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Makey Makey turns everyday objects into keyboard keys. Clip it to a banana and you have a piano; clip it to a pencil drawing and you have a game controller. Nine self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy take a child from their first circuit to coding their own games. What's included: 1 x Makey Makey pack — universal touch keyboard, copper tape, spare alligator clips, small LEDs and a coin cell battery 9 self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy, with written guides and video walkthroughs The nine lessons: Craft a simple circuit and light your first LED Hands on a Makey Makey — build a human circuit What is conductive? Build a testing board and find out Draw a playable instrument Code your key presses in Scratch Craft and code an interactive story Two-player games in MakeCode Arcade Draw and code a poem generator Three ways to program the click input You will need a computer with internet access to load the Scratch editor. Conductive odds and ends from around the house — foil, paper clips, fruit — make the projects better. Work through the lessons at your own pace, with no timetable and no expiry.

The Nezha Inventor's Kit is the deepest micro:bit kit we stock, and the one that keeps a class busy longest. Forty-eight documented projects — a mechanical shrimp, an automatic gate, a flower-watering prompt, a temperature-controlled fan — each built from bricks and driven by sensors the students wire themselves. What's included: Nezha expansion board for the micro:bit, with colour-coded ports Planet X sensors: ultrasonic, crash, line-tracking, soil moisture and trimpot LED modules, a 360° servo and a motor Over 400 building bricks, compatible with the common brick standard RJ11 connecting leads and a storage case with dividers micro:bit board is not included — add a micro:bit V2 at checkout What students practise: Building a machine to a plan, then modifying it when the plan doesn't survive contact Choosing the right sensor for a problem, out of a box with several options Block coding in MakeCode, with Python and JavaScript available as students progress Working independently — there are enough projects here for a term, not a lesson Sammat's Online Academy carries 36 self-paced lessons for this kit, from traffic lights and automatic gates through to line-tracking and colour recognition cars — sold as an add-on, and included in the classroom pack. The RJ11 connectors are keyed so they can't be plugged in backwards, and the ports carry colour labels matching the sensors: small things that save a great deal of classroom time.

A micro:bit robotics classroom kit deep enough to carry a full term. Ten Nezha Inventor's Kits, ten accessory packs, ten micro:bit boards and Online Academy licences for thirty students — the most substantial STEM package we assemble. What's included: 10 x Nezha Inventor's Kits 10 x Interactive Coding Accessories Packs — colour and gesture recognition sensors 1 x micro:bit Club pack (class set of 10) — 10 micro:bit V2 boards, 10 battery packs, 10 USB cables and 20 AAA batteries 30 x student licences to the Sammat Online Academy 1 x teacher licence to the Sammat Online Academy Each kit contains a Nezha expansion board, Planet X sensors, a servo and motor, and over 400 building bricks in a divided storage case What students practise: Designing and building a machine, then programming its behaviour Choosing the right sensor from several options and justifying the choice Block coding in Microsoft MakeCode, progressing to Python or JavaScript Sustained independent project work across weeks, not a single lesson The Online Academy carries 36 project tutorials for this pack, from traffic lights and automatic gates through to line-tracking cars and colour recognition. The keyed RJ11 connectors and colour-coded ports are worth more than they sound when thirty students are building at once.

Our deepest Academy course, and the one that keeps a child busy longest. The Nezha Inventor's Kit, the Interactive Coding Accessories Pack and a micro:bit V2 board, with thirty-six self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy — enough for a full term rather than a weekend. What's included: 1 x Nezha Inventor's Kit — Nezha expansion board, Planet X sensors (ultrasonic, crash, line-tracking, soil moisture, trimpot), LED modules, a servo and motor, and over 400 building bricks in a divided case 1 x Interactive Coding Accessories Pack — colour recognition sensor, gesture recognition sensor, NeoPixel light ring, trimpot and 180+ bricks 1 x micro:bit GO pack (V2) — board, battery pack with 2 x AAA batteries and a USB cable 36 self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy, with written guides and video walkthroughs The lessons cover: Traffic lights, automatic gates, mini table lamps and an automatic dryer Line-tracking, obstacle-avoiding and speed-adjustable cars Sound projects — a music box, a volume reminder, a memory test Gesture and colour recognition, including a colour recognition password door You will need a computer, phone or tablet with internet access to load the Microsoft MakeCode editor. The RJ11 connectors are keyed so they cannot be plugged in backwards, and the ports carry colour labels matching the sensors — small things that save a lot of frustration.

