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Winners of the Kent regional finals of FIRST LEGO® League 2008
Medway champions: Climate Savers from Reigate St Mary's School
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Kent champions: The Arrows from Archers Court Maths & Computing College, Dover
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Two teams battled their way through tough competition to become the contest winner in each of the two regional finals of FIRST LEGO® League (FLL) held at our Canterbury campus. Climate Savers from Reigate St Mary's School clinched first place in the Medway regional finals held on Monday 24 November. The Arrows from Archers Court Maths & Computing College, Dover fought magnificently to take the champions title at the Kent regional final held on Tuesday 25 November.
FLL is an international programme for school pupils aged nine to sixteen years that combines a hands-on, interactive robotics programme with a sports-like atmosphere using LEGO® programmable bricks. Teams consist of up to 10 players with the focus on team-building, problem-solving, creativity and analytical thinking. As part of the challenge, teams must research, plan, build, programme and test a fully autonomous robot capable of accomplishing that challenge within eight weeks. Climate Connections is the title of this year's theme and challenge. Teams also undertake a Climate Connections project where they perform research into how climate change affects their local community, culminating in a presentation before a judging panel.
Several awards, consisting of LEGO® cups, were presented.
The Medway regional final results:
- Champions of the Medway regional finals
- Climate Savers from Reigate St Mary's School
- Climate Connections Award
- LEGO Lightning from Whitfield and Aspen School, Dover
- Team Spirit
- Techbotics from Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for boys
- Teamwork Award
- Mindstorm from Cornwallis Academy, Maidstone
- Robot Design Award
- Byron Bodgers from Byron School, Medway
- Robot Performance Award
- Team ASAP from Croydon
- Judges Special Award
- Team A from Dartford Technology College
The Kent regional final results:
- Champions of the Kent regional finals
- The Arrows from Archers Court Maths & Computing College, Dover
- Climate Connections Award
- Manwood Maniacs from Sir Roger Manwood's School, Sandwich
- Team Spirit
- Team Extreme from Hereson School, Broadstairs
- Teamwork Award
- Sandwich Tech Teckies from Sandwich Technology School
- Robot Design Award
- Langton LEGO Lads from Simon Lantgon Grammar School for Boys, Canterbury
- Robot Performance Award
- KES Allstars from King Ethelbert School, Birchington
- Judges Special Award
- St Andrew's Robo Squad from St Andrew's School, Surrey
The two winning teams go on to the UK National Finals at Loughborough on Saturday 24 January 2009. The winner of that competition will go to the international event in the US.
The participating schools for the Medway regional finals were: Byron Primary School; Byron School; Cornwallis Academy; Dartford Technology College; Invicta Grammar School; Reigate St Mary's; SAP Community Team; Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys; and Whitfield and Aspen School.
The participating schools for the Kent regional finals were: Archers Court Maths and Computing College; Brockhill Robotic Team; Chatham House Grammar School; Hereson School; Highsted Grammar School; King Ethelbert School; Sandwich Technology School; Simon Langton School for Boys; Sir Roger Manwood's School; and St Andrew's School from Surrey.
Sponsored by the Kent Branch of the British Computer Society and Medway Education Business Partnership, the event is hosted by the Computing Laboratory at the University of Kent.
Published 28 November 2008
Contact: M.L.Bowman@kent.ac.uk
Medway champions: Climate Savers from Reigate St Mary's School
[ click on photo to see the full team ]
Kent champions: The Arrows from Archers Court Maths & Computing College, Dover
[ click on photo to see the full team ]