Makerspace workshops in action Term 4, 2023

Term 4, 2023 Makerspace is a fun collaborative space. A place to make new friends, try new equipment, a place be creative and curious. Students can come to Makerspace before school and at lunchtime. Each week we have an activity you can learn, or you can do your own creating and making. Week 1 &…

CRE8 Lab: Book Angels

Workshop #4, Term 4, 2023 The library recently weeded a box of texts that had seen better days, and instead of them becoming landfill, the CRE8 Lab students upcycled them into beautiful folded book art. These book angels are a simple and relaxing craft, and the results are stunning. Even better, they can do double…

CRE8 Lab: Wind Spinners

Workshop #3, Term 4, 2023 Taking advantage of these breezy spring days, our CRE8 Lab students took to bending and coiling colourful soft gauge wire around some glass marbles to form beautiful wind spinners to hang in their gardens or windows. Forming an optical illusion as they spin, these garden decorations catch the sunlight and…

CRE8 Lab: Halloween Masks

Workshop #2, Term 4, 2023 Boo! Halloween is creeping up on us, and you know what that means—time to get your spooky, creative juices flowing. At CRE8 Lab, our students have been busy tricking out their costumes with these spook-tacular Halloween masks. After painting plain papier-mache face masks, they took things a step further and…

CRE8 Lab: Magazine Bowls

Workshop #1, Term 4, 2023 Cre8 Lab Workshops are off to a great start this term with students creating bowls from magazine pages. This was a great introduction to upcycling, and the students were amazed with how sturdy a thin strip of paper can become! They folded, glued, coiled and then ever-so-slowly shaped their bowls…

Spring Staff Holiday Reads 2023

AHS staff enjoy reading too! Catch up on the library’s latest suggestions for the spring break below. eBooks and Magazines are also available on Sora and ePlatform! Click the icons below to see what’s on offer

Spring Holiday Reading: Years 5 & 6, 2023

Embrace the warmer weather and head outside with a great book these holidays 🌷 Click the image below to head straight to the newsletter: Show us how you #AHStimes20 over the holidays! Snap a photo of yourself reading and email it to: library@ahs.qld.edu.au to be featured in an upcoming display.