FS-LAB / 001  ·  SAT 22 AUG 2026  ·  MOSTAGANEM DZ

PRACTICE ENGLISH. PROGRAM ROBOTS. BUILD THE FUTURE.

One day. One team. One robot. Learn programming fundamentals, code real mBots and take on engineering challenges — with English as the working language all day long.

RESERVE YOUR ROBOT STATION EXPLORE THE MISSION
  • ✓ NO CODING EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
  • ✓ BEGINNER FRIENDLY
  • ✓ BASIC ENGLISH IS ENOUGH
Makeblock mBot educational robot — blue chassis with ultrasonic sensor, motors and mCore controller ULTRASONIC SENSOR mCORE CONTROLLER LINE SENSOR DC MOTORS ×2 STATUS: READY
MBOT-01 / INPUT → LOGIC → OUTPUT
1DAY
20PEOPLE
6mBOTS
2MENTORS
3000DZD

01 / THE CONCEPT

THIS IS NOT A COURSE.
IT'S A LAB.

Future Skills Lab is a one-day immersive workshop where you use English as the working language while learning programming fundamentals, coding real robots, solving challenges, working in teams and presenting your solutions.

✗ A traditional English course

✗ A traditional coding course

✓ Both — inside one practical, competitive experience

No previous coding or robotics experience is required. You only need curiosity, motivation, basic conversational English and the willingness to jump in. Practical, social and competitive — not academic.

A team of young adults building and discussing around an mBot robot
TEAM // BUILD
Participants playing an English vocabulary activity with word cards
ENGLISH // IN ACTION
Hands typing robot code on a laptop next to an mBot
CODE // TEST
SPEAK CODE BUILD TEST DEBUG COMPETE PRESENT

02 / SPEC SHEET

WORKSHOP DATA

DATE
Saturday, 22 August 2026
TIME
09:30 → 17:00
VENUE
Maza Business Group — Mostaganem
FORMAT
Hands-on teams · 1 robot per team
LANGUAGE
English (supportive mentoring)
LEVEL
Beginner friendly — zero code required
AGE
18+ (under 18: signed parental authorization)
CAPACITY
20 participants — kept small on purpose
FEE
3000 DZD — everything for the day included
GEAR
6 × mBot · RoboBloq · Arduino kit

03 / WHO'S THIS FOR

BUILT FOR BEGINNERS.
DESIGNED FOR ADULTS.

// YOU MIGHT BE

  • University student
  • Graduate
  • Professional
  • Teacher
  • Entrepreneur
  • Tech enthusiast
  • Coding-curious beginner
  • English learner who wants real speaking practice

// YOU ONLY NEED

  • Curiosity
  • Motivation
  • Basic / average English communication
  • Willingness to participate actively

// ENTRY CONDITIONS

  • No coding experience required
  • No robotics experience required
  • Beginner-friendly technical level
  • Workshop is delivered in English

18+ · Participants under 18 require an official signed parental authorization document before participation.

Why join? Because in one day you'll do things most people only watch videos about: write your first real program, make a physical robot obey it, fail, debug, win a challenge — and explain it all in English in front of a room.

Team celebrating with a high-five around the workshop table
TEAMWORK // MAKES THE DREAM WORK
Participant presenting a solution in English in front of a screen
PRESENT // YOUR SOLUTION

04 / SKILLS YOU'LL BUILD

TECH × ENGLISH × PEOPLE

TECH

  • Programming fundamentals
  • Algorithms · sequences · conditions · loops
  • Logic & problem solving
  • Sensors · motors · robot control
  • Debugging & testing
  • Robotics fundamentals

COMMUNICATION

  • Speaking confidence
  • Technical vocabulary
  • Giving instructions · asking questions
  • Team discussion
  • Explaining ideas
  • Presenting solutions · public speaking

HUMAN SKILLS

  • Teamwork & collaboration
  • Critical & creative thinking
  • Leadership & decision-making
  • Time management · adaptability
  • Confidence
  • Innovation mindset

TECH × ENGLISH × PEOPLE = FUTURE SKILLS

05 / WHAT YOU'LL EXPERIENCE

THE ENGINEER'S LOOP

Every challenge in the lab runs through the same real engineering cycle.

