A class for thinkers, tinkers, and makers (Grades 2 to 4). Our iBuild class is a fun group lesson, with the kids working together to construct, design and engineer lots of different projects.

How is an iBuild class structured? A typical iBuild class will see the students working on a project in pairs or small groups over the 60 minute class. During the class there is a short lesson explanation time and a build time. At the end of the lesson the adults are invited into the classroom to explore what the kids have constructed during class, and hear a short summery from the teacher.

How many kids are in a class? There are 8 to 10 children and one educator in an iBuild class.

What materials do you use? As with all our Fox Blocks courses, iBuild uses a mix of resources throughout the 3 year curriculum. Each term has a core resource (usually Lego, K'Nex, or Fischertechnik) and then adds complimentary resources such as LittleBits, Quadrilla, Snap Circuits, Light Stax, Plus Plus, IQ Key, or Magformers.

In Fox Blocks we teach kids that all resources, big or small, simple or complex, are simply a tool to learn how something works. Often the more simple a resource, the more scope there is for design, invention, creativity, and original ideas. In this way we mix and max our resources to suit our projects. This enables kids to use their 'tools' in ways they may not have used before, and to discover new resources they have not seen before.

How long does a class run for? Each class runs for 60 minutes, and each unit is 8 weeks long.

What do the kids take home each week? Each week a photograph is taken of each child with their completed model. Over the term this builds into a portfolio of work that is collected in the final week of each unit. 

What topics are covered in iBuild? iBuild is a 3 year  curriculum, offering 4 different units each year (one for each school term), and covering a range of topics from junior robotics, town planning, space, structures, and lots more fun and creative concepts.

Coming up in 2023 our units will be as follows:

• Term 1 - World Wonders - Engineering through history
• Term 2 - Junior Robotics - Mechanical Lego Robotics
• Term 3 - Simple & Powered Lego Mechanisms
• Term 4 - Space Racers - Engineering Out Of This World!

• Age Range: Grades 2, 3 & 4 in 2023
• Class Length: 60 minutes
• Term Length: 8 week Term
• Cost: $183 Term 4, 2023
• Term 4, 2023 Class Times and Bookings

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• Age Range: Grades 2, 3 & 4 in 2024
• Class Length: 60 minutes
• Term Length: 8 week Term
• Cost: $195 Term 1, 2024
• Term 1, 2024 Class Times and Bookings

Term 1, 2024

Transport Tycoons

Join us this term as we investigate different forms of transport.

From your own BMX bike, to space ships, and everything in between.
We'll be forming transport companies and building up a fleet of vehicles, using Lego as our building material of choice.

We'll be learning about logistics, timetabling, and budgeting for everything from paper routes to trucking and even space flight... It's going to be fun!

Term 4, 2023

Space Racers

Since the 1960's humans have voyaged deeper and deeper into space. In the early years, the first satellites made their way into orbit, then in 1969 Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon.

Space is the ultimate in STEM as astronauts conduct experiments in space and calculations are performed with very fine margins of error.

Spacecraft have been engineered for the most hostile environment imaginable with ever evolving technologies.

This term we will build through the history of the space program from Sputnik to SpaceX as we understand where we have been and look forward to where we are going.

Bookings Essential

Students must meet the correct age / grade requirements for enrolling in a class at Flying Fox Studios. Students enrolling in iBuild during 2023 must be attending Grades 2, 3 and 4 in 2023. This is our standard policy across all classes, programs, and age groups. Students that are Grade 2 age, but attending Grade 1 in 2023 will be able to enrol into this age group in 2024. This is a firm policy, and out of age enrolments will not be accepted.

Fox Blocks is a program unique to Flying Fox Studios. Written by educators and engineers, it combines play based learning for the littlies, instructional learning for the older kids, and lots of teamwork! You wont' find Fox Blocks in any other studio in Australia as it has been especially designed for Brisbane kids by our Flying Fox Studios educational team.