Everything needed to start, in one box: the Ring:bit Bricks Pack, a micro:bit V2 board, and six self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy. Children design the thing before they code it, then write the program that brings it to life. What's included: 1 x Ring:bit Bricks Pack — Ring:bit v2 board, two 360° servos, a rainbow LED strip and close to 200 building bricks 1 x micro:bit GO pack (V2) — board, battery pack with 2 x AAA batteries and a USB cable 6 self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy, with written guides and video walkthroughs The six lessons: Traffic lights — a working signal sequence Bricks car — build and drive it Temperature-controlled fan Smart desk lamp that turns on when it gets dark Windscreen wipers Trebuchet — a working catapult You will need a computer, phone or tablet with internet access to load the Microsoft MakeCode editor. Because the bricks are a standard size, a child can keep building well past the sixth lesson with whatever is already in the toy box.

The Ring:bit Bricks Pack pairs a micro:bit with roughly 200 building bricks, so students design the thing before they code it. Six guided projects take a class from a set of traffic lights through a brick car, a temperature-controlled fan, a desk lamp, windscreen wipers and a working trebuchet. What's included: Ring:bit v2 expansion board for the micro:bit Two 360° continuous rotation servos Rainbow LED strip Close to 200 building bricks, compatible with the common brick standard Printed assembly instructions, with six guided lessons in the Sammat Online Academy micro:bit board and 3 x AAA batteries are not included — add a micro:bit V2 at checkout What students practise: Designing a mechanism, then writing the code that drives it Iterating — rebuilding when the first structure won't hold or won't move Controlling servos and LEDs from block code in MakeCode Working from an instruction set, then departing from it Six self-paced lessons for this kit sit in Sammat's Online Academy — traffic lights, a bricks car, a temperature-controlled fan, a smart desk lamp, wipers and a trebuchet. Access is sold as an add-on to the kit, and is included in the classroom pack. Because the bricks are a standard size, a class can keep building well past the last lesson.

The gentlest classroom entry into micro:bit coding. Ten Ring:bit Bricks Packs, ten micro:bit boards and Online Academy licences for thirty students — enough for a primary class working in pairs, with six guided projects that each finish inside a lesson. What's included: 10 x Ring:bit Bricks Packs 1 x micro:bit Club pack (class set of 10) — 10 micro:bit V2 boards, 10 battery packs, 10 USB cables and 20 AAA batteries 30 x student licences to the Sammat Online Academy 1 x teacher licence to the Sammat Online Academy Each kit contains a Ring:bit v2 board, two 360° servos, a rainbow LED strip and close to 200 building bricks — around 2,000 brick pieces across the pack What students practise: Building a working mechanism from an instruction set, then changing it Writing the code that drives something they made themselves Controlling servos and LEDs in Microsoft MakeCode Collaborating in pairs and troubleshooting when a build won't move Six project tutorials in the Online Academy cover traffic lights, a bricks car, a temperature-controlled fan, a smart desk lamp, windscreen wipers and a working trebuchet. Because the bricks are a standard size, a class can keep building well past the last tutorial.

Everything needed to start, in one box: the micro:bit Smart Agriculture Kit, a micro:bit V2 board, and fifteen self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy. Students measure soil moisture and switch on a pump, watch greenhouse temperature and open a vent, and the lessons take them through each build step by step. What's included: 1 x micro:bit Smart Agriculture Kit 1 x micro:bit GO pack (V2) — board, battery pack with 2 x AAA batteries and a USB cable 15 self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy, with build steps, code and video walkthroughs Kit contains an IoT:bit Wi-Fi board, DS18B20 waterproof temperature sensor, soil moisture sensor, water level sensor, PIR motion sensor, servos and connecting leads The lessons cover: Automatic irrigation and greenhouse monitoring Artificial grow lighting and pond water levels Timed feeding and movement detection near a crop Block coding in Microsoft MakeCode, with readings able to go to a cloud dashboard You will need a computer, phone or tablet with internet access to load the Microsoft MakeCode editor. Fifteen lessons is the deepest course we offer on a single micro:bit kit — enough for a full unit of work rather than a weekend.

