Our Rang a 6 class (sixth class) has participated in an international robotics programme and competition called VEX.IQ.

Following our success at the Regional competition in Limerick, we then qualified for the National finals in Cork. Based on our performance in the National Final we have now qualified for the Vex World Championship in Dallas, Texas on May 2nd -4th, 2023!!

This is a ground breaking opportunity for us as no Irish Primary school has previously participated in the World Championship. Over 250 schools in Ireland participated in the Vex robotics competition this year.

All of our classmates were actively involved in the project - Our challenge was to build, programme, code and drive the robot, document our progress, finance our project as well as producing a STEM research project.

VEX encourages creativity, teamwork, leadership, independent and critical thinking, entrepreneurship and problem solving.

• The building team has built, modified and refined to design of our robot to maximise its functionality.
• Our coders have written code so that the robot can self drive in autonomous mode.
• Our finance group has produced income and expenditure accounts, sought funding, issued receipts.
• The Engineering Logbook team have chronicled and documented the project from the start with flow diagrams to investigate multiple solutions to problems raised.
• Our drivers control the robot during the matches and achieve high scoring by releasing discs from many dispensers
• The STEM research project team produced a video investigating how maths patterns found in nature can be used to solve world problems.

We are so excited about the possibility of our class attending and participating in a World Championship and representing our school, our town and the whole Midwest region of Ireland. It is a source of great pride for us.

Logistically and financially we are facing a huge uphill battle to enable the 20+ interested students to travel to Dallas and to part take in the event.

We would be very grateful for any contribution to help us on our way to Dallas!

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Rang a 6 Vex Robotics Team

Ghlac Rang a 6 páirt sa chomórtas idirnáisiúnta darb ainm Vex IQ. D’éirigh go hiontach linn sa chomórtas réigiúnach agus bhuaileamar ar aghaidhsa chomórtas náisiútnta a bhí ar siúl i gCorcaigh le déanaí. Ag éírí as an gcomórtas sin, tá áit bainte amach againn ag an gComórtas Domhanda, i dTexas, Dallas, idir an 2-4ú Bealtaine 2023.

Is deis den scoth é seo mar níor ghlac aon bhunscoil eile in Éirinn páirt sa chomórtas domhanda seo roimhe seo. Ghlac breis is 250 scoil in Éirinn páirt sa chomórtas seo i mbliana.

Bhí ról gníomhach ag gach dalta sa rang sa thionscnamh seo . Bhí dúshlán again an róbó a thógáil, a chódáíl, a thiomáint, ár ndul chun cinn a thaifead, airgead a thiomsú chomh maith le tionscnamh STEM a chruthú. Forbaíonn an tionscnamh seo scileanna cumarsáíde, smaointeoireacht chriticiúil, obair fóirne, ceannaireacht, chomh maith le cruthaíocht insna páistí

Leagan Amach an Tionscnaimh:

• Thóg an fhoireann thógála an róbó agus d’athraigh siad an dearadh go minic chun é a fheabhsú
• Scríobh an fhoireann chódála an cód ionas go dtaistlíonn an róbó timpeall an cúrsa constaic go neamhspleach
• Lorg an fhoireann airgeadais urraíocht, choimead siad cuntaisí agus chuir siad adhmhálacha le chéile
• Rinne an fhoireann innealtóíreachta taifead ar an dtionscnamh ar fad ag cur síos ar na fadhbanna, dúshláin, constaic agus na réiteacha orthu go léir.
• Tiomaineann na tiománaithe an róbó timpeall an cúrsa ag scaoileadh na dioscanna chun pointí agus scór ard a thuilleadh
• Chuir an fhoireann STEM tionscnamh le chéile i bhfoirm físeáin ag imscrdú patrúin matamaiticiúla atá le feiscint sa dúlra.

Táimid ar bís an deis seo a fháil agus b’aoibhinn linn dul ann agus ionadaíochta a dhéanamh ann ar son na scoile, ar son na Gaelscoileanna, ar son ár gCondae agus an cheantar san Iarthar Láir. Is dúshlán ollmhór é an t-airgead a thuilleadh chun an 20 dalta le suim a sheoladh go Dallas. Bheimis buíoch as ucht aon cabhair gur féidir libh a thabhairt dúinnn

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