22nd November, 2017 During the week, members of the library staff were asked to run an activity for a Year 9 ICT class. This was an end of year treat for the class who had finished all their assessments. The best activity to suit the timeframe was to teach the students the basics of Tinkercad,…
Year: 2017
Makerspace Activities Term 1 2018
17th November, 2017 We have many activities for the students in McAuley Makerspace beginning in Term 1 of 2018. Some of the activities have been repeated because they proved to be popular this year. The students will have to sign in to some of the ongoing projects, but there is always something to…
Holiday Reading December 2017
17th November, 2017 The 91-story tree house Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton Join Andy and Terry in their ridiculous 91-storey treehouse! Go for a spin in the world’s most powerful whirlpool, take a ride in a submarine sandwich, get marooned on a desert island, hang out in a giant spider web, visit the fortune…
Cre8 Lab Workshops term 1 2018
15th November, 2017 Another year is upon us and it is now time to organise the workshops for next year. Here is a quick look at the exciting things we have planned for the Cre8 Lab students for the first 5 weeks of term 1.
Holiday Reading Dec 2017
Some of the new books in the Potter library for Christmas Holiday reading. 1917 – Kelly Gardiner ‘The German planes patrolled in hunting squads. They flew fast fighting craft streaking across the sky in tight formation. The greatest of them was the Red Baron, the deadliest ace on the Front. He’d shot down twenty-one of…
BOOKFACE Photo Challenge
15th November, 2017 Both the Potter library and McAuley library held a BOOKFACE photo challenge during the last 3 weeks of October. We had some great entries in both libraries. The challenge was divided up into 3 sections: Junior Senior Staff All entries were submitted before the 1st of November and our Judge was Lynette…
Cre8 Lab Showcase
15 November, 2017 On the 24th of October, the Potter library hosted the Cre8 Lab Showcase and Stop Go Claymation Premiere. The students were very excited to see their mini movies played on the large screen in the library forum. Teachers and parents were invited to drop in and view the movies, as well as…
SLIME!!!
23rd October, 2017 Last week the Makerspace had a SLIME activity during lunchtimes. It coincided with Science week, and the activity was booked out every lunchtime, with some students missing out. We have never seen the makerspace so busy. The first slime that the students made was Chalkboard Slim, and when it was stretched…
Stop Go Animation Landscape
23rd October 2017 All the students have finished the Landscape and are on to the filming workshop for the stop go animation. The miniature worlds look fantastic and the LEDs give it a little bit of sparkle to the scene. Each student was given a large piece of wood, moss, rocks, foliage and other bits…
Stop Go Clay Animation
14 November, 2017 The Students have since finished their Stop Go Claymation movies and we had our Premiere last month. Here are the short movies they created 23rd October, 2017 The students are coming along with the Stop Go animation. We have two students left to film, the others are working in Adobe Premiere…