Towerbank Primary's Robotics Team Shines in UK Finals

0:00It's April 6th, from your city to your ears. This is Edinburgh News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story. Publes from Tower Bank Primary in Edinburgh just clinched the regional title in the first Lego League challenge. These 11 and 12-year-old 7th graders impress judges with sharp problem solving and fresh ideas back in February. Now they're set to rep the capital at the UK finals next month, facing off against kids up to 16 years old. The competition, run by first and the Lego group, builds real skills in coding, engineering, and research. Teams tackle two big parts, designing and programming an autonomous Lego robot, plus an innovation project to fix a real world this year's theme, unearthed, spends everything around archaeology. Head teacher Alistair Friend, who's guided the squad, says these kids crushed it over the past six months. Their engineering and coding chops go way beyond what's expected for their age. Tower Bank's

1:00been in the game for nine years since friends started it, stacking up dozens of trophies along the way. For their project, the team zeroed in on a tough archaeology headache, ancient sites buried under modern buildings, making them near impossible to spot. It's rare for primary schoolers to hang with high school teams at this level. These young builders are unearthing big potential in STEM, carrying Scotland's flag south. Keep an eye on them, they're just getting started.