Robotics @ CRS

What is First Lego League?

First Lego League (FLL) is an alliance with FIRST and Lego, which offers students the opportunity to build a robot and write code to complete mission tasks, as well as creating solutions to real-life issues.
Students work in a team-environment to complete the challenge set forth by FLL, while demonstrating the Core Values, which "emphasize[d] friendly sportsmanship, respect for others' contributions, teamwork, learning and community involvement."¹
In the Fall, team get the opportunity to showcase their robot and present their creative solution in a tournament against local teams.
Themes and challenges are changed every year so that students continue learning new ideas and concepts.
This season theme is BIOGLOW, where teams learn about various ecosystems.
Students who are interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), will enjoy participating.
Students will be mentored by the Langley Saxon Robotics Team.

1 https://firstlegoleague.org/ - Our Core Values

Churchill road FIRst Lego League

At Churchill Road, students in 4th to 6th grade can participate. Any teams with at least one 6th graders will compete at the higher division (Grades 6-8).

Coaches are parents and Mentors are the Saxon Robotics high school students. Each team requires two (2) Parent Coaches and will have at least one (1) Mentor. Each team has the opportunity to meet at Langley High School.

Coordinators:

Jessica - robotics@churchillroadpta.org

Saxons Robotics Contact:

Greta* - team@saxonrobotics.org

*Communications with Saxon Robotics must be through emails. Please kindly refrain from sharing phone numbers and personal emails.

Kickoff Meeting:

CRS FLL - Kickoff Meeting
Friday, September 18 · 6:00 – 7:00pm
Time zone: America/New_York
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/ubg-fefh-nug
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 304-503-3006‬ PIN: ‪336 480 392‬#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/ubg-fefh-nug?pin=3687682238467

We already had our Interest Meeting on Friday, Sept 11th.

Information for those who missed the meeting:

Powerpoint Presentations about the CRS FLL Teams:

Location and Times:

Langley High School is providing a space for all the teams to collaborate, work and build their robots in their Robotic Room. Below are the available times for teams to meet.

When and how often the teams meet will be organized by each Team Coach (parent)

**Previous Teams met 2-3x/week since the competition dates start in mid-November**

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

4pm - 6pm

8am - 10am

10am - 12pm

12pm - 2pm

No Meetings

Timeline:

Tues 9/15: Deadline to submit 1) Application Form and 2) PTA Registration
9/16-9/19: Organization of Teams; parents may be contacted about preferences
9/20: Email sent out to parents about Teams
Week of 9/21: Teams can start meeting at Langley High School
Thurs 10/1 @ 10am: Coaches submit the Team's Preference List
Mid-Oct: Teams informed about assigned Date & Location of Qualifying Tournaments
Weekends of Nov 14th, Nov 21st, Dec 5th and Dec 12th: District Tournaments occur

Tournament Information:

Tournaments are full-day events at various locations in the Northern Virginia area (from DC to Newport News, VA) and teams can only compete in ONE District tournament (see at end for Tournament Date & Locations).
Each team submits a Tournament Preference list (rank list), which opens on October 1st @ 10am.
Assignments will be posted mid-October.

Tournament Dates 2026-27

What is the Competition?:

FLL - Competition

Robot Game:
- Robots have 2.5 minutes to complete mission tasks on a mission map.
- Robots are pre-programmed to execute specific functions with various attachments to fulfill challenge.
Robot Presentation
- Team explains their robot, attachments and strategy to judges
- Q&A about teamwork* and plan for robot game. *Usage of Core Values.
- Rubric for Robot Design

Innovation Presentation
- Research project to identify a problem that puts biodiversity at risk & design an innovative solution that can help
- Students can create a prototype model or drawing of their solution
- Rubric for Innovation Project
Core Values
- Teams are constantly being assessed on Core Values
- Core Values - "emphasize friendly sportsmanship, respect for others' contributions, teamwork, learning and community involvedness"

Considerations for Participation

Student in Grades 4-6. Any 6th grader will compete in Division 2 (Gr. 6-8)
Teams of 2-10 students. Ideally 4-6 students
Students are welcome to form teams; however availabilities must overlap. PTA has the discretion to add additional student(s) whose schedules match.
Previous teams met 1-2x/wk. Closer to the competition, teams were meeting about 3-4x/week
We encourage teammates to participate in ALL parts of the meeting (Innovation Project, Coding, Robots)
Mentors will give homework and materials for students to review for next meeting

If your child is committed to joining a PTA-Affiliated FLL Team, please fill out BOTH by Tuesday, September 15th @ 11:59pm:

1) Application Form (Closed)

2) PTA Registration (Closed)*

*Both forms must be filled out and submit for student to be assigned a team

Please email Robotics@ChurchillRoadPTA.org if interested in joining after teams are already formed.

Resources:

BIOGLOW Resources

FLL - Get Started

Season Resources

Innovation Project Prompt

Team Meeting Guide

Engineering Notebook