Commencing in Week 4, Term 3 – In the new library!
Visit the new library in Term 3 and see our Cre8 Lab! Check out what we have planned in the short video below.
Sign on sheets will be available Term 3, week 1 in the new library.
Author: All Hallows’ Library
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Term 2, 2022
An action packed term in Makerspace with a strong STEAM focus for our curious and creative inventors.
Week 1 – Lego We Do
The students amazed us by constructing designs with Lego and then using motors and code blocks to program their creations to move. Some students followed the guidelines and created complex kits and other went off-piste and invent their own designs.
Week 2 & 3 – Paper craft
Origami tulips and Mother’s Day cards. Makerspace is a place for nurturing the wellbeing and creativity of our students. The students put lots of love and care into cards for Mother’s day and contributed some of their creations to make beautiful buckets of paper tulips for our Library front counter.
Week 4 – Smart Rooms
Creativity and fun in the Makerspace using LittleBits, colourful electronic Bits that help make learning about circuitry and electronics fun and imaginative. We added fans, lights, and even a record player to our room designs with a variety of switches and features.
Week 5 & 6 – Makey Makey & Squishy Circuits
Making music in Makerspace this week. Using a circuit board, alligator clips, and a USB cable, Makey Makey uses closed loop electric signals to make everyday objects into computer keys. We made foil bongo drums, a coin guitar, play dough piano keys and game controllers.
Squishy Circuits were used to make a light up caterpillar for our Open Day display, showcasing all our amazing Makerspace and Cre8 Lab workshops. The students showed our Open Day guests how playdough is conductive and how to make music with glasses of coloured water and a leaf!
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Week 7 – Manga Mania
Manga comic books and graphic novels are always popular in our library so we held a Manga art class. Our amazingly talented senior art students helped run the class showing our Makerspace students how to draw in distinctive Manga style. We also discussed all things Manga, history, favourite titles, characters, styles and genres.
Week 8 – Lanterns for the Luminous Lantern Parade
Makerspace student made beautiful Magnolia Lanterns for the All Hallows’ Human Rights Group to carry at the Luminous Lantern Parade. Now in its 15th year, LUMINOUS is one of Queensland’s largest welcome events, capturing the imagination of Queenslanders with its spectacular use of light to symbolise hope and create welcome for new Queenslanders.
The spectacular lantern procession, held on Friday 10 June at South Bank wound its way on a short and symbolic walk down the promenade taking in the sites of the city skyline. The Parade ended at the South Bank Piazza for a vibrant World Music Concert, with the lanterns bathed in the luminous light symbolising welcome and hope for many people from all over the world, especially our newest Queenslanders.
Week 9 – Moving to our new Makerspace
We are so excited to be moving to our new library and brand new Makerspace in Term 3. We look forward to showing you all the exciting things we will be creating and discovering in our new space.
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Term 2, 2022
Manga are Japanese comics or graphic novels and they are very popular in the Library at AHS. The storytelling is created through very expressive black and white line drawings with limited reliance on text. The world of Manga is multi-billion dollar industry, immensely popular with people of every age in Japan and increasingly across the world; and with genres including drama, action & adventure, mystery, romance and horror; there’s a manga for everyone.
The collection of Manga comic books and graphic novels at AHS Libray are always in hot demand so we thought we’d offer a Manga art experience to our students. In Cre8 Lab this term we ran a lunchtime Manga drawing masterclass with the assistance of our talented senior art students.
The classes evolved into a lunchtime Manga soiree where students and staff discussed all things Manga – history, genres, characters and artistic styles. Students and staff enjoyed the collaboration and developed their skills in drawing the distinctive body shapes, large eyes, hair, noses and mouths in various Manga styles. The classes were very popular so we extended the experience to our Makerspace students as workshops run by our AHS Manga fans and talented student artists.
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Term 2, 2022
Creating with 3D digital design platform Tinkercad, our Cre8 Lab students used codebocks to create and print a pendant design.
