Laurus Lifestyles’ Weekend Program caters to elementary aged students (ages 5-12) and provides them with the opportunity to be exposed to a wide range of activities through sessions of 4-10 weeks in length as well as drop-in classes. Our skill and curriculum based programming is delivered by our well-experienced and professional teachers in their field, ensuring that your child is given the proper foundation to explore and master a variety of skills.
Class description:
Soccer is a team sport that teaches children how to come together as a collective. It allows for individual growth as well as improvement in a group setting. Children will be taught important skill sets such as passing, shooting and positioning, which is key to mastering soccer as a whole.
Instructor introduction:
We are Angelica Pietrovito and Megan Marchei, your soccer instructors. We both have vast experience in high level soccer as we have both played at the AAA and provincial level. Along with our experience in high level soccer as players, we have both coached soccer for many years. Combined we have 20 plus years of experience in the soccer industry.
Lesson plan - April 22/23 - May 27/28
Session 1: Footwork - Passing / Ball Control
Session 2: Positioning - Learning the different positions
Session 3: Strategy - Game plan
Session 4: Quick feet - Speed and Agility
Session 5: Go for goal - Shooting / Ball placement / Proper follow through pass vs. shoot
Session 6: World cup - Show us what you got!
Class description:
In art and technology classes, we will demystify the workings of animations, games, and electronic devices, exercising our creativity in these mediums. The complexity of many digital devices often leads us to believe that creating a game, for example, requires being a computer genius. Just as we can create with traditional art materials such as paint and sculpture, we can also view the digital environment as a field for artistic experimentation.
Instructor introduction:
I am Vanessa Nascimento, an art and technology educator. Since 2010, I have been teaching children, teenagers, and adults about the possibilities of creating with digital technology, including games, animation, and electronics. I am also the co-founder of LINCE Project, an artistic collective that organizes indoor and outdoor events combining creativity and technology in Brazil.
Lesson plan - April 22/23 - May 13/14
Session 1: Luminous Drawings Objective: Create a 2D drawing with illuminated points
Session 2: Luminous Toys Objective: Create a 3D structure with illuminated points
Session 3: Light Puzzle Objective: Create a pathway to activate a light, incorporating game elements.
Session 4: Interactive Panel Objective: Create an artwork that can be turned on and off based on viewer collaboration.
Lesson plan - May 20/21 - June 10/11
Session 1: Thaumatrope Objective: Create variations of this optical toy.
Session 2: Card movie Objective: Create an animated card using 2 or more drawings.
Session 3: Zoetrope Objective: Create a sequence of movement using 2D or 3D format.
Session 4: Phenakistoscope Objective: Create a sequence of movement using their own pictures.
Class description:
The Dance Class will encourage its participants to channel their creativity through movement. Its focus will be hip hop, which will cover movement techniques such as isolation, waving, footwork, musicality, freestyle, and more. It will also help the students to move their bodies in a fun and supportive group environment while obtaining new skills. Participants will have the opportunity to expand their creative minds, get exercise, better their mind-body connection, and, of course, have fun!
Instructor introduction:
I’m Jules, a lifelong dancer and student. I grew up in New York and studied and competed there in styles of dance such as hip hop, jazz, contemporary, tap, and more for most of my life. I have taught many styles of dance to children from primary to high school ages. I have a passion for teaching movement and dance and look forward to teaching at Laurus!
Lesson Plan April 22/23 - June 10/11
Session 1: Isolations - waving, popping and tutting
Session 2: Footwork - moonwalk and house shuffling
Session 3: Breakdancing - top rocks and floor work
Session 4: Choreography - start learning our dance
Session 5: Choreography - review and continue learning
Session 6: Choreography - review and continue learning
Session 7: Choreography - final review+dance games
Session 8: Showtime! - showing off our skills and our dance!
Class description:
In this Robotics class, the students will learn about the basics of Robotics. The students will learn how to follow instructions to assemble Lego robots which can complete specific tasks. Throughout the projects, the student will learn about the different components needed for the robot to be autonomous and do cool things. Finally, there will be a final project where the students will need to create their own robot that will participate against other students’ robots in a game.
Instructor introduction:
My name is Felipe Lazcano, I am a Computer Science student who loves to use technology to solve problems. I have built multiple robots, including one that could distribute candy during Halloween, one that could explore a room by following a specific path, another that could play sports against other robots and much more. Ever since I was a little kid, I have loved building things and playing with puzzles and my goal is to share this love with elementary and high school students by teaching them about Robotics.
Lesson Plan April 22/23 - June 10/11
Session 1: Lego - Building with Lego’s
Session 2: Motors - Making a robot move
Session 3: Sensors - Getting information from the environment
Session 4: Interactions - Making the robot interact with the environment
Session 5: Summary Project - Project involving robotics concepts learned
Session 6: Final Project Stage 1 - Planning and building the robot
Session 7: Final Project Stage 2 - Building and testing the robot
Session 8: Final Project Stage 3 - Final touches and game week
