Selective programmes

Every route runs backwards from a date.

Give a child’s age and a destination. The map shows the rungs between the two — what is still ahead, what has already gone, and where the preparation exists.

This map is a suggestion, not a schedule. It shows one sensible way to build practice and proficiency toward a destination — every child prepares differently, and reaching a rung is never a guarantee of a place.

Year 7 · summit endpoint
6rungs still ahead

Summit endpoint · Robotics

FIRST Championship

3 of 9 rungs are already behind. Of those, 1 sat on the main line — FIRST LEGO League Challenge — first season. What remains is a compressed route, and it is shown in full below.

Of the 6 rungs still ahead, Troupe prepares 0.


The line

Ahead of youPriming yearNot yet taughtAlready behindInterchangeDestination
THE PUPIL, NOWREC4FIRST LEGO LeagueDiscoverSep–Mar · BIOGLOW seasonY15Y26FIRST LEGO LeagueExploreSep–Mar · showcases springY37Y48Y59FIRST LEGO LeagueChallenge — firstseasonRegionals Nov–Jan · UKY610Y711FIRST LEGO LeagueChallenge — secondand third seasonsRegionals Nov–Jan · UKY812Y913FIRST Tech ChallengeUK — first seasonSeason Sep–Mar · BIOBUZZ ·Y1014FIRST Tech ChallengeUK — second andthird seasonsSeason Sep–Mar · UK ChampsFIRST RoboticsCompetitionJan kickoff · regionalsY1115Y1216FIRST Tech ChallengeUK — UK ChampionshipSeason Sep–Mar · UK ChampsFIRST ChampionshipTBC · dates and venue notY1317

FIRST LEGO League Challenge — second and third seasons

Y7–8 · Documentation starts to count

Regionals Nov–Jan · UK final spring

What it asks forKeeps an engineering notebook a judge could follow with the student out of the room.
PreparationNot yet offered