3D printing has influenced so many professions and industries from building and engineering, to sport and medicine, to name but a few. Providing our students with the opportunity to learn about the basics of 3D design and printing we open up pathways to creative thought processes, problem solving, computational thinking and developing solutions.
Designing with tinkercad is a great foundation to understanding 3D design concepts and processes.
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Term 2, 2022
Simple, creative and clever. To celebrate Mother’s Day our Cre8 Lab students made 3D pop up cards using paper and cardboard. The design lies flat when the card is closed and springs open to a bouquet of beautiful paper flowers and leaves.
Our students enjoy working together in the Celestine Art Centre at lunchtimes.
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Cosy up these holidays with some great reads from the library
Don’t forget to read for 20 minutes a day – #AHStimes20bIOGRAPHY
Unbound
by Tarana Burke
From the founder and activist behind one of the largest movements of the twenty-first century, the me too movement, Tarana Burke debuts a powerful memoir about her own journey to saying those two simple yet infinitely powerful words and how she brought empathy back to an entire generation.
(Goodreads)
We Were Dreamers
by Simu Liu
Marvel’s newest recruit shares his own inspiring and unexpected origin story, from China to the bright lights of Hollywood. An immigrant who battles everything from parental expectations to cultural stereotypes, Simu Liu struggles to forge a path for himself, rising from the ashes of a failed accounting career (yes, you read that right) to become Shang-Chi. (Goodreads)
The Woman They Could Not Silence
by Kate Moore
Elizabeth Packard was an ordinary Victorian housewife and mother of six. That was, until the first Woman’s Rights Convention was held in 1848, inspiring Elizabeth and many other women to dream of greater freedoms. She began voicing her opinions on politics and religion — opinions that her husband did not share. Incensed and deeply threatened by her growing independence, he had her declared ‘slightly insane’ and committed to an asylum. Fighting the stigma of her gender and her supposed madness, Elizabeth embarked on a ceaseless quest for justice. It not only challenged the medical science of the day and saved untold others from suffering her fate, it ultimately led to a giant leap forward in human rights the world over.(Goodreads)nON-FICTION
Catholica
by Suzanna Ivanic
Focusing on a carefully curated selection of Catholic art and artifacts, this volume explores the influence of iconography and the mystic power of a range of ritual objects. Expert Suzanna Ivanic identifies hidden visual symbols in paintings and examines them close-up, building a catalog of key symbols for readers to use to interpret Catholic art and culture. (Goodreads)
The Law of Love
by Richard Leonard
Meditations on the sources of formation in Christian approach to law, its application to contemporary living, and how our approach to the law should set us free, not bind us up. This is a positive contribution to the present and lively debate about the tension between Christian liberty and obedience. (Book Depository)
The New Climate War
by Michael E. Mann
A renowned climate scientist shows how fossil fuel companies have waged a thirty-year campaign to deflect blame and responsibility and delay action on climate change, and offers a battle plan for how we can save the planet.
Recycle. Fly less. Eat less meat. These are some of the ways that we’ve been told can slow climate change. But the inordinate emphasis on individual behavior is the result of a marketing campaign that has succeeded in placing the responsibility for fixing climate change squarely on the shoulders of individuals. (Goodreads)WELLBEING & LIFESTYLE
Thrive
by Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post and one of the most influential women in the world, has written a passionate call to arms, looking to redefine what it means to be successful in today’s world.
She likens our drive for money and power to two legs of a three-legged stool. It may hold us up temporarily, but sooner or later we’re going to topple over. We need a third leg – a Third Metric for defining success – in order to live a healthy, productive, and meaningful life. (Goodreads)
Power Play
by Julia Banks
Julia Banks shocked Australia when in 2018 she announced she would stand as an independent MP, resigning from the Coalition Government’s Liberal Party, having experienced a toxic workplace culture in the country’s centre of power. Julia doesn’t just know what power looks like in a political sense; she made it to the top of her game in the legal and corporate sectors before running for parliament. And at every level, she had to navigate through the barriers and bias that can block, delay or deter women from attaining leadership roles. (Goodreads)
The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read
by Philippa Perry
In this absorbing, clever, and warm book, renowned psychotherapist Philippa Perry tells us what really matters and what behavior it is important to avoid–the vital dos and don’ts of parenting.
