We all had an amazing time at the First Lego League in Galway. It was such a wonderful experience and we were so grateful to The First Lego League, Debbie, Bernard and all of the volunteers from SAP who made it such a wonderful day.
We presented our work to the judges and represented our school and Co. Wicklow with pride. Our team ‘Smash the Trash’ not only won medals but we also received a trophy for all our hard work. We are looking forward to next year already!
Check out some pictures from the day:
We are so excited to be heading to Galway tomorrow morning. We are taking part in the First Lego League in the Raddison Blu Hotel with 28 other schools from around the country. Ms. Whyte told the whole school about our trip during Assembly. She said it’s the furthest the school has ever gone on an outing ever!
We have been working hard in Lego Club for the past few months in order to prepare for competition.
There are four parts to the competition:
- The Robot Game
- The Trash Trek Challenge
- Robot Design
- Core Values
The theme of this year’s competition is “Trash” and finding new ways to look after our environment.
For the robot game we have used Lego software to write different programs to make our Lego Mindstorm complete a number of missions to help protect our environment e.g. using a composter, a sorter in the recycling centre, etc.
For the project element we focused on the problem of Junk mail.
We picked junk mail as our problem, because we thought it was hurting the environment. It took us weeks to come up with an idea for the Trash Trek Challenge.
Our solution was to make a website for junk mail where you could pick what mail they want to end up reading rather than rubbish they don’t. The name of the website is Smash the Trash. Why not check out our sample website on smashthetrash.weebly.com and let us know what you think.
As part of our project we also interviewed an Environmental Officer for Wicklow County Council called Moira Byrne. Moira was able to explain to us all about recycling and what happens to junk mail that people throw away. She said she thought our idea was great and wants to hear more about it as we continue to work on it even after the competition.
We also interviewed Debbie Merrigan who is from the First Lego League. Funny thing is her phone and her car had a conversation in the middle of the interview. She was a great help explaining exactly how the competition will run on the day and giving us lots of encouragement.
Check back with us next week and we’ll tell you all about our trip to Galway.
