FIRST® LEGO® League Discover (IRL/UK)

Trallwn Lego Discover

Swansea, UK

The Programme

FIRST® LEGO® League shows young people what it means to be an engineer and work with STEM skills and subjects, but focuses on practical, hand-on learning, so they are doing, not watching. FIRST® LEGO® League Discover is designed for 4-6 year-olds and develops children’s STEM skills from an early age. Delivered in school by the class teacher, children work in groups of four to explore a real-world theme with an exclusive LEGO® Discover model. Using this model as a starting point, they design and build new models of their own with LEGO® STEAM Park bricks. Working through a series of tasks and challenges, the programme finishes with a celebration event to recognise the children’s achievements.

As they work, they develop valuable habits of learning, such as persisting with tasks and applying previous knowledge to new situations. Throughout their experience, teams operate under the FIRST® LEGO® League core values, celebrating discovery and teamwork, all while having fun! Skills are also developed at home with the Discover More set: a take-home resource consisting of two sets of DUPLO® Six Bricks to continue learning at home with parents and carers.

Children get the chance to showcase their learning journey at the end of the programme with a Celebration Event, which involves building, a special challenge and talking about what they have learnt with parents and other adults. Their hard work and perseverance are celebrated with a certificate and lots of high fives!

What you can do

Teachers are fully supported with comprehensive resources available to download on the IET Teacher Resources webpage, including image banks to use within sessions, session and training videos, and curriculum grids.

You can sign up here, and if you're in a location with funding, complete the 30 Day Challenge to get grant funding to cover all the costs associated with delivering the programme in your school. The team at Learnit (Ireland) or the IET (UK) will support you through the process.

The Programme

FIRST® LEGO® League shows young people what it means to be an engineer and work with STEM skills and subjects, but focuses on practical, hand-on learning, so they are doing, not watching. FIRST® LEGO® League Discover is designed for 4-6 year-olds and develops children’s STEM skills from an early age. Delivered in school by the class teacher, children work in groups of four to explore a real-world theme with an exclusive LEGO® Discover model. Using this model as a starting point, they design and build new models of their own with LEGO® STEAM Park bricks. Working through a series of tasks and challenges, the programme finishes with a celebration event to recognise the children’s achievements.

As they work, they develop valuable habits of learning, such as persisting with tasks and applying previous knowledge to new situations. Throughout their experience, teams operate under the FIRST® LEGO® League core values, celebrating discovery and teamwork, all while having fun! Skills are also developed at home with the Discover More set: a take-home resource consisting of two sets of DUPLO® Six Bricks to continue learning at home with parents and carers.

Children get the chance to showcase their learning journey at the end of the programme with a Celebration Event, which involves building, a special challenge and talking about what they have learnt with parents and other adults. Their hard work and perseverance are celebrated with a certificate and lots of high fives!

What you can do

Teachers are fully supported with comprehensive resources available to download on the IET Teacher Resources webpage, including image banks to use within sessions, session and training videos, and curriculum grids.

You can sign up here, and if you're in a location with funding, complete the 30 Day Challenge to get grant funding to cover all the costs associated with delivering the programme in your school. The team at Learnit (Ireland) or the IET (UK) will support you through the process.

Rhys Fisher
Rhys Fisher
almost 3 years ago

The children are continuing to enjoy using the Lego sets we have purchased using the funding and staff are continuing to develop creative uses for them. We hope to further build on this in the next academic year.

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Rhys Fisher
Rhys Fisher
almost 3 years ago

We have been part of the 2021 Lego STEM Project! As part of the project the
children have been designing obstacle courses using the STEM Lego kits
provided. The children worked in groups of four for the duration of the
project! The project focused on team building, problem solving and developing
STEM skills. The children showed so much resilience and collaborative skills too!
Please scan the QR Code below to see photographs and videos from the project
and to listen to soundbites of what the children thought about the project:

Team 2: The Lego First League Discover Project Date: March 2021
We have been part of the 2021 Lego STEM Project! As part of the project the
children have been designing obstacle courses using the STEM Lego kits
provided. The children worked in groups of four for the duration of the
project! The project focused on team building, problem solving and developing
STEM skills. The children showed so much resilience and collaborative skills too!
Please scan the QR Code below to see photographs and videos from the project
and to listen to soundbites of what the children thought about the project:

Team 3: The Lego First League Discover Project Date: March 2021
We have been part of the 2021 Lego STEM Project! As part of the project the
children have been designing obstacle courses using the STEM Lego kits
provided. The children worked in groups of four for the duration of the
project! The project focused on team building, problem solving and developing
STEM skills. The children showed so much resilience and collaborative skills too!
Please scan the QR Code below to see photographs and videos from the project
and to listen to soundbites of what the children thought about the project:

Team 4: The Lego First League Discover Project Date: March 2021
We have been part of the 2021 Lego STEM Project! As part of the project the
children have been designing obstacle courses using the STEM Lego kits
provided. The children worked in groups of four for the duration of the
project! The project focused on team building, problem solving and developing
STEM skills. The children showed so much resilience and collaborative skills too!
Please scan the QR Code below to see photographs and videos from the project
and to listen to soundbites of what the children thought about the project:

Team 5: The Lego First League Discover Project Date: March 2021
We have been part of the 2021 Lego STEM Project! As part of the project the
children have been designing obstacle courses using the STEM Lego kits
provided. The children worked in groups of four for the duration of the
project! The project focused on team building, problem solving and developing
STEM skills. The children showed so much resilience and collaborative skills too!
Please scan the QR Code below to see photographs and videos from the project
and to listen to soundbites of what the children thought about the project:

Team 6: The Lego First League Discover Project Date: March 2021
We have been part of the 2021 Lego STEM Project! As part of the project the
children have been designing obstacle courses using the STEM Lego kits
provided. The children worked in groups of four for the duration of the
project! The project focused on team building, problem solving and developing
STEM skills. The children showed so much resilience and collaborative skills too!
Please scan the QR Code below to see photographs and videos from the project
and to listen to soundbites of what the children thought about the project:

Team 7: The Lego First League Discover Project Date: March 2021
We have been part of the 2021 Lego STEM Project! As part of the project the
children have been designing obstacle courses using the STEM Lego kits
provided. The children worked in groups of four for the duration of the
project! The project focused on team building, problem solving and developing
STEM skills. The children showed so much resilience and collaborative skills too!
Please scan the QR Code below to see photographs and videos from the project
and to listen to soundbites of what the children thought about the project:

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Rhys Fisher
Rhys Fisher
about 3 years ago

Action Plan

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Rhys Fisher
Rhys Fisher
over 3 years ago

Kick off meeting screenshot

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Leighton Jones joined Trallwn Lego Discover a FIRST® LEGO® League Discover (IRL/UK) group over 3 years ago
Emma Rees joined Trallwn Lego Discover a FIRST® LEGO® League Discover (IRL/UK) group over 3 years ago
Sally Banfield joined Trallwn Lego Discover a FIRST® LEGO® League Discover (IRL/UK) group over 3 years ago
Fabienne Pernet-McCulloch joined Trallwn Lego Discover a FIRST® LEGO® League Discover (IRL/UK) group over 3 years ago
Dean Hillier joined Trallwn Lego Discover a FIRST® LEGO® League Discover (IRL/UK) group over 3 years ago
Rhys Fisher joined Trallwn Lego Discover a FIRST® LEGO® League Discover (IRL/UK) group over 3 years ago

About Trallwn Lego Discover

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Swansea, UK

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