LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential Set

The LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential Set is designed to inspire primary school children through hands-on STEAM learning that combines creativity with key educational goals. This 449-piece collection includes four diverse minifigures who guide pupils through playful, narrative-based problem-solving, making complex STEAM concepts accessible and engaging for all learners. Featuring an intelligent 2-port Hub, 2 Small Motors, a Light Matrix, and a Colour Sensor, the set brings children’s creations to life via simple, icon- and word-based coding inspired by Scratch, supporting the development of foundational computational thinking skills.

The set’s colourful, age-appropriate LEGO bricks and replacement elements come neatly organised in a sturdy storage box with colour-coded trays, helping teachers manage classroom activities efficiently. SPIKE Essential includes five units of eight 45-minute standards-aligned lessons, enriched with online plans, maths and language arts extensions, assessment rubrics, and teacher support videos. A comprehensive professional development programme ensures educators are confident to deliver dynamic STEAM teaching that fosters literacy, numeracy, social-emotional learning, and collaborative skills.

• Encourages computational thinking through coding challenges including sequencing, debugging, and use of loops.
• Supports exploration of the engineering design process by defining problems, brainstorming, prototyping, and refining.
• Facilitates scientific inquiry into energy, energy transfer, and collision concepts.
• Strengthens pupils’ oral communication and social-emotional skills through collaborative narrative problem-solving.
• Comprehensive resources and a supportive app create inclusive and independent learning environments.