Following a highly successful ten-week programme, Primary 7 made their way to the school hall on Thursday for our Lego League Tournament Day. This was an opportunity for the pupils to showcase their wonderful teamwork, engineering and coding skills that they have learnt during the past term.
Their first task was presenting to a panel of judges, explaining how they demonstrated the core values of: Teamwork, Discovery, Innovation, Impact, Inclusivity and Fun. Each pupil spoke with great maturity and enthusiasm and the judging panel were certainly impressed.
Afterwards, three children from each team came forward to program their robot. Their challenge was to complete as many tasks as they could in two minutes and thirty seconds. Over the past term, each team had been working on building their own algorithms with each approaching the missions in a different manner. The coding skills on display during this time were superb!
After some deliberation, our judges had to make the unenviable decision of selecting one team as the overall Lego League Champions. After much anticipation, ‘Crackin’ Coral’ were crowned champions.
The nature of the project means that all thirty one children have benefitted by learning so many vital cross-curricular links in such a short period of time. The skills developed and the lessons learnt will be invaluable for the children as they progress to secondary school and into adult life.
A special thanks must go to our three judges: Mr. McCann, Mrs Keown and Mrs. Flanagan. Lastly, a huge thank you to the pupils of Primary 7 who made this year's Lego League experience so enjoyable for everyone involved. Well done Primary 7!