  1. 01

    Understand the Problem

  2. 02

    Design a Solution

  3. 03

    Write the Code

  4. 04

    Build & Test the Robot

  5. 05

    Debug & Improve

  6. 06

    Demonstrate the Solution

  7. 07

    Present in English

FS-LAB / FIELD NOTES — PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS BEGINNER MODE
ALGORITHM↓SEQUENCE↓CONDITION↓ LOOP↓INPUT↓PROCESS↓ OUTPUT↓TEST↓DEBUG↓IMPROVE

// REAL EXAMPLE, REAL ROBOT:

IF distance < 15cm
    → TURN RIGHT
ELSE
    → MOVE FORWARD

That single condition is the heart of the Obstacle Avoidance challenge. You'll write it, upload it, watch your robot obey it.

06 / EQUIPMENT CASE

YOUR LAB FOR THE DAY.

Workshop equipment laid out: mBot robots, controllers, sensors, motors and kits
CASE OPEN / INVENTORY CHECK ✓
  • 06× MAKEBLOCK mBOT one dedicated robot per team
  • 01× ROBOBLOQ ROBOT
  • 01× ARDUINO STARTER KIT
  • —— PROGRAMMING STATIONS
  • —— ULTRASONIC + LINE SENSORS
  • —— DC MOTORS & LEDS
  • —— CHALLENGE ARENAS & TRACKS

SOFTWARE / mBLOCK 5

Robots are programmed with mBlock — Makeblock's Scratch-based coding platform used in 25,000+ schools worldwide. Drag-and-drop blocks to start, one click away from real Python and Arduino C when you're curious. Perfect for a first day of coding.

ONE DEDICATED ROBOT PER TEAM. No watching from the back row.

07 / THE CHALLENGES

SIX LEVELS.
ONE CHAMPION TEAM.

mBot robot following a curved black line on the floor

LEVEL 01

FOLLOW THE LINE

Program your robot to read the track and stay on it. Sensor + conditions.

LINE SENSOR · CONDITIONS ●○○○○

mBot robot navigating between orange cones and obstacles

LEVEL 02

ESCAPE THE OBSTACLE

Detect. Think. Avoid. Proceed. Ultrasonic sensing meets logic.

ULTRASONIC · LOGIC ●●○○○

mBot robot aiming at bowling pins

LEVEL 03

ROBOT BOWLING

Aim, control, strike. Precision driving under pressure.

PRECISION · MOTOR CONTROL ●●●○○

Two mBot robots playing football with a small ball and goal

LEVEL 04

ROBOT FOOTBALL

Teamwork, strategy, victory. Robots on the pitch, English on the sideline.

CONTROL · TEAM STRATEGY ●●●●○

Two mBot robots facing off inside a sumo battle ring

LEVEL 05

SUMO BATTLE

Push. Defend. Be the last robot standing inside the arena.

STRATEGY · COMPETITION ●●●●●

A mysterious silhouette with a question mark — the final mission is secret

FINAL BOSS

????

A surprise engineering mission combining everything you learned.

REVEALED AT THE WORKSHOP ?????

08 / FULL PROGRAM

THE MISSION MAP

Saturday 22 August · 09:30 → 17:00 · Exact timing may adjust slightly with team progress.

  1. 09:30

    START — Welcome & Icebreaker

    Registration + English Word Chain warm-up.

  2. 09:50

    Team Formation

    Random teams. Pick a team name and a slogan.

  3. 10:10

    English × Tech Vocabulary

    Scrambled technical words competition — ROBOT, SENSOR, LOOP, DEBUG…

  4. 10:30

    Programming Fundamentals

    Algorithms, sequences, conditions, loops, logic, debugging.

  5. 10:55

    English Sentence Challenge

    Teams build technical sentences and present them aloud.

  6. 11:10

    Meet the Robot

    mBot anatomy: motors, ultrasonic + line sensors, controller, battery, inputs & outputs.

