Senior Camp 'Geometry - understanding the Third Dimension, Technicolour Lights & GyroCatch Project'

Name: Senior Camp 'Geometry - understanding the Third Dimension, Technicolour Lights & GyroCatch Project'
Start: 2025-12-15T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-12-19T15:00:00+00:00
Location: Baden-Powell House, 65-67 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, SW7 5JS London, United Kingdom

Schedule

Mon, 15 Dec, 2025 at 10:00 am to Fri, 19 Dec, 2025 at 03:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Baden-Powell House, 65-67 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, SW7 5JS London, United Kingdom | London, EN

All our camps are underpinned by the study and understanding of maths and programming. Each day of the camp is designed to educate, enlighten and entertain. Studying around the topic of the camp, children regularly change classroom, teacher and subject during the day.
In Maths, we will dive deep into the subject of 3D geometry. We live in a three-dimensional world but school curriculum geometry hardly goes beyond 2D.
During the camp we will explore basic 3D shapes such as the sphere, cube and tetrahedron. We’ll discover Platonic Solids, unfold solids to discover their nets in the plane, or investigate planar sections of 3D shapes to describe these better. Which theorems and rules of plane geometry apply similarly in space? Which have to be modified? Can the geometry of spaces help us to solve hard problems in the plane?
In Programming, whether your child is already a confident coder or just starting out, we will create the most appropriate small study group for them, based on their age and experience.
Each child can take their completed Electronics and Robotics project home to demonstrate what they have learned and achieved.
Technicolour Light Project for Years 3 to 7
Learning about Science, Technology and Engineering (the S, T, E in STEM) becomes huge fun as our campers build the coolest ever bedside light. This is a lamp programmed to glow in multiple different colours depending on the commands sent to it by its infrared remote control.
Starting with the creation of an electronic circuit, children will integrate a preprogrammed microprocessor, before they assemble the whole lamp. We will also study how infrared remote control works as the cycle of colours the lamp produces are directed by the handheld remote control unit. Once completed, children can take the lamp home to demonstrate what they have learned and built.
GyroCatch Project for Years 8 to 11
Older pupils joining our December camp will be learning programming, engineering and design as they build their very own GyroCatch game. This is an interactive motion-controlled game that challenges a player’s reflexes and coordination. The device is a small box equipped with a gyroscope, an LED ring, a screen and an electronic circuit. To play the game a target light appears randomly on the LED ring and the player’s task is to rotate or tilt the box until their marker aligns with the target. The gyroscope detects the player’s movements in real time, making the experience feel intuitive and responsive. Campers will programme the game so that when the player successfully catches a target, the screen will react with an encouraging pre-programmed message like “Well done!” or “You got another one!” while the player’s score increases. A built in timer keeps up the pressure on the player, pushing them to react faster and stay focused.
The GyroCatch project blends playful design with hands-on learning in sensor integration, motion tracking and programming an Arduino nano. It demonstrates how real-time data from a gyroscope can be used to control visual feedback through LEDs and a display interface. The project highlights how smooth interaction between hardware and software is achieved, turning simple movements into a dynamic and engaging game.

Here are more details of what will be studied in Maths by each Year group during the camp:
Years 3-6
We will be solving geometry problems, working with nets of 3D shapes and building models of Platonic solids.
9am to 10am Optional Problem-Solving: In problem-solving lessons, pupils will work on past problems from UK and international mathematics competitions relevant to their ages.
Years 7-9
Working with and enjoying the wonders of the Polydron Geometry Set. Discovering theorems about the combinatorics of such structures. Platonic and Archimedean solids. Shortest paths on surfaces.
9am to 10am Optional Problem-Solving: Combinatorial questions about graphs, cubes, cones and spheres where we consider the number of faces and vertices.
Years 10-11
The elementary geometry of points and lines in space. If two lines are not in the same line, then how many lines can intersect both? Plane sections of figures. The magical properties of the tetrahedron.
9am to 10am Optional Problem-Solving: Combinatorial questions, calculating with polyhedra, regular and semiregular solids, graphs, cubes, cones and spheres.
Each group of participants is taught in their own separate classroom, maximising the learning opportunity. It is not possible to join for a shorter period. However, it is possible to join from 9am for an extra hour of problem-solving and/or from 3pm to 4pm with our chess class.
We prepare new content, materials and exciting projects for every camp. Even if your child has joined us for previous camps they will always learn new things and cover new subjects. Once completed pupils can take their projects home to demonstrate what they have learned and achieved.