Wednesday, 30 November 2011

Our adventure at NZ's First Lego League Finals in Auckland

 
 
Well. we are back from our whirlwind trip to Auckland over the weekend for the National Finals of the FLL  competition, and you can pat yourselves on the back yet again. 

The team was placed 9th out of 20 teams in the Robot Game section, and gained 1st place and another Lego Trophy for your research in the Project section. It was great that each student was also given an FLL Medal!

You represented the school like true ambassadors and I was very proud to see how you interacted with others and had exemplary behaviour wherever you went. Well done!

The trip wouldn't have been possible without the support of our parents and wider community, who fundraised to help us get to Auckland. And special thanks must go to Jill and Tim who came and looked after us while we were away!

Talking to our new friends in Canada
Today we had a Skype call with another FLL team.... from Sudbury, Ontario, in Canada. They wanted to meet us and compare notes about the competition. It was great to meet them and find out how much we had in common. We talked about team roles, our projects, robot design, the team challenge, and which robot missions each team had been able to achieve. We wish them luck for their National Finals on 15 January!

Next week we will be welcoming some students from Freeville School, who are wanting to get started in robotics, and they are coming to see how it all works!

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