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Q. What sort of events do you cater for?
A. Apart from school incursions and vacation care I have done several other events. A list of other organisations I have worked with is here. The list includes, museums, home-schoolers, scout/cubes/guide groups, shopping centres, martial arts groups, the Defence Force, PCYC, councils, festivals, shows, conferences and more! |
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Q. Do you do Birthday Parties and what's the price?
A. Yes. I have done a lot of birthday parties. I charge $385 + travel expenses if you live more than 80 km from Hobart. More about parties can be found here
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Q. How many participants can you take in a session?
A. For birthday parties, I recommend around 12 -14 participants. I charge an extra $10 for each participant above 18. Can provide for up to 24 children. For other events I am flexible. I am hesitant to do public events where people come and go because it is too hard to monitor my equipment and often it gets mistreated. But I have done plenty of ticketed public events that have been very successful at places like shopping centres, councils and museums. |
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Q. What ages to you cater for?
A. My robots best suit ages 5-16 but occasionally I do workshops that also have 3 and 4 year-olds. If there are lots of young ones, then they will need help from grown-ups in addition to me! |
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Q.What is the best amount of time for each session
A. For birthday parties I usually do two one hour sessions with a 30-minute break in between. Usually a different robot in each session. Or Lego Spike Prime. for both sessions if your child wants to battle some bots! Most of my sessions, outside of birthday parties, are designed to go for 90 minutes. Sometimes 120 minutes if we are using Lego Spike Prime. |
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Q. What sort of robots do you use?
A. I have a set of Dash, Cubelets, Sphero Indi and also Tale-Bot Pros, Lego Mindstorms EV3 and Lego Spike Prime. . My most recent purchase was a set of Coding Express trains! To accompany my robots I have made several resources such as board games, mazes, puzzles, race tracks, train tack templates, sumo boards, battle planks, a soccer field, and more! |
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Q. What sort of space does the host need to provide?
A. A clean indoor space. Carpet or no carpet is fine. I just need a couple of tables out front, near a power-point. If you have an available TV or projector then that’s great, but I can set up my own if needed. I do not need computers or internet access. Some of my robots require an iPad, which I will bring! |
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Q. Where are you based?
A. I live in Hobart but I travel all over Tassie. More than half my bookings are near Hobart, but I also spend a lot of time on the road. |
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Q. How much does it cost?
A. Birthday party prices are at the top of this page Most other events are based on Vacation Care Pricing. Use their calculator, here. I always try to be fair and reasonable. If you have an idea, I can send you a quote. Contact me. |
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Q. How can I check which dates are available?
A. See my "Availability" Calendar HERE It is a read-only calendar. If a date is blank, I am available! Send me an email or use one of my contact forms to reserve the date (or dates) for your centre. It's good to add me to your contacts to ensure smooth communication: [email protected] |
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Q. How do I book or make an enquiry?
A. There are a few options (Choose one): 1) Use my generic Contact Form 2) Touch base through my Facebook page 3) Email me: [email protected] 4) Text me on 0457933097 |
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Q. How and when do I pay?
A. Parties and smaller, private groups I expect payment on the day of the event. Larger organisations like shopping centres, museums, have 30 days after the event to pay. I accept cash or direct deposit using BSB, etc or Pay ID. I can organise credit card payment if needed. |
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Q. What documentation can you provide?
When you make a booking, I will provide: -Risk Assessment Plan, -WWVP card, -Liability insurance, (Certificate of Currency) $20 mil. -Mandatory Safeguarding Training Certificate -CET Safeguarding document And I am a fully registered teacher in Tasmania! |
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Q. Do you have any reviews/testimonials?
There are several video and written testimonials on my web site. (These are mainly from my School Bookings). Also there are reviews on Google, and Facebook; some of which are from special events. |