September 2018 saw the launch of new coding classes at the Brillantmont International School in Lausanne, Switzerland. In partnership with TechSpark Academy and EPFL all grade 8 and 9 students are now learning computer programming as part of their core school curriculum. Some schools offer this as an after school club, but Brillantmont is the only school in Switzerland to make this course a compulsory part of the learning program.
Over the course of this year, grade 8 students will be building and programming robots using Arduino technology. Meanwhile, grade 9 students are going to be creating their own games and phone applications using the Python programming language.
John Kennedy, Maths Co-Ordinator, writes, "The desire for students to be developing connections between science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics, the STEAM fields, has created excitement for the coming school year. The aim is for them to develop the critical thinking skills needed find creative solutions to real-world problems using a basis of science and mathematics. Brillantmont students are going to be in a fantastic position to make the leap into our technological future."
These courses will surely be popular as exciting additions to the STEAM subject syllabus at Brillantmont International School develop.
Brillantmont International School
Avenue Secrétan 16
1005 Lausanne
Switzerland
021 310 04 00
https://www.brillantmont.ch
