Make n’ Break Computers – Bexhill

Build and program a fully working computer and electronic game with no electronics or computing experience required!

Centre Stage, 87 London Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 3LB

14th to 16th February 2022 – 10am to 4pm

Our free Make ‘n Break Computers workshops are exclusively for children and young people aged between 8 and 14 who receive benefit related free school meals and other eligible groups.*

In the morning you will:

Enjoy a delicious free breakfast
Learn about the origins of TinyBasic and the history of computer programming
Build your very own TinyBASIC computer from the bare components
Test and program your new machine
Get active with fun table tennis games courtesy of PingPong4U.

In the afternoon you will:

Enjoy a nutritious, locally prepared plant-based packed lunch from our friends at Poppyseed Bakery and an informative and interactive talk about the benefits of a plant-based diet.
Build an electronic TinyPONG electronic game to use with your TinyBASIC Computer
Create and run a custom TinyPONG light-show program
Install and play the TinyPONG game using the computer and controller that YOU built
When we are finished with MAKE , it is time to BREAK the machine by carefully detaching all of the components from the computer ‘breadboard’.

As a reward for participating in the course, everyone will receive a printed certificate before they leave.

Due to available space and Covid precautions, parents/carers will not be able to participate in the workshops and should return for their child at the documented finish time.

*Eligibility Criteria:

Receiving benefits-related free school meals – (priority group)
Referred to Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)
Have special educational needs or disability (SEND)
Young Carers (look after someone at home)
Have a disabled sibling
Referred to the School Mental Health Teams
Electively home educated
Gypsy, Roma & Traveller
Supported by “Family Focus”/”Troubled Families” services -provided by the council
Children in Need (CiN), Children on a Child Protection Plan (CP) and Looked After Children (LAC)
Live in areas of high deprivation
Have English as an additional language (EAL)
Families adversely affected by COVID

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Educraft are specialists in providing technology-based workshops to schools, museums and events across the UK and abroad. Our goal is to educate and inspire children towards a career in creative computer arts through the use of unusual and obscure tech.