Constructing anything from Lego can be a creative — albeit time-consuming and challenging — project.
For this group of young people at a Hamilton rehab hospital, building a robot from the famous interlocking, plastic blocks was also a labour of love that landed them several trophies, made of Lego of course.
The seven-member team from Ron Joyce Children’s Healthcare call themselves the Hammerheads. They were among about 400 students from Grades 7 to 9 who participated in the The First Lego League Provincial Championship on Saturday and Sunday at Durham College in Oshawa.
The Hammerheads are the only participants from a children’s hospital who’ve competed in a Lego robotics competition in North America.
“They did exceptional; everyone’s extremely proud of them right now,” said Mike Berube, a volunteer robotics coach at Ron Joyce.
“Because of the reasons why they’re at the children’s hospital, they learn perseverance, they learn trial and …