robots are built and programmed, the fun really begins!
We guide children through testing, refining, and debugging their creations.

This is where some of the best learning happens:

• What happens if the robot moves too fast?

• How do we fix a wobbly wheel?

• Why didn’t that light turn on?

Children learn that mistakes aren’t failures — they’re how engineers and creators learn. This builds resilience, patience, and confidence.

🎁 And Yes… They Get to Take It Home!

At the end of the camp, every child brings home:

• Their custom-built robot

• Their Crumble controller

• Plus access to free software so they can keep experimenting at home
  …which often leads to weeks of new inventions afterwards!

✨ Why This Matters

This workshop isn’t just about robotics.
It’s about giving young people the space to:

• Express creativity

• Solve problems independently

• Learn real coding skills in a playful environment

• Take pride in something they built themselves

It’s learning disguised as serious festive fun.

📍 Event Details

• Location: St Clement’s Centre

• Date: 22nd and 23rd December

• Ages: 8–12

• Duration: Two full days

• Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm

• Please bring: A packed lunch and drink

🎄 Join Us This Christmas!

Spaces are limited to keep the experience personal and hands-on.
If you’d like your child to learn new skills, gain confidence, and make something magical…

👉 Book your place today!