A leading brain specialist and life peer opened a new laboratory at a Kingston school this month.

Children at Marymount International School in George Road welcomed Baroness Susan Greenfield for the opening of their Fab Lab on Friday, January 9.

The new lab at the all-girls boarding school includes flexible computer controlled tools which can make “almost anything”.

From now on students will learn about computer programming, coding, robotics and design as well as art and design in the lab.

Headteacher Sarah Gallagher said: “We’re delighted to be able to offer girls the profound learning potential of the Fab Lab.

“The use of the Lab is truly interdisciplinary, and leads to a 21st century learning experience.

“As we learn and gain proficiency in using the Fab Lab, the offering will inevitably grow for students and teachers working together, since the girls’ natural curiosity is engaged by this new technology.”

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The students will learn computer programming, coding, robotics and design

Marymount hopes to open its Fab Lab to more users in the future.

The school also has links with primary schools St Agatha’s and St Joseph’s to offer an enrichment programme run by students.

There are currently more than 125 Fab Labs in 34 countries around the world.