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Brickstone organiser, Nikki Geddis, back left, with some participants and their Lego creations, from left, Wiremu King, 8, Mitchell Taylor, 8, and Brianna Wooding, 12, on Friday at Bluestone School.
A first of its kind for Timaru, a Lego exhibition has been organised by a local primary school to fundraise for their creative programme.
Bluestone School will be running the exhibition, called Brickstone, on Saturday and its organiser and a teacher at the school, Nikki Geddis, said many Lego creations are expected to be on display.
“The Lego exhibition will be in our hall and about 16 exhibitors from all around the South Island will be bringing their creations to be put up on display.
“Some of the Lego creations are MOCs (My Own Creation) which are some things people created themselves and there will also be various vehicles, Star Wars and Harry Potter Lego creations on display.
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If successful, Geddis said they would think about running the exhibition annually.
“We also have a place where children can put up their Lego creations for a competition which is open to the community,” she said.
“There are food trucks coming in, and it’s going to be a good community day.”
The fun does not stop there, Geddis says, as there will also be a mosaic play area, an area where children can build race cars and race them down the ramps and a creative Lego area where children can build whatever they want to.
“The Warehouse has kindly donated some Lego prizes to be won and the judge for the competition will be coming in from Christchurch.”
The exhibition will serve as a fundraiser for the school to purchase more Lego for their Make a Space programme.
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Jason and Rachel de Vries with their Lego creation which will be on display at Brickstone 2023.
“The programme gives the students a room to be creative and Lego is a big part of that. The fundraiser will also help us expand into Lego robotics.
“The Make a Space programme is based on S.T.E.A.M (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics) and students can build, create and experience things based on those subjects.
“It’s a creative outlet for the students.”
If successful, Geddis said they would think about running the exhibition annually and expand it to include more exhibitors and displays.
The entry for the exhibition at Bluestone School on Raymond St, which will run from 10am to 4pm, is $10 for a family, $5 for an adult and $2 for a child.
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Wiremu King, 8, showing a Shuri from Marvel’s Black Panther Lego ahead of Brickstone.
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