  7. 11:40

    First Code

    Connect the robot. Make it move, stop, turn, light up, make sounds.

  8. 12:00

    Human Robot Game

    One teammate becomes the "robot" — guided only by English commands.

  9. 12:15

    ⚑ LEVEL 01 — Line Following

    Program the robot to follow the track.

  10. 13:00

    Lunch & Networking

    Lunch, coffee and refreshments — included in your pass.

  11. 13:45

    ⚑ LEVEL 02 — Obstacle Escape

    Detect and avoid obstacles with the ultrasonic sensor.

  12. 14:25

    ⚑ LEVEL 03 — Robot Bowling

    Accuracy challenge: control the robot to strike the targets.

  13. 14:50

    ⚑ LEVEL 04 — Robot Football

    Robot control, strategy and team communication.

  14. 15:20

    ⚑ LEVEL 05 — Sumo Battle

    Robot vs robot. Push the opponent out of the arena.

  15. 15:50

    ⚑ FINAL MISSION — ????

    Surprise engineering challenge: understand, design, code, test, debug, improve.

  16. 16:20

    Team Presentations

    Each team presents in English: goal, solution, problems faced, debugging, improvements.

  17. 16:45

    🏁 Closing & Certificates

    Winners, certificates, group photo, final networking.

09 / THE ENGLISH LAYER

DON'T JUST STUDY ENGLISH.
USE IT.

English practice happens naturally the entire day — this is what it sounds like when a robot fails:

⚠ ROBOT STOPS MID-TRACK

P1 // "Why did it stop?"

P2 // "The sensor detected the obstacle."

TEAM // "Let's change the condition."

✓ CODE UPDATED — ROBOT MOVING

WORD CHAIN

Round 1: general English. Round 2: technology vocabulary only.

SCRAMBLED TECH WORDS

Race to decode: ROBOT · CODE · SENSOR · MOTOR · BATTERY · LOGIC · LOOP · DEBUG · ARDUINO · ALGORITHM.

SENTENCE BUILDING

Rearrange words to build real technical sentences — then say them aloud.

HUMAN ROBOT

Guide a blindfolded teammate using only English commands.

FINAL PRESENTATION

Present your team's solution in English in front of the lab.

10 / ACCREDITATION

TWO MENTORS.
ONE LAB.

Technical learning and English communication happen together, all day.

MENTOR / 01 — TECH

Ilies Ouldmenouer — Coding Mentor accreditation card: programming, robotics, AI, automation, engineering

ILIES OULDMENOUER

PROGRAMMING · ROBOTICS · ARDUINO · AI & AUTOMATION · PROBLEM SOLVING

MENTOR / 02 — ENGLISH

Hadjer Zouar — English Mentor accreditation card: communication, speaking, presentation, confidence

HADJER ZOUAR

ENGLISH COMMUNICATION · SPEAKING · TECHNICAL ENGLISH · PRESENTATION · CONFIDENCE

11 / INCLUDED IN YOUR PASS

EVERYTHING YOU NEED
FOR THE DAY IS INCLUDED.

  • ✓ Full one-day workshop
  • ✓ Access to robotics equipment
  • ✓ Dedicated robot for each team
  • ✓ Programming activities
  • ✓ Engineering challenges
  • ✓ English communication activities
  • ✓ Lunch
  • ✓ Coffee / refreshment break
  • ✓ Workshop materials
  • ✓ Certificate of Participation
  • ✓ Mentoring from both mentors
  • ✓ Team competitions
  • ✓ Final presentation experience

12 / COORDINATES

FIND THE LAB

Maza Business Group building in Mostaganem — venue of the Future Skills Lab workshop

📍 VENUE

Maza Business Group

Road N17, Mostaganem 27017, Algeria

OPEN IN GOOGLE MAPS

DOORS OPEN 09:15 · MISSION STARTS 09:30 SHARP

13 / DAY PASS

ONE PASS.
THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE.

