Year 8 Sumo Battles

By Simon Mutch | Posted: Monday December 5, 2022

Over the course of the year the Year 8's have been building and battling robots.

As part of the Digital Technology program, each Year 8 class has been involved in designing, building, testing, battling and refining sumo robots. They have been using the LEGO Spike kits and coding their robots on an iPad. There have been a wide range of designs and it has been interesting to listen to the rich discussions as teams battle their robot and then look to make changes and improvements for the next round.  

At the end of each academic term the teams in each class have battled each other to find the best team in the class. Then the winning team from each class went on to battle the other winning class teams to find the overall winner for the academic term. Engagement and excitement have been high with each team motivated to win and make it through to the next stage.

This week the finalists from each academic term took part in a battle to find out the supreme Year 8 sumo robot champion. The winning team was from Room 10 and comprised of Nikolai, Molly and Thomas. Second place went to Ella and Lydia from Room 6 and in third place from Room 8 were Joel, James and JD.

It has been a most worthwhile endeavour with a lot of positive feedback from the students.

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