About Me
I’m always a little sketchy about self-promotion, but if not on your own website, where else are you going to put it?
Hi there – my name is Ryan Evans and I’m an experienced teacher who is a dedicated LEGO® enthusiast (with a little bit of TV clout to reinforce said statement) who has spent many years working in the Digital Technology and STEM field building up a program that my students just can’t wait to take part in each week. In 2022, I branched out and worked with GATEWAYS (gifted and talented education) and discovered that I was able to establish instant rapport with a new group of students and have them asking when they’ll next be able to work with me by the end of the session. I started Brickulum two days a week whilst maintaining my role at Rangeview Primary School part time and it has been a roaring success. In 2025 and 2026, I have shared my teaching time between Rangeview and Birmingham and have continued to diversify my Brickulum program.
I’m passionate about getting our children actively engaged in working creatively with technology and problem solving through engineering challenges as they’ll be the ones tasked with the job of developing the innovative solutions of the future.
LEGO® Masters Finalist 2021 and Grand Masters Semi Finalist 2023
After almost making it onto season 1, I was lucky enough to be cast for Season 3 of LEGO® Masters Australia and made it all the way to the finale with my brick-buddy Gabby! And to get a second chance at a once in a lifetime experience with Grand Masters was unbelievable! This opportunity tested my abilities in so many ways. From working under time pressures to competing with a room full of talented builders, it was an amazing experience that has had a massive impact on my life.
I get asked a lot about whether I’d go back on again and whilst it is incredibly stressful, a huge impact on your family while you’re away filming and there’s no guarantees that you’ll do as well as you did previously, I think I probably would! Now that Gabby has been paired off with other cast members, I wonder what my future will hold should I ever get invited back! Ryan and ______?
Experienced Teacher
I’ve spent more than 16 years in the teaching profession and the last 12 or so working on developing and refining my role as a Digital Technology and STEM specialist at Rangeview Primary School. Over the last year, I’ve also been assisting Birmingham Primary School in Mount Evelyn create a super engaging Digital Technology and Design program as their senior STEM teacher. I’m passionate about getting kids excited about using digital technologies in creative ways. From designing a 3D world to programming an animation, I find that students thrive when engaged in a challenge that feels like it’s beyond their reach but, given the right tools and support, they find their own path to success.
Over my many years teaching, I’ve run a hugely successful lunchtime LEGO® club where a lot of my Brickulum challenges were first developed, engaged in FIRST LEGO® League as a coach for now 12 years which gave me a passion for robotics and problem solving mechanisms.
One thing I definitely hear a lot at my workshops is that they love seeing how I can can manage even whole levels of students and have them all listening and engaged in a task. At first, I took this for granted, but we’ve all been to incursions where the presenter doesn’t quite have it. Rest assured, you’ll see years of refined classroom management techniques on show and challenges that are designed to let everyone achieve success.
From classroom teacher to facilitator to keynote presenter.
It’s fair to say that this journey has taken me in many different directions. At the end of 2021, I entered a competition with MTA to become a Brand Ambassador for their LEGO® Education products. My unit entitled “LEGO® Maestros” made it into the finalists pool and rather than win outright, they decided to award both myself and Allen Dickson (GATEWAYS, ReThinkPD) the role. Arguably, this was a chance decision that really changed the path I was on. Allen encouraged me to move beyond the classroom and take my unique brand of LEGO-centric STEM lessons out to the wider community. That, combined with getting back on LEGO® Masters, was the turning point and suddenly Brickulum was born!
Beyond the workshops, I’ve been able to speak at EduTech on behalf of MTA and LEGO® Education alongside Allen on the importance of problem-solving through play. We were have also presented unique sessions together at MTA’s STEAMPOSIUM in 2022 and 2024, sharing some of our experience and wild ideas using LEGO® and digital technologies to enhance student engagement. I’ve since also done several keynote presentations for MACS at STEM MAD as well as run multiple teacher professional learning sessions across all domains – showing how LEGO® can be used to support almost any subject area. I’ve MC’d several FIRST LEGO® League tournaments as well as taken on the role of Head Referee which, to be honest, I could help blend with the role of MC, narrating many of the games!
I have also consulted for LEGO® Education, helping with their current “Science” product line and I also did a promotional video for the Spike Prime and Essential kits. I’ve created a series of lessons for Therapy at Home and have also produced online content to support new teachers with engagement and classroom management.
Brickulum may have started with humble beginnings, but it’s definitely making an impact now!
LEGO® Fandom
It goes without saying, but I’m a big fan of LEGO®. I use bricks as a creative medium and regularly display at LEGO® shows and am an active contributor within the online community. I’ve built a great variety of things but am perhaps most well known as a ‘train guy’ having built and sold hundreds of copies of my Thomas and Friends engines and regularly displaying a large Island of Sodor.
But I’m so much more than a train guy! I’ve displayed my upgraded piano several times at Brickvention, along with a playable ‘laughing clown’ carnival game and this year, I premiered my working ‘Zoltar Speaks’ fortune telling machine from the movie ‘Big’. It was an unbelievable hit with several saying it was the best in show (probably not, but I’ll take compliment!). It definitely stood out and capture the imaginations of multiple generations – nostalgia for my generation, and “oooooh what’s THIS?!?” from the children.
Despite being the busiest I’ve ever been, I remain committed to keeping my passion for LEGO building alive!