A micro:bit class set for teaching food production, water use and sustainability. Ten Smart Agriculture Kits, ten micro:bit boards and Online Academy licences for thirty students, so a whole class can build irrigation systems, greenhouses and pond monitors that actually run. What's included: 10 x micro:bit Smart Agriculture Kits 1 x micro:bit Club pack (class set of 10) — 10 micro:bit V2 boards, 10 battery packs, 10 USB cables and 20 AAA batteries 30 x student licences to the Sammat Online Academy, covering 15 self-paced lessons 1 x teacher licence to the Sammat Online Academy Each kit contains an IoT:bit Wi-Fi board, DS18B20 waterproof temperature sensor, soil moisture sensor, water level sensor, PIR motion sensor, servos and connecting leads What students practise: Deciding what number counts as "dry enough to water" and defending the choice Building a system that runs without a person watching it Block coding in Microsoft MakeCode, working in pairs Connecting a technology lesson to geography, science and sustainability Fifteen self-paced lessons in the Online Academy cover irrigation, greenhouse monitoring, grow lighting, pond water levels and timed feeding — enough for a full unit of work. The batteries are included too, so nothing needs buying before the first lesson.

The Smart Agriculture Kit puts food production on the desk. Students measure soil moisture and switch on a pump; watch greenhouse temperature and open a vent; detect movement near a crop and set off a deterrent. It connects coding to something most children have opinions about but rarely get to test. What's included: IoT:bit Wi-Fi expansion board for the micro:bit DS18B20 waterproof temperature sensor Soil moisture sensor and water level sensor PIR motion sensor Servos and connecting leads micro:bit board is not included — add a micro:bit V2 at checkout What students practise: Deciding what number counts as "dry enough to water" and defending the choice Building a system that runs without a person watching it Block coding in MakeCode, with readings able to go to a cloud dashboard Connecting a technology lesson to geography, science and sustainability Fifteen self-paced lessons for this kit sit in Sammat's Online Academy, covering irrigation, greenhouse monitoring, grow lighting, pond water levels and timed feeding. Written for Australian classrooms and sold as an add-on to the kit.

Everything needed to start, in one box: the micro:bit Smart City Kit, a micro:bit V2 board, and twelve self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy. Students build small working versions of the infrastructure they walk past every day — traffic lights, irrigation, drainage, bin collection — and the lessons walk them through every build and every line of code. What's included: 1 x micro:bit Smart City Kit 1 x micro:bit GO pack (V2) — board, battery pack with 2 x AAA batteries and a USB cable 12 self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy, with build steps, code and video walkthroughs Kit contains an IoT:bit Wi-Fi board, red, yellow and green LEDs, DHT11 sensor, sonar:bit, soil moisture and water level sensors, OLED screen, 180° servo, USB cable and jumper wires The lessons cover: Subway flood prevention, automatic irrigation and a smart bin Push-button crossings and library noise monitoring Using sensor thresholds to trigger a response automatically Block coding in Microsoft MakeCode, from first program to independent project You will need a computer, phone or tablet with internet access to load the Microsoft MakeCode editor. Written in Australia for Australian classrooms and homes, and worked through at your own pace — there is no timetable and no expiry on a lesson you have not finished.

A complete micro:bit classroom pack for a class of thirty. Ten Smart City Kits, ten micro:bit boards and a full set of Online Academy licences arrive together, so a teacher can run a unit on urban technology without sourcing anything else or writing the lessons. What's included: 10 x micro:bit Smart City Kits 1 x micro:bit Club pack (class set of 10) — 10 micro:bit V2 boards, 10 battery packs, 10 USB cables and 20 AAA batteries 30 x student licences to the Sammat Online Academy 1 x teacher licence to the Sammat Online Academy Each kit contains an IoT:bit board, OLED screen, red, yellow and green LEDs, DHT11 sensor, water level sensor, soil moisture sensor, sonar:bit, 180° servo, USB cable and manual What students practise: Turning a civic problem — flooding, traffic, waste, water use — into something code can address Using sensor thresholds to trigger an automatic response Block coding in Microsoft MakeCode, working in pairs Presenting a design and explaining why it works the way it does Twelve project tutorials in the Online Academy cover subway flood prevention, automatic irrigation, a smart bin, push-button crossings, library noise monitoring and more. The batteries are included too, so nothing needs buying before the first lesson.

