
4–6 years6.5–7.5 years8–9 years10+ yearsCentre favourite
Robotics
Duration: 1 h 45 min (younger) / 3 hours (older, 8+ years).
A single multi-year programme from first mechanisms on LEGO Essential to complex autonomous robotics on LEGO Prime. At the senior levels robots are programmed in the industrial language Rust through the centre's own software!
Details by level
Children build a robot with their own hands, bring it to life with a program, and see straight away how it drives, turns and finds the line. At four the program is made of pictures; from ten it is real code in Python or Rust.
What this course is:
This is a single programme thought through for many years ahead, which gently leads a child from first steps in construction to serious engineering projects. A child does not begin each school year with a blank slate: at the very first level the little ones meet the technology through the special LEGO Essential educational set, and from the second level on we use the same advanced LEGO Prime kit, gradually making the programming language and the tasks more demanding (like our Kubotor course).
Our centre's main pride: at the senior level robots are programmed in the professional Rust language. Thanks to our centre's own software we were the first to adapt this industrial language for children's robotics. You will not find this approach in ordinary clubs!
- Lesson length:
- 1 hour 45 minutes for the younger levels (4–6 and 6.5–7.5 years).
- 3 hours (with a mandatory break for rest and airing the room) for the senior levels (8–9 and 10+ years). In this time children go through the full cycle without haste: from discussing the idea and building a complex mechanism to writing code and testing.
- Timetable:
- Level 1 (4–6 years): Tue – Fri at 17:30
- Level 2 (6.5–7.5 years): Sat, Sun at 10:00
- Level 3 (8–9 years): Sat 10:00, Sun 13:30
- Level 4 (10+ years): Sat 13:30, Sun 17:00

How learning works at each level:
Level 1 (4–6 years, preschoolers): First mechanisms, a fairy tale and basic sensors:
Tools: The LEGO Essential educational kit + visual block programming.
Engineering focus: Little ones meet basic mechanics: they learn to join parts and use simple axles, pulleys and levers. They build moving models of animals, cars or fairy-tale characters, connect their first motion and touch sensors, then bring them to life with visual block programming. Lessons are built around a fairy-tale plot and frequent changes of activity.
Level 2 (6.5–7.5 years, grade 1): Automation, sensors and first algorithms on LEGO Prime:
Tools: The advanced LEGO Prime kit + visual block programming.
Engineering focus: First-graders study gear ratios (how to increase speed or pull with gears), build strong frames and work with the full range of sensors (colour, ultrasonic distance, touch). For the first time they program logical branches and loops: for example, "if the robot sees an obstacle, stop and go around".
Level 3 (8–9 years, grades 2–3): Mechanical drives, calculations and text-block code:
Tools: The LEGO Prime kit + a text-block language (with a parallel projection of the code into Rust).
Engineering focus: Children build complex mechanisms (gear and worm drives, grippers, manipulators). In programming they move to a text-block language: they set variables, calculate distance from wheel turns and tyre diameter, write navigation algorithms and follow a live projection of the code into Rust in parallel.
Level 4 (10+ years, grade 4 and up): Autonomous robotics and systems code in Rust:
Tools: The LEGO Prime kit + text code in Rust.
Engineering focus: Real adult engineering. Teenagers design high-precision models and optimise the robot's weight and balance. They write full programs in Rust: set up real-time sensor feedback, create proportional control algorithms (smooth line following), control motor ports and build fully autonomous behaviour.
Why a child needs it:
- Now: Hands are busy with fine motor work, spatial construction and mechanics. Gadgets turn into a working tool for creativity. School maths and physics gain practical meaning (angles, speed, distance), and mistakes are seen as an interesting engineering puzzle.
- In the future: For little ones, an excellent base for school (perseverance, concentration, speech). For older ones, strong engineering thinking, a base for olympiads and a foundation for professions in robotics, automation and programming.
















