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The Stride program

One program. Activities that grow with your child.

Children join the group that matches their age and experience and move on as they are ready. Every activity is hands-on, in a group of up to 10, with the same teacher throughout.

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How it works

From first call to first robot

  1. Call or book a trial lesson

    Tell us your child's age and what they enjoy. A trial lesson is the easiest way to see if Stride is a good fit.

  2. We place your child in a group

    Groups of up to 10 are formed by age and experience. No prior experience is needed for the beginner activities.

  3. Days and times are agreed

    Lesson days and times are set once a group forms, so we can fit around families as far as possible.

  4. Lessons run in blocks

    Most activities are 60-minute lessons in blocks of 24 to 40 lessons. Intermediate and Advanced robotics run 60 to 90 minutes.

Ages 4 to 6

Early years: play-based STEAM

Pre-school children learn through building, storytelling and screen-free coding with LEGO® DUPLO® and LEGO® Education sets. No prior experience is needed.

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STEAM Park with LEGO® Education

Ages 4 to 6
  • 24 lessons
  • 60 minutes per lesson
  • Up to 10 children

Children build rides, ramps, gears and pulleys, test what rolls, floats and spins, and act out stories with the park they create. No experience needed.

What the lessons cover

Materials: LEGO® DUPLO® STEAM Park set

  1. Motion and measurement: build moving scenes with bricks, gears, ramps and pulleys; explore cause and effect, rolling, floating and sinking.
  2. Creative expression and role play: predict, collect and talk about results; invent scenarios and act out stories with the constructions.
  3. First engineering ideas: investigate how gears work, design simple mechanisms and build chain reactions.
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Coding Express with LEGO® Education

Ages 4 to 6
  • 24 lessons
  • 60 minutes per lesson
  • Up to 10 children

A first taste of coding without a screen: children lay train routes and use action bricks for go, stop and play sound, then add loops, fix mistakes and design their own journeys.

What the lessons cover

Materials: LEGO® DUPLO® Coding Express set

  1. First programming ideas: build simple routes and sequence commands with the coding bricks.
  2. Storytelling and repetition: change direction, use loops, tell stories with the train and solve small challenges.
  3. Thinking and teamwork: find and fix errors, experiment with speed and gravity, design challenging routes in groups.
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StoryTales with LEGO® Education

Ages 4 to 6
  • 24 lessons
  • 60 minutes per lesson
  • Up to 10 children

Children build characters and scenes, retell familiar tales, describe their own pets and places, and invent new endings. Builds early language, empathy and confidence to speak in front of others.

What the lessons cover

Materials: LEGO® Education StoryTales set (bricks, characters and background cards)

  1. Narrative basics: create characters and settings, retell well-known tales and learn beginning, middle and end.
  2. Describing and sequencing: use descriptive language and tell events in order through stories such as The Little Seed and My Pet.
  3. Creative storytelling: write alternative endings and original stories about everyday life.
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STEAM Music

Ages 4 to 8
  • 24 weeks, one lesson a week
  • 60 minutes per lesson
  • Up to 10 children

Children explore sound, rhythm and pattern with real instruments, tablets and simple robots, then compose and perform an original piece as a group. No musical experience is needed.

What the lessons cover

Materials: Orff rhythm instruments, Boomwhackers, rhythm blocks, tablets with music apps and simple programmable robots

  1. Discovering music through play: recognise sounds from everyday life and nature, try bells, xylophones and Boomwhackers, and use the body as an instrument in rhythm games and movement.
  2. Patterns and digital sounds: build musical patterns with colours, numbers and shapes, count beats and measures, create digital tracks and program a simple robot to move in time with the music.
  3. Creating and performing: compose and improvise with Boomwhackers and tablets, create pieces inspired by stories, and present an original group composition with movement and choreography.
Ages 5 to 10

Primary: first robots, real code, STEAM across subjects

Children build and program their first robots, investigate forces and motion, and meet maths and language through STEAM projects. Beginner activities need no experience; Intermediate suits children with little or none.

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Robots and Coding: Beginners

Ages 5 to 7
  • 38 lessons
  • 60 minutes per lesson
  • Up to 10 children

For children with no robotics or programming experience. They start with simple builds, bring models to life with motors and sensors, and finish by coding models such as a carousel, a wind turbine and a brontosaurus in a child-friendly block coding app.

