Senior: Ages 8-12

Winter Wonder Workshop: Senior (Ages 8-14)

Something new every day this December! Join us for 5 days of hands-on fun, from building robots and sleighs to decorating a festive Minecraft world. All abilities welcome. Look below for the breakdown of each day, and select single days or the full week using the options by the booking button.
Difficulty Level
Suitable for beginners
Date
14th - 18th of December
From 9- 10 am Pick up at 4PM
Price £500.00 £400.00

This December, join us for Blueshift’s Winter Workshops! Over 5 days, young makers aged 8 to 14 will dive into day-long workshops full of creative, hands-on challenges. From designing and building robots and sleighs to customising a festive Minecraft world, there’s plenty to get stuck into, whether you’re a beginner or already confident with tech. Along the way, kids will team up, swap ideas, and celebrate the spirit of the season together.

Look below for the breakdown of each day. You can book the full week or select single days using the options by the booking button.

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You can drop your child off anytime between 9am and 10am Pick up at 4pm. Please pack a lunch, snack and water bottle
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Senior Camp – Each Day Breakdown (Ages 8-12)

Monday 14th: Jingle-bots
Get ready for the most fun you'll ever have with a robot! In this high-energy camp, you'll design, build and program your own robots that dance, jingle and light up the room all season long. Give your bot some serious moves, add lights, sounds and sensors that react to the music, and see how far you can push your creation. Then show off your robot on the dance floor as everyone grooves along. A hands-on adventure full of creativity and high-tech fun!

Tuesday 15th: Merry Minecraft
Get ready to build a winter wonderland! This December, we're all about snowy fun in our holiday edition of this crowd-favourite camp. From frosty villages dusted in snow to icy, jolly creations, join us for a Minecraft adventure that's magical, merry and bright!

Wednesday 16th: Young Architects Day
If you've ever wondered what it would be like to design your own house, this camp is for you! Start off by creating your dream bedroom, from basic designs and collages to a full floor plan and Lego model, complete with a cosy Christmas corner for the tree and twinkling lights. Then get hands-on experience with TinkerCAD as you create a brand new 3D design for a bespoke house, perhaps a gingerbread-style cottage or a snowy Santa's workshop. You'll develop skills used by real architects and let your creative minds go wild, designing the most magical festive home around!

Thursday 17th: Python Wonderland
Start your coding journey with the most popular programming language in the world, through a range of seasonal projects and challenges! Use Python to create simple games and festive graphics with the Turtle library, from snowflakes and snowmen to twinkling winter scenes. Along the way, you'll grow your understanding of key programming concepts such as selection, iteration and variables. If you're already a Python pro, you'll have the chance to stretch your skills with challenging extensions and more complicated programming techniques, perfect for turning a cold winter day into a coding adventure.

Friday 18th: Vibe Coding
Step into a winter wonderland of creativity and code! In this camp, you'll learn to use AI to create your own games and apps, discovering how to build your programs safely and accurately while mastering the vibe coding principles that will power all your future personal projects. Start by building simple programs on DIY.org, a child-friendly and safe platform, then watch your ideas snowball into your very own games. Finally, get ready to pitch your own app in our snowy Dragons Den competition, where the best ideas will sparkle brighter than fresh snowfall. If you've ever dreamed of becoming an entrepreneur or app developer but weren't sure where to start, this camp is the perfect first step on your winter adventure!

Information for parents

Whether your child is completely new to coding and robotics, or has completed a BlueShift camp or course before, this course is perfect for them! You don't need to bring a laptop or iPad; we'll provide all the equipment your child needs!

Camp structure

This is a sample schedule for a typical day at camp. There is no passive screen time. Each day includes two 15-minute snack breaks, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, plus a longer outdoor play break at lunchtime.

Camp structure

This is a sample schedule for a typical day at camp, including snack and lunch breaks between lessons.

10.00 – 10.40  |  Lesson 1

First off we'll get to know our teacher and classmates through some great mini games and icebreakers. Once we're all friends, we'll be introduced to our activity for the day. Let's jump in to coding!

10.40 – 11.15  |  Lesson 2

We'll have a short stretch and will begin our second activity. This is an unplugged activity, either robot charades or paper airplane coding!

11.15 – 11.30  |  Morning Break

A small break time where children can have a little snack and get ready to get right back into our third activity.

11.30 – 12.30  |  Lesson 3

Scratch Jr. activity creating storyboards and sharing designs with one another.

12.30 – 13.30  |  Lunch Time and long break outside
13.30 – 14.45  |  Lesson 4

Let's refocus after lunch and playtime by diving into building Dashbot or Lego WeDo animation.

14.45 – 15.00  |  Afternoon Snack Break
15.00 – 15.30  |  Lesson 5

After the snack break, which we provide as a healthy snack, now diving into a STEM offline project making posters.

15.30 – 16.00  |  Lesson 6

Our last lesson of the day is an opportunity to finish up our work, recap on what we've learned today and tidy up ready for home time!

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My favourite part was creating and then playing my OWN game!

Student, aged 8

Policies

Illness policy

Campers should not be brought to camp if they are displaying signs of illness. In the case of a camper who has become ill during camp hours, parents will be notified immediately to pick their child up. If a child misses a day or multiple days of camp because of an illness, credit towards another camp can be arranged for when they're feeling better.

Refund policy

You can cancel your camp booking up to 14 days prior to the start date. If you want to cancel your camp booking less than 14 days before, you can receive 50% refund or full credit towards future courses when cancelling between 13-7 days before, or full credit when cancelling less than 7 days before. If we are unable to run our camps, you will receive credit or a full refund. If you cancel for any reason you may be liable to pay the difference if our prices increase. 

(Please note credit is only valid for 1 calendar year.)

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  • "Thank you BlueShift for doing such a great job. My son is so excited about coding and learning made fun."

    Natalia, parent

  • "These courses are an amazing way to get kids interested in coding and robotics. Fun and educational"

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  • "My son was very keen to advance in programming. Not only has this been achieved, but his self-esteem has been greatly raised through your work. Thank you!"

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  • "The teachers have been excellent, full of enthusiasm and patience making the whole experience really fun"

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