Good afternoon!!! Today in Reception we had a special visit from the Make and Play group! They specialise in robotic laboratories for kids!! Our helper Anna told us we would be making a Robot Santa Claus who spins a gift around!
First she explained to us what we would need to make it and the different steps we would take.
Then she wrote down all our names on name tags to help her remember us!
She showed us the first two pieces we would need to make the body of our Santa!
We each got to choose two plastic containers!
Then we had to decide which would go on the bottom and which one would go on the top!
Then we had to cover both pieces in red tissue paper since Santa wears a read suit!
Once our pieces were covered, Anna explained how we could decorate our Santas how we wanted too and that she, Miss Paola and Miss Lindsay would help us glue them together with the hot glue gun.
We picked out materials from all different types of things.
There were buttons, bottle caps, fabric, beads and straws!
There was so much to choose from!
Then the teachers helped us to glue everything together! Some of us were pretty good with the glue guns so we got to do it on our own!
You can start to see our Santas coming to life!
Next came the robotic part! We were each given a motor, a battery and wire! We had to connect the wires to the battery to make the motor spin!
Once they were connected the teachers helped us to glue them on to our Santas and also to glue a present on to the motor to spin around!
Here are some of our finished Robot Santa Claus!
We can't wait to show them to you!!!! This was the best morning ever!!!
WE LOVE ROBOTICS!!!!!
Thank you Make and Play !!!! Thank you Anna!!
