We have received our registration pack from Lego League and have established our team which is made up of 10 TY students. We have had our first session and have 11 more scheduled between now and the tournament on Friday February 23rd in DCU, Dublin.

Action Plan Change X

How the seed funding will be spent:
- Ballymakenny College is a relatively new school on the outskirts of Dublin which I have been teaching in for 5 years now.
- As a student I was involved in the School Lego Leagues and it is something I am very excited to get set up in Ballymakenny College.
- The funding will be spent on registering the school for the regional competition, which is scheduled to be held in February in DCU Dublin, as well as buying all the necessary equipment from Lego that the team needs to participate, i.e. The EV Education kit, accessories, maps etc.

Covid 19 Safety Plan
- A lot of time and planning has gone into safeguarding our school against Covid 19.
- Every classroom has been spaced out to ensure social distancing is in effect in every room.
- Mask wearing in school is mandatory.
- We have organized a designated area in our Technology department in school where students can work on their innovation project and robotics programming in a safe and distant manner.
- Hand sanitizers are available at the entrance to the room.
- The floor is marked to ensure students remain socially distant.

How will our school benefit from this project?
- We have formed a team of 8 students who are ready to participate in the First Lego league challenge. The students are from a variety of different year groups ranging from ages 13-16, both male and female.
- This project is going to promote a positive spirit amongst the team as they all work together towards a shared goal of competing in the regional competition.
- As the funding will be used to buy the equipment needed to participate, it will be the foundation of the First Lego League being an annual event that the school gets involved in. Students from all year groups who take classes in the Technology Department will see our team in action, ask questions and hopefully get involved in years to come.
- We hope this project provides the students with lifelong memoires and allows them to forge relationships with students who they may not have encountered throughout their time in school without this project. The school will gain a new initiative for students to become involved in and promote STEM from a new perspective in our school.