Yesterday two teams of our Year 5s took part in the Cornwall finals of the FIRST LEGO League Competition. For months these teams have been working hard with coding, building, researching, creating, designing, innovating and presenting ideas.
All of that hard work was celebrated yesterday in two incredible performances at the Finals. Both teams absolutely excelled themselves and demonstrated just how confident and creative they are.
We saw presentations that the judges were blown away by, robot performances that I think would rival any other team in the country and levels of teamwork and fun that really allowed each and every student to shine.
I’m thrilled (and very proud) to announce that our team from Class 11 (the Creative Coders) were the overall winners in the whole of Cornwall, beating 25 other Primary and Secondary schools. They have now been invited to the National Finals where they will be able to compete against the very best teams in the country.
The team from Class 12 (the LEGO Leaders) also got an incredible achievement, winning the Robot Performance award for achieving a staggering 345 points during the competition. They also finished in 4th place overall – another incredible achievement for our students.
Below you’ll find lots of lovely photos, quotes from the judges and some stories of just how well the teams embraced the challenges on the day. I do hope you enjoy reading about it just as much as we enjoyed taking part in it!
Lastly a massive well done to our teams – Ada, Amélie, Caio, Ernie, Ethan, Felix, Georgia, Ivy, James B, James S, Jenna, Miles, Piran and Sienna!