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Open Bench
Four options, one of which is zero. No application, no proof of income, and no conversation about it. Each rate has a set number of places per cohort, and we show how many are left rather than making you ask.
You can cover your child's place and help hold one open for a child who otherwise could not come.
The full price of a place. What most families pay.
Money is tight, and putting something toward it matters to you.
Cost is a genuine barrier right now. Everything is covered, including materials.
Amounts shown for a typical four-week cohort. Each program shows its own figures when you enrol.
Most organisations means-test their free places. It is also the main reason the families who most need them never apply — nobody wants to file paperwork proving they are short of money so their child can attend a robotics class.
So we don’t. Some families will pay less than they could have. That is a far smaller problem than a child staying home.
What we do have is a set number of places at each rate per cohort, because we are a small business rather than a funded charity. Promising more than we can deliver would be the dishonest version of this. The counts are shown on every program, and when one fills we will tell you when the next cohort opens.
Pick a program, choose your child, and choose what you pay.
Children explore span, strength, testing, and visible improvement through real building challenges.
Create a family account to enrol. It takes a minute and lets you track what your child is building.
Open Bench places are funded by grants and by people in Airdrie who decided a child’s postcode shouldn’t decide whether they get to build things. About $70 covers one child for a month.
Levers, gears, and linkages, used to solve a real mechanical problem.
Create a family account to enrol. It takes a minute and lets you track what your child is building.
Students build, refine, and present a stronger project with more ownership.
Create a family account to enrol. It takes a minute and lets you track what your child is building.