Her approach begins with parents themselves and their own psychological make-up and history–and how that in turn influences one’s parenting. (Goodreads)dRAMA
Trip of a Lifetime
by Liz Byrski
How do you get your life back on track after a sudden and traumatic event? This is the question Heather Delaney constantly asks herself as she eases herself back into her busy job.
Heather is not the only one who is rocked by the changed circumstances – reverberations are felt throughout her family and friendship circle. And then along comes Heather’s old flame, Ellis. Romantic, flamboyant, determined to recapture the past and take control of the future, he seems to have all the answers. But can it really be that easy? (Goodreads)
Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens
For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet fishing village. Kya Clark is barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969, when the popular Chase Andrews is found dead, locals immediately suspect her. Owens juxtaposes an exquisite ode to the natural world against a profound coming of age story and haunting mystery. Thought-provoking, wise, and deeply moving, Owens’s debut novel reminds us that we are forever shaped by the child within us, while also subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps. (Goodreads)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. As Evelyn’s life unfolds through the decades—revealing a ruthless ambition, an unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love—Monique begins to feel a very a real connection to the actress. But as Evelyn’s story catches up with the present, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.
(Goodreads)hISTORICAL
Hamnet
by Maggie O’Farrell
Warwickshire in the 1580s. Agnes is a woman as feared as she is sought after for her unusual gifts. She settles with her husband in Henley street, Stratford, and has three children: a daughter, Susanna, and then twins, Hamnet and Judith. The boy, Hamnet, dies in 1596, aged eleven. Four years or so later, the husband writes a play called Hamlet.
Award-winning author Maggie O’Farrell’s new novel breathes full-blooded life into the story of a loss usually consigned to literary footnotes, and provides an unforgettable vindication of Agnes, a woman intriguingly absent from history. (Goodreads)
The Young Alexander
by Alex Rowson
Each generation has peered through the frosted glass of history and come to their own conclusion about Alexander, be it enlightened ruler, military genius, megalomaniac, drunkard or despot. Yet the first two decades of his life have until now been a mystery – a matter of legend and myth. This extraordinary history draws on new discoveries in archaeology to tell the early story of Alexander and his rise – including detail on the tempestuous relationship between Alexander’s parents, Philip and the Molossian princess Olympias, his education by Aristotle and the strict military training which would serve him so well in later years. And more than ever, it emerges, the story of Alexander’s reign confronts us with difficult questions that are still relevant today – of the relationship between East and West, the legacy of colonialism and the impacts of authoritarian rule. (Goodreads)
The Betrayal of Anne Frank
by Rosemary Sullivan
Over thirty million people have read The Diary of a Young Girl, the journal teen-aged Anne Frank kept while living in an attic with her family and four other people in Amsterdam during World War II, until the Nazis arrested them and sent them to a concentration camp. But despite the many works—journalism, books, plays and novels—devoted to Anne’s story, none has ever conclusively explained how these eight people managed to live in hiding undetected for over two years—and who or what finally brought the Nazis to their door. (Goodreads)MYSTERY & CRIME
The Sorrow Stone
by Kari Gislason
After committing an audacious act of revenge for her brother’s murder, Disa flees with her son Sindri through the fjords of Iceland. She has already endured the death of her loved ones. Now she must run to save her son, and her honour.
In a society where betrayals and revenge killings are rife, all Disa has is her pride and her courage. Will it be enough for her and her son to escape retribution? (Goodreads)
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone
by Benjamin Stevenson
I was dreading the Cunningham family reunion even before the first murder. Before the storm stranded us at the mountain resort, snow and bodies piling up. The thing is, us Cunninghams don’t really get along. We’ve only got one thing in common: we’ve all killed someone. My brother. My step-sister. My wife. My father. My mother. My sister-in-law. My uncle. My stepfather. My aunt. Me. (Goodreads)
Wake
by Shelley Burr
Mina McCreery’s sister Evelyn disappeared nineteen years ago. Her life has been defined by the intense public interest in the case. Now an anxious and reclusive adult, she lives alone on her family’s destocked sheep farm.
