North York Extra-Curriculars

Team-Based Learning

For 2026/27, Brick Labs is taking your child’s learning to the next level. In addition to our engaging, hands-on learning activities, your child will benefit with our team-based and collaborative approach to make them future ready.

Working in teams will give your child the opportunity to practice and develop a number of skills that are required for future success. We’ll coach your child in a variety of communication skills; they’ll learn how to divide and organize tasks and projects; we’ll provide them with opportunities to develop leadership skills; and most importantly, they’ll learn to function as part of a high-performing, learning team.

Being part of a team will also provide your child with a feeling of belonging to something bigger, and will encourage them to be responsible and respectful in a learning environment.

All North York team programs start the week of September 14th 2026 and run until June 12th 2027. No sessions will be held during Winter break, March break, or holiday weekends (Thanksgiving, Family Day, Easter, Victoria Day).

North York Teams

We will have 6 team-based programs at our North York campus this year:

  • Junior Creative Team (Ages 5 to 8) – Open Enrolment
  • Junior Engineering Team (Ages 5 to 8) – Open Enrolment
  • Junior Robotics Team (Ages 5 to 8) – Open Enrolment
  • Creative Design Team (Ages 9 to 13) – Application Process
  • FLL Robotics Team (Ages 9 to 13) – Application Process
  • FLL All-Girls Robotics Team (Ages 9 to 13) – Application Process

Team Descriptions

The Junior Creative Team (replaces Creativity Incubator) runs twice per week, 90 minutes per meeting. Classes work on a monthly project theme where builders will get to explore all aspects of building display items of that theme. They’ll be coached on bringing ideas to life and with lots of detail. Students will work on projects individually and collaboratively over multiple weeks. Whatever it takes for them to complete their vision, our instructors and their classmates will be there for them.

Students are welcome to attend both weekly sessions. Wednesdays 4:15pm to 5:45pm and Saturdays 9am to 1030am. Monthly Subscription Rate: $170 plus hst

Register – Junior Creative Team

The Junior Engineering Team will dedicate their time to constructing and understanding a variety of mechanical devices as well as building structures using engineering principles. There will be a combination of instructional builds as well as creative builds. Students will work in small teams to build and test their projects. In addition to learning engineering principles, students will employ the scientific method on a regular basis throughout the program, and be required to present their findings and conclusions to classmates.

The Junior Engineering team runs twice weekly Tuesdays from 4:15pm to 5:45pm, and Saturdays from 9am to 10:30am. Students are welcome to attend both weekly sessions. Monthly Subscription Rate: $180 plus hst.

Register – Junior Engineering Team

The Junior Robotics Team is an introductory and intermediate level program, where students will work together to build and code a robotic device to solve a problem. It mimics the FLL competition style challenges, and develops their team based skills. As students progress, they will move towards higher level challenges using more complicated codes. This program is an ideal way for children to employ math and logic skills in various scenarios, giving them a real world use of math concepts.

The team will meet on Wednesdays from 4:15pm to 5:45pm and Saturdays from 11:15am to 12:45pm. Students are welcome and encouraged to attend both practices. Monthly Subscription Rate: $180 plus hst

Register – Junior Robotics Team

The Creative Design Team is entering its fourth season at North York. This team will work on a number of full scale display models this year on themes of their choosing, after consulting with the coaching staff. In addition to displays that will be shard throughout the community, team members can also work on a passion project for presentation at the Bricks in the Six LEGO fanfest in November of 2027.

The success of the Design Team has sparked interest and respect from the LEGO community across Canada. Members can truly develop skills that will last them a lifetime including: project management, organization, collaboration and critical thinking.

The team will meet on Wednesdays from 4pm to 6pm and Saturdays from 9am to 11am. Applications are now open, and selection of team members will be made in August. Annual Membership Fees $1800 plus hst. (paid monthly from September to May).

Apply – Creative Design Team

FLL Robotics Team is entering its third year at Brick Labs. With the announced upcoming changes from LEGO and FIRST, this will be the final year of the FLL in its current format. Ontario based teams will still be competing using the SPIKE and the legacy competition format. However, we will begin introducing the new concepts and equipment after competitions end in December/January.

Depending on enrolment levels we will be working and competing with up to three smaller teams, one of which will be an all girls team. In addition to the robotics and coding, we will be heavily emphasizing the research and presentation portion for the competition.

The Girls FLL Team will meet on Tuesdays from 4pm to 6pm and Saturdays from 11am to 1pm. Applications are now open, and final selection of team members will be made in August. Annual Membership Fees $1800 plus hst. (paid monthly from September to May).

Apply – Girls FLL Team

The Mixed FLL Team(s) will meet on Thursdays from 4pm to 6pm and Saturdays from 11am to 1pm. Applications are now open, and final selection of team members will be made in August. Annual Membership Fees $1800 plus hst. (paid monthly from September to May).

Apply – Mixed FLL Team

Registration and Fees

For all Junior Teams (Creative, Engineering and Robotics), your first monthly payment will be processed on registration date. Following monthly fees will be billed automatically to your card on file between the 10th and 14th of each month starting in October. Should you wish to cancel your subscription, please advise us in writing/email before the 9th of the month.

For the Creative Design Team and FLL Team, the fee is an annual fee paid with 9 monthly payments from August 2026 to April 2027. Your first instalment will be processed at the end of August 2026, with following payments processed at the end of each following month until April. Membership runs until mid-Jun.

Notice of Withdrawal. There are no refunds for fees already paid, so if you would like to withdrawal from a program, please advise us prior to your next payment date. Students who withdrawal from a team may have the opportunity to rejoin should space be available and upon the recommendation of the instructor/coach.

As students have the opportunity to attend programs up to twice per week, there is no pro-rating of fees, or rescheduling of sessions.

Removal from Team. Brick Labs at its sole discretion, may remove a team member from any team should the member’s performance be disruptive to the program goals, or if they are not following safety protocols or Brick Labs’ behaviour standards.