British Science Week are giving out grants of up to £300 (Kick Start Grant) to get your school to engage with science at a special event you put on during British Science Week 6-15 March 2020.
We’re here to help Bradford/Halifax primary schools and secondary schools book in some exciting coding or science of games related sessions with our BAFTA award winning team.
What you need to apply:
- Have a school with 30% or more of the students eligible for pupil premium or from Black, Asian or Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds
- Permission from your Head/Manager
- Know the date you’d like to run the event (Between 6-15 March 2020)
- Email us info@impactgamers.net to let us know what date to reserve for you.
- Chose what you want to do from the options below (or use another provider).
- Have your school’s bank account name, account number and sort code.
- Take 5 minutes to fill in the online form
- Complete the process by 5pm Monday 11th November 2019!
Here’s how you do it:
- Chose your activity from ours below (or another provider)
- Fill in the form at https://www.britishscienceweek.org/apply-for-a-grant/
- Relax and await to hear if you are successful in the coming month
Options
All these options you choose will need to fit between 9-12pm or 1-3pm on your chosen date. All these sessions can be used as starter sessions for a longer course of coding, contact us for bespoke pricing. info@impactgamers.net
KS2-Brief History of Video Games Show
event description
- A 75 minute long live interactive show for KS2 students
- Looking back from 1958 to the first video game to today. Looking at the science that allowed games to become as realistic as they are today.
objectives
- Covering topics from the science of old TVs, binary numbers, memory storage, science of light, 3D depth perception and the eye.
- This will be part of their school day so participation will be guaranteed
(Requirements: Hall area and Large smart screen or Projector.)
Cost options (Choose one)-
Hiring Impact Gamers for 1 show for upto 100 students £200
Hiring Impact Gamers for 1 show for upto 200 students £300
KS3 or KS2 Coding Session
event description
- An 1 hour long lesson for KS3/KS2 students where they
objectives
- Looking at what programming/coding is, how to code and how a computer runs code
- Working in groups of 4, (8 groups total) they will produce a very basic 4 player game from nothing.
- This will be part of their school day so participation will be guaranteed
(Requirements: Projector or smart screen. We can provide 8 laptops and all equipment for the session.)
Cost options (Choose one)-
Hiring Impact Gamers for 1 session for 30 students £150
Hiring Impact Gamers for 2 sessions (that follow on) £250
Hiring Impact Gamers for 3 sessions (that follow on) £300
KS1 Let’s Make a Game Session
event description
- 45 minute long lessons for KS1 students with the class leading the choices to make a game on a theme they chose.
objectives
- Looking at what programming/coding is, and how a computer runs code
- One game will be produced per class.
- This will be part of their school day so participation will be guaranteed
(Requirements: Projector or smart screen. We will provide all equipment for the session.)
Cost options (Choose one)-
Hiring Impact Gamers for 1 session for 30 students £100
Hiring Impact Gamers for 2 sessions (that follow on) £150
Hiring Impact Gamers for 3 sessions (that follow on) £200