Our courses consist of two semesters: Level 1 and Level 2, which take place within one year and include a total of 37 classes. Typically, students complete a year of lessons before moving on to a more advanced course. However, in some cases, if their teacher believes they are ready, they can advance earlier.
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SMART Robotics: Spike Essentials
Age group: 8-9 years old
What we study: In this course, students dive into the exciting world of robotics through the SMART learning model, which combines Science, Math, Art, Research, and Technology. They learn scientific concepts by building and programming functional models such as a lighthouse to explore light, or a guitar to understand sound. Lessons include math and logic tasks, creative robot projects inspired by movies or professions, hands-on experiments, and an introduction to how real tech like sensors and motors function.
What we achieve: By the end of the course, students develop a strong foundation in robotics, mechanics, programming, and scientific thinking. Children build teamwork by working in pairs on collaborative challenges, learning to share responsibilities, solve problems together, and communicate effectively. Most importantly, students experience the joy of discovery and the confidence that comes with building and programming their own robots to complete meaningful tasks.
A look into the class: Each session begins with an engaging and interactive presentation where students are introduced to the lesson theme—for example, how agricultural robots are used in modern farming to help grow crops like potatoes or olives.The teacher explains how robots assist in monitoring plant health, harvesting, or watering. Students then build and program a robot agronomist using the LEGO Spike Essentials kit. As part of the challenge, they design a robot that reacts to colored bricks: red means the fruit is ripe, yellow indicates the plant needs water, and green signals a need for fertilizer. They also record custom audio messages and test if their robot responds correctly, blending play with learning every step of the way.
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Smart Robotics: Spike Essential *NOUVEAU COURS*
Groupe d’âge: 8 à 9 ans
À la fin du cours, les enfants développent une base solide en robotique, mécanique, programmation et pensée scientifique. Ils travaillent en équipe, en paires, pour relever des défis collaboratifs: partager les responsabilités, résoudre des problèmes ensemble, et bien communiquer. Mais surtout, ils découvrent la joie d’apprendre, la fierté de créer, et la confiance que procure le fait de construire et programmer leurs propres robots pour accomplir des tâches concrètes et significatives.
Chaque séance commence par une présentation interactive du thème du jour. Par exemple : comment les robots agricoles sont utilisés dans les fermes modernes pour cultiver des pommes de terre ou des olives. L’enseignant explique comment ces robots aident à surveiller la santé des plantes, à récolter ou à arroser. Ensuite, les élèves construisent et programment un robot agronome avec le kit LEGO Spike Essential. Dans ce défi, ils conçoivent un robot qui réagit à des briques de couleur : rouge veut dire fruit mûr, jaune veut dire besoin d’eau et vert veut dire besoin d’engrais. Ils enregistrent aussi des messages audio personnalisés et testent si leur robot réagit correctement, une belle façon de mêler jeu et apprentissage à chaque étape!
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Payment methods
Please choose one of the following payment methods upon registration:
Block - 1 payment every 5 classesBy choosing this payment option upon registration, you'll have a payment due every 5th class*. To ensure your enrollment, subsequent payments should be made no later than the day of the last paid class. You can conveniently make payments over the phone, online or at the reception desk. Please be aware that if the payment is not received by the day of the last paid class, your spot within the group may become available for waitlisted students.*Please note that due to the structure of the schedule, the last payment of each semester may include up to 6 remaining classes.
Semester - 1 payment from start date until end of semester (Price prorates weekly to reflect remaining classes)By choosing this payment option upon registration, you will benefit from a discounted price per class and your payment will cover a semester in full. Please note that the option to purchase the semester in full is only available until October 1st 2024 for the Fall semester, and February 15th 2025 for the Winter semester.
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School calendar
We are closed during the winter holidays and during spring Break, meaning that there will be no classes from December 20th to January 4th and March 7-8. It's important to know that these classes are not included in any of the payment options.
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Cancellation and make-up policies
This course is eligible for a make-up class in case of absence.
Early withdrawal fee: In the event of an early withdrawal before the final paid class, a fee of $50 will be applicable. The remaining amount corresponding to the unattended classes will be transferred to your family credit account and can be used towards any activity at our school. If you prefer to receive a refund of the remaining balance directly to your debit/credit card, please be aware that an additional administration fee of 3% of the total order amount will be incurred.
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To read more about our cancellation and make-up policies, please, visit the website - https://stemschoolinventor.ca/cancellation-policies
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08/30/2025, 09/06/2025, 09/13/2025, 09/20/2025, 09/27/2025, 10/04/2025, 10/11/2025, 10/18/2025, 10/25/2025, 11/01/2025, 11/08/2025, 11/15/2025, 11/22/2025, 11/29/2025, 12/06/2025, 12/13/2025
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 12
Registration starts on 05/22/2025 and ends on 12/13/2025.
Please contact Inventor STEM School if you have any questions.