The Smart City Kit takes the infrastructure students walk past every day — traffic lights, irrigation, drainage, bin collection — and lets them build small working versions of it. Each project starts with a real urban problem and ends with something on the desk that responds to its surroundings. What's included: IoT:bit Wi-Fi expansion board for the micro:bit Red, yellow and green LEDs for traffic and signalling projects DHT11 temperature and humidity sensor sonar:bit ultrasonic sensor, soil moisture sensor and water level sensor OLED screen and an EF92A 180° servo micro USB cable and jumper wires micro:bit board is not included — add a micro:bit V2 at checkout What students practise: Turning a civic problem into something a program can actually solve Using sensor thresholds to trigger a response automatically Block coding in MakeCode, with the option to send readings to a cloud dashboard Explaining a design decision, not just getting the code to run Twelve self-paced lessons in Sammat's Online Academy cover subway flood prevention, automatic irrigation, a smart bin, push-button crossings and library noise monitoring — a sequence of lessons rather than a single activity. Access is sold as an add-on to the kit, and is included in the classroom pack.

Everything needed to start, in one box: the micro:bit Smart Health Kit, a micro:bit V2 board, and nine self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy. Projects about the body and the habits around it — a tap that runs without being touched, a reminder to sit up straight, a UV meter for deciding whether to put a hat on. What's included: 1 x micro:bit Smart Health Kit 1 x micro:bit GO pack (V2) — board, battery pack with 2 x AAA batteries and a USB cable 9 self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy, with build steps, code and video walkthroughs Kit contains a sensor:bit board, analog UV sensor, PIR motion sensor, MQ3 alcohol sensor brick, a servo and connecting leads, with ten sensor modules in total The lessons cover: Touch-free hand washing and UV detection A step counter and a drinking reminder A classroom noise monitor and a posture reminder Setting a sensible threshold and testing whether it actually works You will need a computer, phone or tablet with internet access to load the Microsoft MakeCode editor. Written in Australia for Australian classrooms and homes, and worked through at your own pace — there is no timetable and no expiry on a lesson you have not finished.

A micro:bit class set built around the body and the habits around it. Ten Smart Health Kits, ten micro:bit boards and Online Academy licences for thirty students — enough for a class to build touch-free taps, posture reminders and UV meters they can test on themselves. What's included: 10 x micro:bit Smart Health Kits 1 x micro:bit Club pack (class set of 10) — 10 micro:bit V2 boards, 10 battery packs, 10 USB cables and 20 AAA batteries 30 x student licences to the Sammat Online Academy, covering 9 self-paced lessons 1 x teacher licence to the Sammat Online Academy Each kit contains a sensor:bit board, analog UV sensor, PIR motion sensor, MQ3 alcohol sensor brick, a servo and connecting leads, with ten sensor modules in total What students practise: Using a sensor reading to give feedback to a person, not just to a machine Setting a sensible threshold and testing whether it actually works Block coding in Microsoft MakeCode, working in pairs Thinking about how technology nudges behaviour, and whether that's a good thing Nine self-paced lessons in the Online Academy cover touch-free hand washing, UV detection, a step counter, a drinking reminder and a classroom noise monitor. The batteries are included too, so nothing needs buying before the first lesson.

