Introduction to VEX Robotics - Primary

VEX Robotics - Competition Brings STEM Skills to Life

All students are natural scientists and engineers. They love to question, tinker, experiment and play.

VEX competitions foster these skills and capitalize on the motivational effects of competitions and robotics to help all students create an identity as a STEM learner.

VEX competitions are also a great way to expose students to valuable soft skills like communication, collaboration and time-management in a fun and authentic way.

The VEX Robotics competition prepares students to become future innovators with 95% of participants reporting an increased interest in STEM subject areas and pursuing STEM-related careers.

Tournaments are held year-round at the regional, state, and national levels and culminate at the VEX Robotics World Championship each April!

VEX Robotics Information Session

To help prepare any interested schools, Dr Gary Cullen and John Conaghan from ATU Letterkenny have kindly offered to provide an information session in the Donegal Education Support Centre on Wednesday 5th November 2025 from 10am to 2pm (Lunch will be provided).

This is open to all Primary schools in Donegal, so even if your school has not previously participated in a VEX Robotics competition you can still attend and find out more about it and there will be hands-on demonstrations provided by our colleagues 

Please click here to register for this information session.