FUTURE SKILLS LAB

DAY PASS / MOSTAGANEM — SAT 22 AUG 2026

  • ✓ ROBOT PER TEAM
  • ✓ PROGRAMMING
  • ✓ 5+ CHALLENGES
  • ✓ ENGLISH ACTIVITIES
  • ✓ LUNCH + COFFEE
  • ✓ MATERIALS
  • ✓ CERTIFICATE

SERIAL Nº FS-LAB/2026-001—020 · ADMIT ONE

3000DZD

ONLY 20 PASSES

RESERVE PASS

A symbolic participation fee — limited to 20 participants to keep the experience practical and hands-on.

14 / READ BEFORE YOU REGISTER

IMPORTANT NOTES

Open laptop with code editor — bring your laptop

💻 BRING YOUR LAPTOP

Bring your own laptop so you can follow the programming exercises and get the maximum hands-on experience. No laptop? Tell us in the form — shared stations may be arranged, but bringing one is strongly recommended.

🇬🇧 ENGLISH ENVIRONMENT

The workshop runs in a 100% English environment with supportive mentoring. Basic to average conversational English is enough — perfection is not the point, practice is.

🔒 PAYMENT CONFIRMS YOUR SEAT

Registration is complete only after the 3000 DZD participation fee is arranged and confirmed. Seats are assigned in order of confirmed payments — register here.

🪪 UNDER 18?

The lab targets adults (18+). Participants under 18 require an official signed parental authorization document before participation.

15 / SCHOOLS & PARTNERS

BRING THIS LAB
TO YOUR PEOPLE.

This programme runs as a public workshop — and as a private session for schools, universities, training centres and companies.

// FOR SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES

Run the full day for your students on your own campus or at Maza Business Group. English practice, programming fundamentals and robotics in a single, measurable experience — with certificates for every participant.

  • Groups of 12–24 participants
  • Curriculum adapted to your level and calendar
  • All robots and equipment provided
  • Attendance report and certificates included

// FOR COMPANIES & TRAINING CENTRES

A team-building day that produces real skills: technical English, problem solving, collaboration and presentation — measured through hands-on engineering challenges rather than slides.

  • Team challenges and final competition
  • English used as the working language
  • Half-day and full-day formats
  • Delivered in English, French or Arabic support

// FOR SPONSORS

Support access to hands-on STEM and English education in Mostaganem. Sponsorship covers participant places, equipment and materials — with visibility across the event, materials and certificates.

  • Sponsor a participant place or a full team
  • Equipment and materials partnerships
  • Logo on event materials and certificates
  • Photo and video coverage of the day

Want the programme for your group, or to support the next edition? Get in touch and we'll send you a tailored proposal.

CONTACT US SEE THE PUBLIC WORKSHOP

17 / FAQ

QUESTIONS,
DEBUGGED.

Do I need coding experience?

No. The workshop starts from programming fundamentals — "never coded before" is exactly who this is built for.

Do I need robotics experience?

No. You'll meet the robot, learn its anatomy and control it step by step.

What English level do I need?

Basic to average conversational English is recommended. The point is practice, not perfection.

Is the workshop entirely in English?

Yes. English is the main working language, with supportive mentoring throughout the day.

Do I need a laptop?

You should bring one if possible because you will personally practice coding. If you don't have one, tell us in the form — access may be shared.

What is included?

Robotics equipment, all activities, lunch, coffee, workshop materials and a Certificate of Participation.

How much does it cost?

3000 DZD — a symbolic all-inclusive participation fee.

How do I confirm my place?

Register on the registration page, then we contact you to arrange payment. Your place is confirmed once payment is arranged.

Is payment refundable?

Refund / cancellation policy: to be confirmed by organizer.

How many places are available?

Only 20 — the lab is intentionally small so every participant codes, builds and competes.

// LAST CALL — SAT 22 AUG 2026

READY TO BUILD
SOMETHING REAL?

  • LEARN PROGRAMMING
  • PRACTICE ENGLISH
  • WORK WITH ROBOTS
  • MEET NEW PEOPLE
  • TAKE ON CHALLENGES
  • PRESENT YOUR SOLUTION

Practice English. Build the Future.

ONLY 20 PLACES AVAILABLE

REGISTER NOW — 3000 DZD