The Smart Health Kit builds projects about the body and the habits around it: a tap that runs without being touched, a reminder to sit up straight, a UV meter for deciding whether to put a hat on. It gives health and PE a genuine point of contact with coding. What's included: sensor:bit expansion board for the micro:bit Analog UV sensor PIR motion sensor MQ3 alcohol sensor brick Servo and connecting leads, with ten sensor modules in total micro:bit board is not included — add a micro:bit V2 at checkout What students practise: Using a sensor reading to give feedback to a person, not just to a machine Setting a sensible threshold and testing whether it actually works Block coding in MakeCode Thinking about how technology nudges behaviour, and whether that's a good thing Nine self-paced lessons for this kit sit in Sammat's Online Academy, covering touch-free hand washing, UV detection, a step counter, a drinking reminder and a classroom noise monitor. Written for Australian classrooms and sold as an add-on to the kit.

Everything needed to start, in one box: the micro:bit Smart Home Kit, a micro:bit V2 board, and eleven self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy. Children wire up a sensor, write a few blocks of code, and a light comes on or a window opens — one of the clearest ways to show what a program actually does in the physical world. What's included: 1 x micro:bit Smart Home Kit 1 x micro:bit GO pack (V2) — board, battery pack with 2 x AAA batteries and a USB cable 11 self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy, with build steps, code and video walkthroughs Kit contains a sensor:bit board, OLED screen, rainbow LED, relay, DC motor, 180° servo, submersible pump, temperature, sound, light, crash and soil moisture sensors, screwdriver, USB cable, AAA battery box and printed manual The lessons cover: Voice-activated lights, a smart fan and automatic windows A water level alarm, a decibel tester and an intruder detection system Reading a sensor value and using it to trigger an output Block coding in Microsoft MakeCode, from first program to independent project You will need a computer, phone or tablet with internet access to load the Microsoft MakeCode editor. Written in Australia for Australian classrooms and homes, and worked through at your own pace — there is no timetable and no expiry on a lesson you have not finished.

A micro:bit class set built around home automation — the most immediately recognisable technology in a student's life. Ten Smart Home Kits, ten micro:bit boards and Online Academy licences for thirty students, ready to teach from the day the box opens. What's included: 10 x micro:bit Smart Home Kits 1 x micro:bit Club pack (class set of 10) — 10 micro:bit V2 boards, 10 battery packs, 10 USB cables and 20 AAA batteries 30 x student licences to the Sammat Online Academy 1 x teacher licence to the Sammat Online Academy Each kit contains a sensor:bit board, OLED screen, temperature, sound, light, crash and soil moisture sensors, a rainbow LED, relay, DC motor, 180° servo, submersible pump, screwdriver, USB cable, battery box and manual What students practise: Connecting a sensor reading to a physical output they can watch happen Block coding in Microsoft MakeCode, working in pairs Wiring circuits safely and finding the fault when nothing responds Discussing automation and energy use with something concrete in front of them Eleven project tutorials in the Online Academy cover voice-activated lights, a smart fan, automatic windows, a water level alarm, a decibel tester and more. Enough for a full unit of work rather than a one-off activity.

The micro:bit Smart Home Kit turns coding into something students can see working. They wire up a sensor, write a few blocks of code, and a light comes on or a window opens. It is one of the clearest ways to show upper primary and lower secondary students what a program actually does in the physical world. What's included: sensor:bit expansion board with GVS terminals and an I2C port OLED screen, rainbow LED, relay, DC motor and 180° servo Temperature, sound, light, crash and soil moisture sensors Submersible pump, screwdriver, USB cable, AAA battery box and printed manual micro:bit board and batteries are not included — add a micro:bit V2 at checkout What students practise: Reading a sensor value and using it to trigger an output Block coding in Microsoft MakeCode, with a path into Python later Connecting circuits safely and debugging when something doesn't respond Talking about automation in terms they can point at, not abstractions Sammat's Online Academy carries eleven self-paced lessons for this kit — build steps, code and video walkthroughs, written for Australian classrooms. Academy access is sold as an add-on to the kit, and is included in the Smart Home Kit Classroom Pack.

