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LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential

Featuring over 65 cross-curricular STEM lesson plans aligned to Key Stage 2 & 3, LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential gives inquisitive young minds a fun first look into the world of STEM and coding. Children become part of every adventure with engaging stories that cover everyday themes, while parents and educators have full instructions to support hands-on build-and-code activities using motors, sensors and familiar LEGO elements that brings each topic to life!

£259.00 (£310.80 incl. VAT)

294 in stock

The box, bricks and pieces included with LEGO Education SPIKE Essential

100+ Hours of Learning

Curriculum-aligned lesson plans to bring fun into the classroom quickly!

449 LEGO Elements

Including motors, sensors and hubs that level up your inventions

Key Stage 2 & 3

Ideal for children in primary school and mixed-ability SEND groups

Coding with Scratch 3.0

Introduce children to coding from a young age with the SPIKE App!

Learning Through Play

Ever wondered why kids love playtime so much? It’s because playing is their natural way of learning and exploring the world around them! Learning Through Play lets children discover new things in a fun and engaging way where they can experiment, solve problems and use their imaginations while building important life skills that are tough to teach with traditional tutoring.

The LEGO Learning System uses the power of game-based learning by combining the bricks and pieces we all know and love with cross-curricular lesson plans that encourage children to dive into the exciting world of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths) through brick building and creative storytelling.

Hands on = Minds on

SPIKE Essential comes with 10 different unit plans, each including 5-7 45 minute lessons and 30 minute language arts and maths extensions, providing over 100 hours of fully-planned learning activities out of the box!

1. Great Adventures: Create interactive stories
2. Amazing Amusement Park: Engineer a fun day out
3. Happy Traveler: Program your way around town
4. Crazy Carnival Games: Play with energy transfer and collision
5. Quirky Creations: Make cool school hacks
6. Science – See It! Hear It! Build It!
7. Science in Nature and Our Daily Life
8. Animals and their Environments
9. Science Connections
10. Science We Cannot See

More than a box of bricks

SPIKE Essential comes complete with various LEGO Technic™ elements to add an extra coding dimension to every project

Small Hub

The heart of any SPIKE Essential model that powers your inventions!

Small Angular Motor

Functions as a motor and sensor to make your LEGO projects move!

Colour Sensor

Detects different colours and measures reflected and ambient light

Colour Light Matrix

3×3 RGB LED matrix with individually programmable colour patterns

Why STEM matters

The UK is at the forefront of technological innovation and STEM-qualified professionals are highly sought-after, but far more are needed to ensure companies can keep recruiting people with the skills they need to compete in the 21st century. One way we can address this is by helping to break down the misconceptions that Maths is pointless or Science is boring; to bridge the gap between children from underrepresented communities and ensure that everyone has the chance to shine.

STEM isn’t just about textbook learning; it needs a dynamic approach that encourages critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity. Picture your child building a LEGO robot that sorts recycling with SPIKE Essential or designing a mini wind turbine with BricQ Motion Prime – these are the types of hands-on activities that help kids understand the world around them and spark a passion for lifelong learning that could one day help change the world!

Discover. Explore. Challenge.

We are proud to announce that STEMBricks.co.uk is the official supplier of LEGO® Education kits, training and support in partnership with the Institution of Engineering and Technology for the 2024/25 season of FIRST® LEGO® League in the UK and Ireland.

For schools and clubs interested in participating in this national competition, or if you’re interested in learning more about the global community For Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology, visit our dedicated page below.

Give them the best start

Our team of Certified LEGO Education Trainers are all ex-teachers who have spent years facilitating learning opportunities in various subjects to students of different ages. Their deep understanding of the LEGO Learning System, coupled with their experience keeping young minds engaged in the classroom are available for you to take advantage of so you can give your own schoolchildren a strong start for success.