When Lane, a private investigator, approaches her with an offer to reinvestigate the case, she rejects him. The attention has had nothing but negative consequences for her and her family, and never brought them closer to an answer.
Lane wins her trust when his unconventional methods show promise, but he has his own motivations for wanting to solve the case, and his obsession with the answer will ultimately risk both their lives. (Goodreads)FANTASY
Book of Night
by Holly Black
In Charlie Hall’s world, shadows can be altered, for entertainment and cosmetic preferences—but also to increase power and influence. You can alter someone’s feelings—and memories—but manipulating shadows has a cost, with the potential to take hours or days from your life. Your shadow holds all the parts of you that you want to keep hidden—a second self, standing just to your left, walking behind you into lit rooms. And sometimes, it has a life of its own. (Goodreads)
A Deadly Education
by Naomi Novik
From the leading talent in fantasy, a magical coming-of-age trilogy with a hilarious female anti-hero – a darker more intelligent Harry Potter for adults.
Wry, witty, endlessly inventive, and mordantly funny – yet with a true depth and fierce justice at its heart – this enchanting novel reminds us that there are far more important things than mere survival. (Goodreads)
The Blood Traitor
by Lynette Noni
Kiva thought she knew what she wanted—revenge. But feelings change, people change… everything has changed. A fresh start will mean a perilous quest, forcing mortal enemies and uneasy allies together in a race against the clock to save not just Evalon, but all of Wenderall. With her loyalties now set, Kiva can no longer just survive—she must fight for what she believes in. For who she believes in. But with danger coming from every side, and the lives of everyone she loves at risk, does she have what it takes to stand, or will she fall? (Goodreads)
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The Bravest Word
by Kate Foster
Do you hear that? You’re Cliff now, and your life is going to get better, I promise. When eleven-year-old Matt finds Cliff, a hurt, neglected dog abandoned in the bush, he knows the brave little pup needs saving. He wants to help. But can he? Lately, Matt has had way more bad days than good days. The pieces of his life just don’t seem to fit together any more and he doesn’t understand why. He’s finding it impossible to concentrate at school and has lost interest in the activities he used to love. Plus, he’s tired all the time. Matt’s too afraid to share what’s really going on in his own head with anyone. His friends and family will never understand . . . maybe it’s not only Cliff who needs saving. (Publisher)
Restart
by Gordon Korman
Chase doesn’t remember falling off the roof. He doesn’t remember hitting his head. He doesn’t, in fact, remember anything. He wakes up in a hospital room and suddenly has to learn his whole life all over again . . . starting with his own name.
He knows he’s Chase. But who is Chase?Pretty soon, it’s not only a question of who Chase is–it’s a question of who he was . . . and who he’s going to be. (Goodreads)
Family of Liars
by E. Lockhart
The prequel to We Were Liars takes readers back to the story of another summer, another generation, and the secrets that will haunt them for decades to come.
A windswept private island off the coast of Massachusetts.
A hungry ocean, churning with secrets and sorrow.
A fiery, addicted heiress. An irresistible, unpredictable boy.
A summer of unforgivable betrayal and terrible mistakes.
Welcome back to the Sinclair family.
They were always liars. (Goodreads)
Sugar
by Carly Nugent
Persephone is angry. Angry that her life revolves around finger-prick tests, carbohydrate counts and insulin injections. Angry at Alexander Manson. Angry with her mum for lots of things, for nothing and for everything.
But most of all, she’s angry with herself. For deserving it all. Because of what she did, or didn’t do. Because one year ago she did something and her dad died.