Everything needed to start, in one box: the Smart Science IoT Kit, a micro:bit V2 board, and seven self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy. This is where micro:bit projects stop being local and start producing data worth arguing about — sensors measure the room, and the readings go to the cloud. What's included: 1 x micro:bit Smart Science IoT Kit — IoT:bit Wi-Fi board, OLED screen, BME280, PIR sensor, light sensor, noise sensor, water level sensor, soil moisture sensor, sonar:bit, dust sensor and a 180° servo 1 x micro:bit GO pack (V2) — board, battery pack with 2 x AAA batteries and a USB cable 7 self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy, with written guides and video walkthroughs The seven lessons: Uploading sensor data to the ThingSpeak IoT platform Working with KidsIoT Air quality monitoring Environmental noise detection An environmental quality monitoring station Automatic irrigation detection A self-defence monitoring station You will need a computer, phone or tablet with internet access to load the Microsoft MakeCode editor, and a Wi-Fi connection for the cloud projects. Work through the lessons at your own pace, with no timetable and no expiry.

The Smart Science IoT Kit is where micro:bit projects stop being local and start producing data students can argue about. Sensors measure the room; the onboard Wi-Fi board sends those readings to a cloud service; students graph a week of results and work out what the numbers actually show. What's included: IoT:bit breakout board with an ESP12F Wi-Fi module, real-time clock and buzzer BME280 pressure, temperature and humidity sensor OLED display, PIR motion sensor, light sensor and noise sensor Soil moisture, water level and dust sensors, plus a sonar:bit ultrasonic sensor 180° servo, micro USB cable and connecting leads micro:bit board and lithium battery are not included — add a micro:bit V2 at checkout What students practise: Collecting real measurements over time instead of one-off readings Reading a graph they produced themselves and explaining the shape of it Connecting a device to a cloud service and understanding what "IoT" means concretely Block coding in MakeCode, with certified extension packages already available The kit works with ThingSpeak and IFTTT, so a class can set a threshold and have an email arrive when a reading crosses it. Sammat's Online Academy adds seven self-paced lessons for this kit, from cloud data logging to air quality monitoring and automatic irrigation — sold as an add-on, and included in the classroom pack.

A class set for teaching data properly. Ten Smart Science IoT Kits, ten micro:bit boards and Online Academy licences for thirty students, so a whole class can collect real environmental measurements, send them to the cloud, and argue about what the graphs actually show. What's included: 10 x micro:bit Smart Science IoT Kits 1 x micro:bit Club pack (class set of 10) — 10 micro:bit V2 boards, 10 battery packs, 10 USB cables and 20 AAA batteries 30 x student licences to the Sammat Online Academy, covering 7 self-paced lessons 1 x teacher licence to the Sammat Online Academy Each kit contains an IoT:bit Wi-Fi board, OLED screen, BME280, PIR sensor, light sensor, noise sensor, water level sensor, soil moisture sensor, sonar:bit, dust sensor and 180° servo What students practise: Collecting measurements over time and working with the data they produced Reading their own graphs and explaining the shape rather than the number Connecting a device to a cloud service and exporting data to a spreadsheet Block coding in Microsoft MakeCode, working in pairs Seven self-paced lessons in the Online Academy cover uploading to ThingSpeak, working with KidsIoT, air quality monitoring, environmental noise detection, a monitoring station and automatic irrigation. The batteries are included too, so nothing needs buying before the first lesson.

The Space Science Kit sets students a mission on the surface of the moon. A printed landing map gives the terrain, the Nezha V2 board and smart motor give the vehicle, and eight guided projects give the problems — navigate, sample, measure, report. It is the most ambitious micro:bit kit we carry, and the one that best suits a project running over several weeks. What's included: Nezha breakout board V2, with eight sensor ports and four motor ports Planet X smart motor Ten electronic modules, including UV, soil moisture and temperature sensors Over 400 ABS building bricks Scenario-based moon landing map Recommended for ages 10 and over. micro:bit board is not included — add a micro:bit V2 at checkout What students practise: Planning a sequence of actions to complete a mission, not just a single task Combining sensing, movement and reporting in one build Block coding in MakeCode, with Python available for older students Working in a team over an extended project rather than a single lesson Four self-paced lessons for this kit sit in Sammat's Online Academy, written for Australian classrooms and sold as an add-on to the kit. The board also carries a four-LED battery indicator, colour-coded sensor ports and keyed RJ11 connectors that cannot be inserted backwards — details that matter when thirty students are building at once.