What the lessons cover

Materials: Snap-together bricks and rods, mini controller, touch sensor, motor, LEDs

  1. Creative construction: build animals, vehicles, rockets, ships and simple robots from bricks and rods that connect in every direction.
  2. Introduction to programming: add mini controllers, touch sensors, motors and LEDs to make the models move and react.
  3. Advanced robotic projects: code more complex models, including a carousel, a wind turbine, a pterosaur and a brontosaurus.
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Robots and Coding: Intermediate

Ages 6 to 9
  • 38 lessons
  • 60 to 90 minutes per lesson
  • Up to 10 children

Children work in pairs or small groups to design, build and program their own robot, then present it and explain their choices. Ideal with little or no previous coding experience.

What the lessons cover

Materials: Robotics construction set with controller, sensors and motors

  1. Foundations of STEAM and robotics: simple, easy-to-build models that make the core ideas concrete.
  2. Introduction to programming: build robots and write first programs through puzzles and games that develop logical thinking.
  3. Advanced concepts: sensors, conditional statements and logic gates, always hands-on and age-appropriate.
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LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential

Ages 6 to 10
  • 30 lessons
  • 60 minutes per lesson
  • Up to 10 children

Children design and program interactive models that solve everyday problems, combining storytelling with building and coding. Cross-curricular projects touch maths, language and social skills.

What the lessons cover

Materials: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential set (bricks, minifigures, sensors, motors, Smart Hub) and the SPIKE™ app

  1. Getting to know the tools: bricks, minifigures, sensors, motors, Smart Hub and the app; first builds and program sequences.
  2. STEAM in practice: mechanisms that explore engineering and physics; gravity, time, distance and measurement.
  3. Problem solving and innovation: complex builds and programs, original team projects presented to classmates and parents.
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LEGO® Education BricQ Motion Essential

Ages 6 to 10
  • 30 lessons
  • 60 minutes per lesson
  • Up to 10 children

Forces and motion through sport: push and pull, jumping and throwing, speed and distance. Children build, test, observe and refine models, and present their findings.

What the lessons cover

Materials: LEGO® Education BricQ Motion Essential kit with numbered tiles and activity cards

  1. Fundamentals of motion: push and pull, simple models that show how forces change movement, sports scenarios.
  2. Mechanical movement and interactions: more advanced models, observation and recording, speed, distance and acceleration.
  3. Design and construction: independent projects on balance and angular momentum, presented to classmates and parents.
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STEAM Mathematics

Ages 6 to 10
  • 30 lessons
  • 60 minutes per lesson
  • Up to 10 children

Numbers, shapes, patterns and data come to life through building, modelling and games. A joyful route into place value, fractions, measurement and money.

What the lessons cover

Materials: Maths centres, LEGO® bricks, construction tools, number cards, ten and twenty frames, shapes and measuring materials

  1. Number sense: place value, addition and subtraction with ten and twenty frames and part-part-whole models.
  2. Comparing, data and money: more and less, frequency tables, graphs and practical money problems.
  3. Geometry, measurement and fractions: 2D and 3D shapes, symmetry, length, weight and volume, fractions and simple equations.
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English STEAM

Ages 6 to 10
  • 30 weeks, one lesson a week
  • 60 minutes per lesson
  • Up to 10 children

English becomes a tool for discovery. Children build vocabulary, phonics, reading and writing through thematic STEAM projects about animals, professions, sports and science.

What the lessons cover

Materials: Literacy centres, LEGO® bricks, construction tools, vocabulary cards and visual resources

  1. Vocabulary and word patterns: verbs, compound words, synonyms, antonyms and sight words.
  2. Phonics and spelling: short and long vowels, digraphs, spelling practice and alphabetical order.
  3. Reading, writing and projects: sentence building, oral storytelling, creative writing and cross-curricular STEAM projects.
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Greek STEAM

Ages 6 to 10
  • 30 weeks, one lesson a week
  • 60 minutes per lesson
  • Up to 10 children

Greek language learning infused with creativity and play. Children experiment with words, connect ideas across subjects and build confidence through project-based activities.

What the lessons cover

Materials: Greek literacy centres, laminated cards, LEGO® bricks, construction tools, printed and digital materials

  1. Vocabulary and word structure: antonyms, synonyms, verbs, compound words and syllabification.
  2. Sounds and grammar: distinguishing initial sounds, recognising sound patterns, high-frequency words, alphabetical order and basic grammatical structures.
  3. Reading, writing and projects: forming sentences and questions, writing short stories from keywords, and cross-curricular projects with language games, role play and building.
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Art and STEAM Construction

Ages 5 to 9
  • 30 weeks, one lesson a week
  • 60 minutes per lesson
  • Up to 10 children

Children explore colour, shape and materials, then build with recyclables, LEGO® bricks and simple circuits. They finish with their own exhibition and a large group project. No experience is needed.

