LEGO LEAGUE I n J a n u ar y we h a d th e h o n o u r o f h o s t ing t he D ub ai regional roun d o f Th e Fi rst Lego Lea gu e ( F L L ). FLL is an inter nat ional co m p e t i t io n ( o rga n i sed l o ca l l y by ATLAB) t hat c hallenges stud e nt s f ro m age 9 th ro u gh 16 to com p ete in STEM c ha ll e n g e s u s i ng ei th er th e L EGO M ind stor m s or LEGO WeD o k i ts. E ach ye ar t h e ch a l l en ge th eme var ies, and t his year it wa s ce nt re d o n bu i l di n g sma r t bu i l d ings and c it ies t hat solve c ha ll e n g e s, p resent a n d f u tu re, w i th regard s to p ollut ion, sustai n ab i l i t y a ccessi bi l i t y, a n d co n gest ion. Th i s p re s t i gi o u s event, o n e o f th e l argest LEGO related co m p e t i t io n s, i s desi gn ed a ro u n d si x core values; D i scove r y, I n n ovati o n , I mpa c t, I n cl usion, Teamwor k , Fun a nd h as a h u g e ef fec t o n pa r ti ci pa nts confid ence as well as th e i r te c h n i c al a n d i nter perso n a l sk ills. Th e e ve nt s aw over 1’000 stu dents f rom several Em irates, pl a n, d e s ign , b u i l d a n d pro gra m th eir autonom ous rob ot s to co m p l e te t h e ch a l l en ges h ea d to head and ex p lain t heir re a so n i n g an d i dea s to a pa n el o f j u d ges. Alt hough our
own team d id n o t p l a ce o n t h e p o di u m, t h e e ve nt wa s a p henomenal s u cce s s w i t h doze n s o f awa rds b e i n g h a n de d o u t ac ross many c ate g o r i e s. Suc h a success co me s n o t o n l y fro m e nt h u s i a s m, e n g a g e me nt and d r ive from s t u de nt s a n d co a c h e s a c ro s s ma ny di ffe re nt sc hools, b ut fro m t h e h u g e e ffo r t, t i re l e s s de di c at i o n a n d a willingness to co mmi t b e yo n d n o r ma l exp e c t at i o n s fro m ex ter nal vendo r s, s u p p o r t, a c a de mi c a n d l e a de r s h i p s t a ff. Al l of whom p er for me d fl aw l e s s l y a n d u s e d t h e p e r fe c t l y s u i te d fac ilit ies of K in g s’ Al Ba r s h a to gre at p u r p o s e. The ingenuit y, o r i gi n a l i t y, re s i l i e n ce a n d grow t h o f a l l t he st ud ent s i nvo l ve d re a l l y c a p t u re d t h e s p i r i t o f t h e comp et it ion a n d p ro u d, ye t exh a u s te d s mi l e s at t h e e n d o f t he d ay on st u de nt s a n d a du l t s a l i ke, s p o ke vo l u me s a b o u t t he success of t h e day. M r M ust afa S econd ar y Comp u te r S c i e n ce Te a c h e r
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