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Ages 5 – 7 · age track

Cadets — Junior Innovators

Storytelling, play and hands-on creativity. Young learners build moving robots, interactive models and STEM projects while picking up sequencing, logical thinking, problem-solving and teamwork.

Platforms & tools

  • LEGO SPIKE Essential
  • TaleBot
  • Scratch Jr
  • PictoBlox Junior
  • Snap Circuits
  • Micro:bit
  • DIY STEM Activities
  • Theme-Based LEGO Building
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Mission log · 9 weeks
M-01
01
Week

Beyond the Red Planet

formerly · Mission to Mars

Cadets begin their summer with Mars-themed missions — building and programming space-inspired robots, running navigation and rescue runs, and coding projects inspired by rockets, astronauts and planetary exploration.

Highlight

VinciBot Mars Explorer — Mission Storytelling

Cadets program the VinciBot to narrate its Mars mission using movement, LED animations and interactive storytelling.

Highlight

LEGO SPIKE Space Radar — Scan the Red Planet

Teams build a working space radar with LEGO SPIKE Essential to simulate scanning and exploring the Martian surface.

Learning focus

  • Understanding robot movement and instructions
  • Sequencing and logical thinking
  • Creativity and imagination
  • Teamwork and communication
Full mission brief →
M-02
02
Week

Intelligence, Unlocked

formerly · AI & Smart Robots

Cadets meet beginner AI through gesture games and smart systems that react to sound, motion and voice — discovering how intelligent technology shows up in everyday life.

Highlight

AI Finger Detect — Smart Gesture Challenge

Using AI extensions in PictoBlox, Cadets build a finger-counting system that detects and responds to hand gestures in real time.

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EcoAI Smart Recycling Lab

Cadets train a Google Teachable Machine model to sort recyclable items — their first taste of AI-powered waste management.

Learning focus

  • Introduction to AI concepts
  • Understanding inputs and outputs
  • Creativity through coding
  • Interactive problem-solving
Full mission brief →
M-03
03
Week

City of Tomorrow

formerly · Future Cities & Smart Homes / IoT

Cadets build smart traffic systems, automated homes and futuristic city models — learning about sensors, lights and automation through hands-on STEM and robotics.

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Smart Traffic with Google Teachable Machine

An AI model trained to recognise vehicles and control traffic lights — making roads smarter, safer and more futuristic.

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Automatic Gate — Teachable Machine + Micro:bit

Cadets engineer a fully functional smart gate that opens to AI commands, just like the ones used in modern smart buildings.

Learning focus

  • Understanding automation
  • Exploring sensors and lights
  • Engineering and design thinking
  • Creativity and innovation
Full mission brief →
M-04
04
Week

Press Start: Game Worlds Built From Scratch

formerly · Game Design & Coding Adventures

Cadets step into gaming and storytelling, creating interactive games and animations through beginner-friendly coding missions.

Highlight

Pit Lane Prodigies — Build an F1, then race it

Cadets design, assemble and program their own LEGO Formula 1 car — chassis, motors and code. When the start light drops, every car on the grid was built by the kid holding the controller.

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Arcade Architects — Design the game, then make someone play it

Using beginner game tools, Cadets craft a fully playable arcade game — characters, obstacles, levels. The session ends with a live swap and head-to-head play.

Learning focus

  • Coding and sequencing
  • Storytelling through technology
  • Computational thinking
  • Creative design skills
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M-05
05
Week

Robo Champions League

formerly · Robo Sports League

Action-packed week of robot races, obstacle courses and friendly tournaments — Cadets compete in team challenges with LEGO robots and TaleBot.

Highlight

Smart Soccer Goalie

Cadets build a robotic goalkeeper with LEGO SPIKE Essential and test its reflexes on the pitch.

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Fruit Finder Race

A fast-paced coding sprint — race to program TaleBot to reach the right matching fruit first.

Learning focus

  • Robot control and movement
  • Collaboration and teamwork
  • Strategic thinking
  • Confidence building
Full mission brief →
M-06
06
Week

Maker Atelier: Inventors Lab

formerly · Inventors & Makers Lab

Cadets become inventors — building creative machines, simple electronics and moving mechanisms through hands-on engineering.

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Mini Machines Workshop

Hands-on tinkering with Snap Circuits and LEGO mechanisms to bring small inventions to life.

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Imagination Prototype Lab

Cadets pitch an everyday problem, then prototype a kid-sized solution with classroom STEM materials.

Learning focus

  • Engineering creativity
  • Hands-on experimentation
  • Understanding simple mechanisms
  • Innovation and imagination
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M-07
07
Week

Operation: Code Black

formerly · Spy Tech & Secret Missions

Cadets step into the world of secret agents and spy gadgets — creating alarms, coded messages and themed automation while learning logic, sequencing and smart tech.

Highlight

TaleBot Spy Maze — Operation Laser Escape

Program TaleBot as a mini spy robot through a mission maze of laser zones, security cameras, secret tunnels, a code room and a treasure vault.

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LEGO SPIKE Color Scanner Security Bot

Build a SPIKE Essential scanner where the colour sensor detects targets and triggers alerts — stopping, beeping and flashing 'Object Detected!'

Learning focus

  • Logical reasoning
  • Coding and communication
  • Creativity and teamwork
  • Problem-solving skills
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M-08
08
Week

Deep Blue: Ocean & Sky

formerly · Underwater / Disaster Rescue / Drones & Future Mobility

Cadets dive into an underwater adventure — exploring ocean life, submarines and marine robotics. They build sea creatures, underwater vehicles and ocean rescue missions while discovering how tech helps scientists explore and protect marine environments.

Highlight

Marine Robotics Build

Construct underwater-inspired vehicles and sea creatures, learning movement, buoyancy and storytelling along the way.

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Ocean Rescue Mission

Team missions inspired by real marine rescue — navigation, problem-solving and teamwork on the (simulated) high seas.

Learning focus

  • Understanding movement and navigation
  • Exploring buoyancy and floating concepts
  • Creativity through storytelling and building
  • Problem-solving and teamwork
Full mission brief →
M-09
09
Week

Grand Prix: Innovation Championship

formerly · Robotics Challenge Arena & Innovation Championship

The final week brings together everything Cadets have learned — team engineering missions, autonomous tasks and innovation presentations modelled around competitions like FIRST LEGO League, World Robot Olympiad and MatataWorld.

Highlight

Team Mission Cup

Squads tackle themed missions — design, build, test, present.

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Innovation Showcase

Cadets present their best project of the summer to families and instructors.

Learning focus

  • Applied robotics and engineering
  • Teamwork and communication
  • Creative presentation
  • Confidence on the big stage
Full mission brief →