Competition in Luxembourg: Connected Legos to learn to code
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LUXEMBOURG – Coding is developing more and more in schools in Luxembourg. A recent competition allowed the private school Notre-Dame Sainte Sophie to distinguish itself.
The Aline Mayrisch High School hosted the regional final of the FIRST LEGO League competition this Saturday. Young participants aged 9 to 15 from five basic schools, ten secondary schools and two international schools were able to do battle in an attempt to solve problems encountered in a scientific field. With one objective: to increasingly anchor “coding” within the teaching failed in the Grand Duchy.
And in the little game of competitions, it is the Notre-Dame Sainte-Sophie private school which has particularly distinguished itself with pupils aged 12 to 14 years. At the rate of one hour a week “outside school time”, and this, since October 2021, students aged 12 to 14, have given up nothing to surpass themselves. “Friday night, nothing was working,” recalls their physics teacher, David.
A great understanding within the team
“At the end of the competition, we are happy and it’s very surprising, because we didn’t expect it to go so well at all,” continues the man who is also responsible for the robotics club. “They were a great team and they worked really well. Thanks to this project, they offer the programming which is finally a language like the others. Then you have to be logical and learn to work together. I guided them, but if the robot doesn’t do what we want, it’s up to them to find the solutions. This victory makes our school want to continue. It takes time and energy to get out of the program, but basically, it’s very good”.
For Timothée, “this competition was stressful”, but for Côme, it is a great pride to bring home two Lego cups. “We finished first in the general classification and we also distinguished ourselves in terms of innovation,” he told us. According to Oscar, “it was the great understanding within the team that made the difference”. “We have to think about a problem linked to transport and ecology in general”, continues Sacha. For Tiby and Mathilde, “the adventure was brilliant and the team spirit had a positive influence on this great victory”.