BuildLab Engineering Clubs & Workshops
Hands-on engineering challenges using creative brick building.
BuildLab is our exciting hands-on engineering programme where children use LEGO® components to design, build and test creative engineering solutions.
Delivered as part of our TechySTEAM Explorers sessions, BuildLab helps children develop teamwork, resilience and real-world problem-solving skills through practical challenges.
What is BuildLab?
BuildLab introduces children to the basics of engineering through creative building challenges.
Children use thousands of LEGO® bricks and guided prompts to design their own structures and explore how things work. Through testing, adapting and improving their ideas, children discover how engineers think and solve problems.
Sessions are designed to feel fun, collaborative and hands-on, while quietly building valuable skills in creativity, confidence and teamwork.
What Children Learn
• Basic engineering and design principles
• Designing and building stable structures
• Testing ideas and improving designs
• Creative problem solving
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Confidence and resilience
Each challenge encourages children to build, test, rethink and improve their ideas.
Where We Deliver BuildLab
BuildLab sessions can be delivered in a range of settings, making them a flexible enrichment activity for schools and community venues.
After School Clubs
Weekly engineering challenge clubs where children take part in creative building challenges and collaborative design tasks.
Enrichment Workshops
Half-day or full-day sessions linked to curriculum themes, ideal for STEAM or STEM enrichment days.
Holiday Camps
STEAM activity days including BuildLab challenges.
Birthday Parties
Creative brick building parties where children work together on fun engineering challenges.
Why Schools Choose BuildLab
Schools choose BuildLab because it combines engaging activities with meaningful learning.
BuildLab sessions provide:
• Hands-on learning that engages every child
• Links to DT, Science and Maths learning
• Structured session plans with clear outcomes
• Minimal preparation required from schools
• Experienced facilitators
• Activities suitable for KS1 and KS2 pupils
Sessions are designed to support curiosity, creativity and collaborative learning.
BuildLab is delivered as part of the wider TechySTEAM Explorers programme, which combines Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths learning through fun and practical activities.
Schools may choose to run BuildLab as a standalone club or combine it with broader STEAM sessions to create a varied programme of enrichment activities.
This allows children to experience both engineering challenges and digital creativity within the same learning journey.
Bring BuildLab to Your School or Event
Interested in bringing BuildLab sessions to your school or community?
Our team delivers creative brick building challenges designed to inspire curiosity, teamwork and problem solving.