The best first step into physical computing. A BBC micro:bit V2 arrives in the post, and ten self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy take a child from their first flashing LED to a working step counter. No prior coding needed. What's included: 1 x micro:bit GO pack (V2) — board, battery pack with 2 x AAA batteries and a USB cable 10 self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy, with written guides and video walkthroughs The V2 board adds a built-in microphone and speaker, a touch logo button and a power button The ten lessons: LEDs and timing blocks — animate a beating heart with a loop Text blocks — a scrolling name badge A and B buttons — flashing happy and sad faces Sound and the logo button — an emotion badge that makes noise Shake and tilt — reading the accelerometer Light sensor — turning the LED display into an input Dice, and rock paper scissors — two lessons on randomness Step counter and thermometer — using the built-in sensors You will need a computer, phone or tablet with internet access to load the Microsoft MakeCode editor. Headphones, crocodile clip leads and conductive materials like foil and paper clips are useful but not required. Work through the lessons at your own pace — there is no timetable and no expiry.

Five self-paced lessons that take a child from opening Scratch for the first time to building five complete games. Scratch is free, runs in a browser, and is designed for ages 8 to 16 — so this course needs nothing but a computer and an internet connection. What's included: 5 self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy, with written guides and video walkthroughs No hardware — this is a course, not a kit What your child builds: A chase game A maze game A pong game A side-scrolling game A platformer What they practise: Breaking a problem into steps a computer can follow Loops, conditions and variables, without writing a line of syntax Testing and fixing a game that doesn't behave as expected Designing something of their own once the five games are done You will need a computer with internet access to load the Scratch editor. Work through the lessons at your own pace — there is no timetable and no expiry on a lesson you have not finished.

Sphero BOLT is the most capable robot ball Sphero makes, and the 8x8 LED matrix is what sets it apart — children can animate sensor data in real time and watch their code appear on the robot itself. Twelve self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy take them from drawing a path to writing JavaScript. What's included: 1 x Sphero BOLT robot ball with an 8x8 programmable LED matrix Inductive charging cradle with USB cable Protractor with heading, directions and clock markings Sticker sheet and quick start guide 12 self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy, with written guides and video walkthroughs What your child practises: Drawing a path for the robot to follow — coding before reading code Scratch-style blocks for loops, conditions and sensor input JavaScript text programming once the blocks feel easy Reading live sensor data off the LED matrix and reasoning about what it shows Free Sphero Edu app, available for iOS, Android, Kindle, Mac, Windows and Chrome. The durable UV-coated shell survives being dropped, which matters more than it sounds. Charges on the inductive cradle and connects by Bluetooth.

A robotic ball small enough to fit in a hand, and twelve self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy that teach a child to code it. The Activity Kit adds the props — a construction set, bowling pins and cones — so there is something to drive around from the first afternoon. What's included: 1 x Sphero Mini robotic ball with a clear shell 28-piece construction set, 6 bowling pins and 3 cones 15 activity cards Robotic ball cover and a micro USB cable 12 self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy, with written guides and video walkthroughs What your child practises: Drawing a path for the robot to follow — coding before reading code Scratch-style blocks for loops, conditions and sensor input JavaScript text programming once the blocks feel easy Building mazes and obstacle courses, then programming a route through them Free Sphero Edu app, available for iOS, Android, Kindle, Mac, Windows and Chrome. The ball charges over micro USB and connects by Bluetooth. This is the education edition, which ships in non-retail packaging.

A robotic ball in a soccer shell, with eight cones for setting up a pitch on the lounge room floor. Twelve self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy turn what looks like a toy into a first coding course. What's included: 1 x Sphero Mini robotic ball with a soccer shell 8 cones (4 green, 4 orange) Micro USB cable 12 self-paced lessons in the Sammat Online Academy, with written guides and video walkthroughs What your child practises: Drawing a path for the robot to follow — coding before reading code Scratch-style blocks for loops, conditions and sensor input JavaScript text programming once the blocks feel easy Setting a challenge with the cones, then programming a route through it Free Sphero Edu app, available for iOS, Android, Kindle, Mac, Windows and Chrome. The ball charges over micro USB and connects by Bluetooth. The cheapest way into Sphero coding, and the one most likely to get picked up again after the lessons are done.