Course curriculum

    1. Session 1 Recording

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    1. Session 2 Recording

    1. Session 3 Recording

    1. Session 4 Recording

    1. Session 5 Recording

About this course

  • £10.00
  • Tutor: Sarah D , 5 recorded sessions
  • Age:
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Content

  • These sessions combine storytelling, bite sized space science, practical building skills and playful challenges.

    Each session follows Betty Brickley and Brad Brickston as they receive a mission briefing from Space HQ and travel to the TRAPPIST 1 system to explore new worlds, design solutions and share discoveries back to Earth.

  • - Space science basics
    - How planets and stars differ, what makes a planet potentially habitable, why distance and travel time matter
    - Design thinking
    - Plan, build, test, improve, explain choices
    - Building skills
    - Stability, structure, studs on the side, modular builds, hinges, symmetry, scale
    - Creative communication
    - Naming, storytelling, presenting a build, describing features and functions

  • Each 60 minute video follows the same rhythm so it feels familiar and easy to follow
    - Welcome and recap,
    - Story mission briefing,
    - Space facts,
    - Build demo and skill focus,
    - Main build challenge,
    - Play prompt and sharing challenge,
    - Wrap up and next week teaser,

    Core build concepts used across the block:
    - Useful bricks and connectors
    - Strong bases, triangles, bracing, locking layers
    - Modular sections that can clip together
    - Micro builds versus mega builds
    - Play prompts to extend the build into a story

Tutor

Sarah D

Sarah D is the founder of Brilliant Bricks, an award winning business delivering hands on brick workshops, clubs and events for children, families and schools across the UK.

With over 10 years of experience, Sarah specialises in combining imagination, storytelling and simple engineering concepts to create engaging, confidence building sessions where there’s no “right way” to build.

Her approach focuses on creativity, problem solving and open ended play, helping children develop skills in a calm, inclusive and pressure free environment.

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Parent Comments

(taken from Facebook group with permission)

“I can’t thank you enough for starting this group Amy. You gave me back my happy (not so little anymore) boy. Thanks to this group he’s realised he’s not the stupid, naughty kid that school made him believe he was. His sister is on school holidays and he’s doing recorded lessons by choice. Xxxx ”

Karen, Parent

“this group is without doubt an absolute blessing. Fantastic classes with amazing teachers at an extremely reasonable price. I for one am so thankful to you and your team for everything you all do. We appreciate the hub so much and are very grateful xx ”

Claire, Parent

“Our family are full time travellers and the hub is a life line for us. The children get to see and speak to adults who show a real interest in their learning and their lives. They get to pick lessons that they are interested in and have fun learning something new. The social hub was a real life line for us too. My 3 have made friends and love getting to chat to children and adults daily too. ”

Donna, Parent

“£2 tuition hub was the best resource I found my entire time home educating. I’m still currently using the £2 Hub 3 years later”

Maxine, Parent

“Fantastic group has helped us through 3+ years of home ed, wish we knew of you before that when we first started ”

Sharon, Parent

“We have been taking part in the BSL lessons and the other day had great fun finger spelling while shopping. Two of my children have dyslexia with T being more severe, he hates and refuses spellings. Along comes BSL and he’s loving spellings!” ”

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