CADOXTON Primary School will battle it out to be crowned champions of the FIRST® LEGO® League UK and Ireland when they compete on Sunday (February 26).

The challenge is run by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and aimed at nine to 16-year-olds.

The competition sees teams build a robot to tackle a series of missions, each representing a different aspect of animal-human interaction.

Sunday's final will be the largest of the league, with nearly 500 people attending.

Cadoxton's team will be tasked with identifying a problem with the way we interact with animals, designing an innovative solution and then sharing it with other competitors.

IET president Jeremy Watson CBE said: “FIRST® LEGO® League is not just a robotics competition, it is a unique educational opportunity for young people to pursue their ideas and collaborate with businesses and organisations from the world outside school as they develop innovative solutions to problems they have identified in real world issues.

“IET initiatives like this show young people how creative, exciting and rewarding careers in engineering can be.

"In order to tackle the engineering skills gap we need more graduates and apprentices to enter the profession, and this can only happen if more school-age children – girls as well as boys – are attracted to, and choose to study Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths subjects – competitions like FIRST® LEGO® League are therefore vital.”

Supporting the competition is part of the IET’s commitment to show young people the benefits of careers within Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

FIRST® LEGO® League helps young competitors to develop skills in design and technology, programming and control, mathematics, research, strategic thinking and teamwork. For more information visit firstlegoleague.co.uk.