FIRST LEGO League

Where every one of us started

FIRST LEGO League is the first rung: LEGO robots, an innovation project, and Core Values judged as seriously as the score. Our FLL teams have grown from a rookie team called “Hello World” to representing Australia at the World Championship in Houston.

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Joining guide & resources

How to join FLL

Who it is for: Students aged 9–16 (FIRST Australia lists FLL Challenge for Grades 4–8).
Team size: 2 to 10 students per team.
What you do: Build and code an autonomous LEGO SPIKE Prime robot for 2½-minute robot-game matches, research an innovation project, and present to judges on robot design and Core Values.
Commitment: Regular team sessions through the season, with extra practice in the weeks before events.
What you need: Curiosity and a willingness to work as a team. No experience needed.
Costs: Team registration, kit and event fees apply. Ask us for this season's amount.
How to join: Email team11429@newai.com.au with the student's age and school.

Official resources

Every season below has its own rules, materials and results.

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Highlights

Achievements & milestones

2026

FIRST World Championship, Houston

Our FLL team “While True” represented Australia at the FIRST LEGO League World Festival.

2026

1,000 badges to Houston

A dream written down in November 2023 — bring 1,000 Australian Masterpiece badges to Houston — came true 30 months later.

2024

Robot Design Award

FLL team 2895 won first place for Robot Design at regionals.

Ongoing

FLL teams at Nationals

Several of our FLL teams have progressed to the Australian Nationals.

Ongoing

FLL Journey blog

60+ posts and 70,000+ views, written by students to help rookie teams.

Stories

FLL team “While True” in Houston, May 2026

Story

100 wishes

In November 2023 the team wrote down a list of 100 wishes. One of them was to represent Australia at the FLL World Championship. At the time it felt very far away. In May 2026 they were standing in Houston.

Trading Australian badges in the Houston pits

Story

“Dream is an artifact”

During the MASTERPIECE season the students designed an Australian Masterpiece badge celebrating respect, culture, creativity and community, and set a goal: bring 1,000 of them to Houston. In the UNEARTHED season they realised their 30-month-old dream was itself an artifact — a treasured idea that kept them moving forward. In Houston the badges went from hand to hand across the pits.

Story

Hello World → Just Try → While True

Our team names tell the story. Hello World: the curiosity and courage to start. Just Try: persistence and resilience when the robot misbehaves. While True: continuous exploration and lifelong learning. The Core Values mosaic in the photo was built brick by brick by the team.

Season by season

Every FLL season

Pick a year to see its photos, rules, materials and results.

2025–26 season

UNEARTHED

Team “While True”

Results

Represented Australia at the FIRST World Championship (FLL World Festival), Houston, May 2026.
Visited the pits of 100+ FLL, FTC and FRC teams from around the world.