Build a robot
Put together a robot from the same kits our weekly classes use, then bring it to life with code.
The course behind it →sheen academy
Our Open Day has finished
Thank you to every family who joined us on Saturday, 3 October 2026. The next Open Day will be announced on this page. Until then, you are welcome to visit us any week.
What you can explore
Each station is a course or a lab our students use. Move between them at your own pace and ask our team anything along the way.
Try our coding platforms
From Scratch and our own block editor to real Python: see how children move from dragging blocks to typing code.
The course behind it →Drones & flight
Watch drones fly through the gates of our indoor arena and try the controls on the flight simulator. Drones run as our Sky Ops holiday camp, and a weekly module is on the way.
3D design & printing
See a design on the screen become a real object on our 3D printers, in the makers’ lab where students build their own gadgets.
Laser cutting & engraving
Watch our laser engraver cut and mark wood and acrylic, in a live demonstration run by our team.
IoT & smart devices
Wire up sensors and control them from a phone with our sheenbot boards, the heart of our IoT course.
The course behind it →Games & eSports
Play the games our students code in Python on the sheenbot∞, and see the eSports setup we run with Game X Africa.
The course behind it →Smart farming
Our automated hydroponics system grows food with sensors and code, and our business course turns it into a micro-farm.
The course behind it →Competition robots
Meet the robots behind our FIRST® LEGO® League and FIRST® Tech Challenge teams, and find out how to join a team.
The course behind it →Explore our learning spaces
Gear Lab
Where robots get built: kits, tools and big tables for teams.
AI Lab
Our coding classroom, with the drone race gates set up alongside.
Spark Lab
Our makers’ workshop: build walls, big tables and room to make things.