{"id":1564,"date":"2025-03-06T09:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T09:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2025-03-06T09:43:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T09:43:30","slug":"s2-students-put-their-coding-skills-to-the-test-in-sphero-rvr-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/2025\/03\/06\/s2-students-put-their-coding-skills-to-the-test-in-sphero-rvr-race\/","title":{"rendered":"S2 Students Put Their Coding Skills to the Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S2 students in\u00a0<b>Mr. Jack\u2019s Busines &amp; Computing class<\/b>\u00a0have been getting hands-on with\u00a0<b>robotics and coding<\/b>, taking part in an exciting\u00a0<b>Sphero RVR race<\/b>!<\/p>\n<p>The challenge? Each team had to\u00a0<b>navigate their robot around a course<\/b>, collecting bases along the way. Using\u00a0<b>block-based coding<\/b>\u00a0on iPads, students programmed their Sphero RVRs and sent commands via\u00a0<b>Bluetooth<\/b>. But it wasn\u2019t just about coding once and hoping for the best\u2014teams had to\u00a0<b>monitor their robot\u2019s path, troubleshoot errors, and adjust their code<\/b>\u00a0to improve performance.<\/p>\n<p>This engaging activity gave students practical experience in\u00a0<b>coding, problem-solving, and logical thinking<\/b>, all while having fun with robotics. The race sparked teamwork, creativity, and determination as students refined their strategies to complete the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>A fantastic effort from all involved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/kingsparksecondary\/uploads\/sites\/11894\/2025\/03\/06093736\/IMG_2635-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1565 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/kingsparksecondary\/uploads\/sites\/11894\/2025\/03\/06093736\/IMG_2635-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/kingsparksecondary\/uploads\/sites\/11894\/2025\/03\/06093736\/IMG_2635-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/kingsparksecondary\/uploads\/sites\/11894\/2025\/03\/06093736\/IMG_2635-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/kingsparksecondary\/uploads\/sites\/11894\/2025\/03\/06093736\/IMG_2635-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/kingsparksecondary\/uploads\/sites\/11894\/2025\/03\/06093736\/IMG_2635-rotated.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S2 students in\u00a0Mr. Jack\u2019s Busines &amp; Computing class\u00a0have been getting hands-on with\u00a0robotics and coding, taking part in an exciting\u00a0Sphero RVR race! The challenge? Each team had to\u00a0navigate their robot around a course, collecting bases along the way. Using\u00a0block-based coding\u00a0on iPads, students programmed their Sphero RVRs and sent commands via\u00a0Bluetooth. But it wasn\u2019t just about coding &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16047,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-businesscomputing","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16047"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1564"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1569,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564\/revisions\/1569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/kingsparksecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}