How CodeABot Started
How CodeABot Started
Our founder, Natasha Saunders, went to the opening ceremony of her first robotics competition at Nelson Mandela University in 2013. She took her three homeschooled daughters, who were 6, 9 and 10 at the time. (They are now 17, 20 and 21 years old!) As the speaker for the ceremony shared insights into the future of employment opportunities for youngsters equipped with robotics and coding, her heart was filled with excitement. As Natasha listened, she realised that Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) education was a key to her daughters’ future. She reveled at the thought of exposing her daughters to mechanics, electronics, robotics and coding. After months of research and a leap of faith to jump into a world she had no experience with, Natasha’s vision lead to an exciting journey, which saw the establishment of CodeABot, a Robotics and Coding Centre for kids and teens. From 2017 to 2023, just over a 1000 learner`s did courses in either, electronics, mechanics and coding at the center.
With the announcement from the DoE that robotics and coding were to become a part of the formal schooling curriculum, Natasha decided it was time to take another leap of faith.
In March 2023, the CodeABot Robotics and Coding Center closed its doors but the business has continued to operate with a shifted focus.
Our founder, Natasha Saunders, went to the opening ceremony of her first robotics competition at Nelson Mandela University in 2013. She took her three homeschooled daughters, who were 6, 9 and 10 at the time. (They are now 17, 20 and 21 years old!) As the speaker for the ceremony shared insights into the future of employment opportunities for youngsters equipped with robotics and coding, her heart was filled with excitement. As Natasha listened, she realised that Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) education was a key to her daughters’ future. She reveled at the thought of exposing her daughters to mechanics, electronics, robotics and coding. After months of research and a leap of faith to jump into a world she had no experience with, Natasha’s vision lead to an exciting journey, which saw the establishment of CodeABot, a Robotics and Coding Centre for kids and teens. From 2017 to 2023, just over a 1000 learner`s did courses in either, electronics, mechanics and coding at the center.
With the announcement from the DoE that robotics and coding were to become a part of the formal schooling curriculum, Natasha decided it was time to take another leap of faith.
In March 2023, the CodeABot Robotics and Coding Center closed its doors but the business has continued to operate with a shifted focus.
How CodeABot Started
Our founder, Natasha Saunders, went to the opening ceremony of her first robotics competition at Nelson Mandela University in 2013. She took her three homeschooled daughters, who were 6, 9 and 10 at the time. (They are now 17, 20 and 21 years old!) As the speaker for the ceremony shared insights into the future of employment opportunities for youngsters equipped with robotics and coding, her heart was filled with excitement. As Natasha listened, she realised that Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) education was a key to her daughters’ future. She reveled at the thought of exposing her daughters to mechanics, electronics, robotics and coding. After months of research and a leap of faith to jump into a world she had no experience with, Natasha’s vision lead to an exciting journey, which saw the establishment of CodeABot, a Robotics and Coding Centre for kids and teens. From 2017 to 2023, just over a 1000 learner`s did courses in either, electronics, mechanics and coding at the center.
With the announcement from the DoE that robotics and coding were to become a part of the formal schooling curriculum, Natasha decided it was time to take another leap of faith.
In March 2023, the CodeABot Robotics and Coding Center closed its doors but the business has continued to operate with a shifted focus.