What the lessons cover

Materials: Cardboard, paper, recyclable and natural materials, LEGO® bricks, art materials, digital tools and simple circuits

  1. Exploring art and materials: experiment with primary colours and geometric shapes, and make art from recyclable and found materials while learning about sustainability.
  2. Building with science and imagination: design mechanical constructions, explore gravity, balance and simple machines, and run colour experiments and build models of natural phenomena such as volcanoes.
  3. Creating and presenting: design a personal museum exhibition on technology, nature or culture, then team up on a large project such as a smart city or a school of the future.
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STEAM Reading

Ages 5 to 9
  • 24 lessons
  • 60 minutes per lesson
  • Up to 10 children

Reading comes alive through story. Children act out classic tales, build scenes with bricks and figures, guide a robot along a story path and stage a performance for families and friends. No experience is needed.

What the lessons cover

Materials: Children’s books, LEGO® bricks and figures, programmable floor robots, theatrical props, story cards and digital storytelling tools

  1. Story explorers: read classic and modern children’s books such as The Little Prince and Aesop’s Fables, act them out, and create their own stories with bricks, figures and art materials.
  2. Story builders and innovators: program a robot to follow a story from beginning to end, create original comics, and explore weather, animals and space through simple experiments inspired by books.
  3. Storytellers on stage and screen: write scripts, build sets, perform as a group and create digital stories or podcasts, ending with an event where families and friends see the projects.
Ages 10 to 15

Older children: advanced robotics and competition-ready coding

Students design complete robotic systems, program with Scratch-based tools and Python, and work on projects that prepare them for robotics competitions and future study in technology.

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Robots and Coding: Advanced

Ages 10 to 15
  • 38 lessons
  • 60 to 90 minutes per lesson
  • Up to 10 children

For students with some programming experience (completing Intermediate first is recommended). Mechanics, physics and programming come together as students design and build their own robotic systems.

What the lessons cover

Materials: Robotics construction set with motors, controllers, touch and infrared sensors and LEDs

  1. Mechanics and robotics: principles of mechanics, maths and physics through functional robotic models.
  2. Advanced programming: physical laws, sensors, forces, conditionals, variables, logic gates, functions and operators.
  3. Engineering, circuits and code: design and build complete robotic systems and program them with intuitive software.
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LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime

Ages 11 to 14
  • 40 lessons
  • 60 minutes per lesson
  • Up to 10 children

A complete introduction to robotics, engineering and coding that bridges playful learning and advanced STEAM. Prepares students for robotics competitions and future study in technology.

What the lessons cover

Materials: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime kit with sensors, motors and Smart Hub; Scratch-based and Python coding

  1. Hardware, software and first projects: Training Trackers (data and energy) and Invention Squad (design and prototyping).
  2. Design thinking: Kickstart a Business (breaking real problems into steps) and Life Hacks (variables, lists and maths in code).
  3. Competition ready: autonomous robots that sense and react to their environment, plus personal projects.
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LEGO® Education BricQ Motion Prime

Ages 11 to 14
  • 8 lessons
  • 60 minutes per lesson
  • Up to 10 children

A screen-free, hands-on short course on forces, motion and mechanics in a sports context: gymnasts, ski slopes, free kicks and propeller cars. No robotics experience needed.

What the lessons cover

Materials: LEGO® Education BricQ Motion Prime kit, printed instructions and data worksheets

  1. Force and balance: the Gymnast activity, how forces interact in a moving system.
  2. Friction, incline and speed: the Ski Slope experiments, measuring and analysing results.
  3. Advanced applications: Free Kick (force and direction) and Propeller Car (thrust and energy transfer).
Outcomes

What children take away

  • Computational thinking: sequences, loops, conditions, variables and debugging, introduced at the right age.
  • Engineering and physics: forces, motion, gears, balance, friction and energy, tested on real models.
  • Maths and language in context: measurement, data, number patterns, vocabulary and storytelling through projects.
  • Collaboration and communication: working in pairs and small groups, presenting to classmates and parents.
  • Resilience: models fail, programs have bugs, and children learn to treat both as the next step.
Wide view of the Stride classroom set up for a group lesson
Safety and supervision

Small groups, always supervised

Ratio

Our usual ratio is one teacher to six children, and never more than one to ten. Groups are capped at 10.

First aid

Staff are first-aid trained. The classroom is purpose-built for children working with building and robotics materials.

Drop-off and pick-up

A parking area is about 50 metres from the entrance.

Fees and trial lessons

Talk to us about fees

Fees depend on the activity and the block length, so we discuss them with each family by phone rather than publishing a price list. Trial lessons and a sibling discount are available; call us to arrange either.

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Not sure which group fits your child?

Call us and we will talk it through, or book a trial lesson and see the classroom for yourself.

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