The Makerspace will be up and running as usual next year, and we have some great activities for the students to choose from. Always during the beginning of every year we have “Get to know you” activities for the first few weeks. Check out the presentation below to see what is happening during the first…
Year: 2020
Drones and Robots
13th November, 2021 Library lessons at All Hallows’ School have been very exciting this term with Drones and Robots. Drones Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it is a drone in the library. Term 4 saw the Year 6 students flying and coding drones. The girls were able to download the Tello…
Cre8 Lab Workshops Term 1 2021
13th November, 2020 Next year will be a little different in the Cre8 Lab, with the Pottery library being closed we will be holding all the Cre8 Lab workshops in the McAuley Labs. Watch the presentation below to see what we will be offering.
Beat The Summer Slide! Holiday Reading
Just 20 Minutes a day reading during the holidays will prevent the summer slide. So come in and borrow a few books from the library to get you started. Happy Holidays!
E.L Wire Glowing Night Light
30th October, 2020 EL Wire, also known as Electroluminescent wire, is a stiff wire core coated with phosphor and then covered with a protective PVC sheath. When an AC signal is applied to it, it glows an aqua (blue green) color. Sometimes its covered with a colored plastic shell to make it appear another color….
Summer Staycation Reads
29th October, 2020. Moving on to the Summer holidays and we would like to give some recommendations to our staff. It will be an unusual holiday break with no travel for most of you… however we hope to inspire you to go on a “Staycation” and travel to wonderful places through the pages of a…
Cricut Iron On Transfer
27th October, 2020 During week three in the Cre8 lab, the students were introduced to the new Cricut machine. This little machine cuts all kinds of materials from fabric to balsa wood. Our first workshop was the very popular iron on transfers, we had a selection of materials for the students to choose from and…
Mini Loom Weaving
22nd October, 2020 For the past couple of weeks the Cre8 Lab students have been concentrating on finishing the Mini Loom Weaving workshop. Fun Facts Weaving is acknowledged as one of the oldest surviving crafts in the world. The tradition of weaving traces back to Neolithic times – approximately 12,000 years ago. Even before the actual…
Macramé Madness in the Makerspace
19th October, 2020 Last week and this week in the Makerspace the students have been madly creating their Macramé Pot Hangers. It is fantastic to see the students working together and helping each other learn new knots. They have a selection of colours to choose from and some of the girls have mixed two colours…
Macramé Pot Hanger
16th October, 2020 The beginning of term 4 and the Cre8 Lab students are busy with the Macramé Pot Hanger Workshop. This is always very popular and is something that we try to improve each time we run the workshop, so that the students are developing their skills and creating more complex designs. The younger…