Raise Tower Bridge Online Workshop

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Key information

Suitable for

Key Stage 2

Venue

Online through your preferred method (Zoom, Teams etc)

Duration

20min intro followed by 45min activity (does not need to be completed on the same day)

Cost

Free

Curriculum Links

Computing
Science
History
D&T
STEM

Capacity

One class, minimum 10 pupils

Available

Wednesday mornings

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About this workshop

This specially-designed virtual session includes a live 20-minute introduction to Tower Bridge and its engineering by a member of the Learning team, followed by a 45-minute activity on writing and debugging code to control an animation of Tower Bridge using Scratch.

The Scratch activity is supported by instructional films for pupils, and written notes for the lead teacher.

Feedback

We all loved the session. It was great to see the whole class so engaged and asking so many questions. The activity worked really well too! It presented them with a nice amount of challenge.

Teacher, Year 6

You made it interesting, even though it must be hard talking to a screen. My children were engaged and learned things.

Helen, Home Ed Group

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