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What to expect from a class.
Every session gives your learner time to build, test and explain. They revisit their project, explore a new idea and share what they discovered.
The shape of one session
01
Recall
The instructor states the task from the previous session. A new slideshow is not the start.
02
Run it as it was
The student runs the robot in the state they left it, so the group can see the last result.
03
One change
The new idea is a single change: a part, a step, or a sensor. Three changes at once are sent back.
04
Say what happened
The student says what the robot did. That sentence is the record for the day.
Age bands
Placement uses age and what the person has already built. Someone who has done the earlier work is not sent back to the introduction. Ages 18 and up join Robo Studio and enroll themselves. The full list of topics is on the syllabus.
Ages 6–8
Basic Robotics
Point to a wheel, a motor, and a sensor. Put steps in order. Run the robot and say what it did.
Ages 9–11
Coding Adventures
Add a repeat and a choice. Let a sensor change the next step. Find the one instruction that made the robot wrong.
Ages 12–16
Robo Explorers
Write the task in one sentence. Use the kit’s electronics. Tell a rule from an example. Present the project. Prepare for a contest only when one is on the calendar.
Ages 18 and up
Robo Studio
Choose a task the kit can hold, keep a record of one change, and present the machine. The session meets in Voi, in Malawi, or virtually.
Three questions after class
What was the robot supposed to do?
A clear answer is one sentence. If the child can only say “we built a robot,” the task was not sharp enough yet.
What failed?
A useful answer names a part or a step: the sensor, the turn, the loop. “It didn’t work” is the start of the conversation, not the end.
What did you change?
One change is the standard. If three things changed at once, ask which one they will test next time.
How progress is checked
Learners demonstrate their project and explain what they changed. For published online courses, the Learning Hub also records completed lessons and provides tutor session schedules. Parents can manage learner profiles and course access from their dashboard.
What you need in place
In Voi
The weekly class meets after school at Mb'yuni, Maghonyi Gym Street, Along Voi Town–Mombasa Road Through River Voi. Bring the child. The kit stays with the class. Admissions confirms the course, the weekday, and the fee before the first session.
Online, in Kenya or Malawi
The student needs a computer that can join the call, a kit, a camera that can see the robot, and an adult nearby for ages 6–8. The instructor asks the child to run the robot on camera.
At a host school or a community session
The school or the host gathers the students and keeps the room. Muru brings the kits and an instructor. A host teacher can stay and continue the same sequence afterward.
Before the first session
Use this checklist when speaking with admissions so your family knows what to expect.
- Confirm the course, dates, duration, fee and equipment arrangements.
- Ask who will teach and supervise the group.
- Agree arrival, collection and emergency contact arrangements.
- Discuss accessibility, additional support and permission for photographs.
- For online sessions, check the device, internet connection and kit.
- Ask how your learner will demonstrate progress and what follows next.