But then Persephone finds a body on a bush path, a young woman she doesn’t know but feels a strong connection to. And as she tries to find out what happened to Sylvia, Persephone begins to understand her own place in the complex interconnectedness of the universe. (Goodreads)
The Monster of Her Age
by Danielle Binks
Ellie Marsden was born into the legendary Lovinger acting dynasty. Granddaughter of the infamous Lottie Lovinger, as a child Ellie shared the silver screen with Lottie in her one-and-only role playing the child monster in a cult horror movie. The experience left Ellie deeply traumatised and estranged from people she loved. Now seventeen, Ellie has returned home to Hobart for the first time in years. Lottie is dying and Ellie wants to make peace with her before it’s too late. When a chance encounter with a young film buff leads her to a feminist horror film collective, Ellie meets Riya, a girl who she might be able to show her real self to, and at last comes to understand her family’s legacy. (Publisher)
Tiger Daughter
by Rebecca Lim
Wen Zhou is the only child of Chinese immigrants whose move to the lucky country has proven to be not so lucky. Wen and her friend, Henry Xiao — whose mum and dad are also struggling immigrants — both dream of escape from their unhappy circumstances, and form a plan to sit an entrance exam to a selective high school far from home. But when tragedy strikes, it will take all of Wen’s resilience and resourcefulness to get herself and Henry through the storm that follows. (Goodreads)ROMANCE
Counting Down with You
by Tashie Bhuiyan
Karina Ahmed has a plan. Keep her head down, get through high school without a fuss, and follow her parents’ rules even if it means sacrificing her dreams. When her parents go abroad to Bangladesh for four weeks, Karina expects some peace and quiet. Instead, one simple lie unravels everything. Tutoring the school’s resident bad boy was already crossing a line. Pretending to date him? Out of the question. Though Karina agrees, she can’t help but start counting down the days until her parents come back. T-minus twenty-eight days until everything returns to normal–but what if Karina no longer wants it to? (Publisher)
Emma
by Jane Austen
Beautiful, rich, self-assured and witty, Emma Woodhouse delights in matchmaking those around her, with no apparent care for her own romantic life. Taking young Harriet Smith under her wing, Emma sets her sights on finding a suitable match for her friend. Chided for her mistakes by old friend Mr Knightley, it is only when Harriet starts to pursue her own love interests that Emma realises the true hidden depths of her own heart.(Goodreads)
Kate in Waiting
by Becky Albertalli
Contrary to popular belief, best friends Kate Garfield and Anderson Walker are not codependent. Carpooling to and from theatre rehearsals? Environmentally sound and efficient. Consulting each other on every single life decision? Basic good judgment. Pining for the same guys from afar? Shared crushes are more fun anyway.
But when Kate and Andy’s latest long-distance crush shows up at their school, everything goes off-script. Matt Olsson is talented and sweet, and Kate likes him. She really likes him. The only problem? So does Anderson.
Turns out, communal crushes aren’t so fun when real feelings are involved. This one might even bring the curtains down on Kate and Anderson’s friendship. (Goodreads)GLOBAL
The Bone Sparrow
by Zana Fraillon
Subhi is a refugee. Born in an Australian permanent detention centre after his mother fled the violence of a distant homeland, life behind the fences is all he has ever known. But as he grows, his imagination gets bigger too, until it is bursting at the limits of his world. The night sea brings him gifts, the faraway whales sing to him, and the birds tell their stories.
The most vivid story of all, however, is the one that arrives one night in the form of Jimmie, a scruffy, impatient girl who appears from the other side of the wires, and brings a notebook written by the mother she lost. Unable to read it, she relies on Subhi to unravel her own family’s love songs and tragedies.
Subhi and Jimmie might both find a way to freedom, as their tales unfold. But not until each of them has been braver than ever before. (Goodreads)
Sunburnt Veils
by Sara Haghdoosti
Tara wears hijab even though her parents hate it, and in a swipe right world she’s looking for the ‘will go to the ends of the earth for you’ type of love. Or, she would be, if she hadn’t sworn off boys to focus on getting into med. Besides, what’s wrong with just crushing on the assassins, mages and thieves in the fantasy books she reads?
When a bomb threat on her first day of university throws her together with totally annoying party king and oh-so-entitled politician’s son Alex, things get complicated. Tara needs to decide if she’s happy reading about heroes, or if she’s ready to step up and be one herself. (Goodreads)
A Pho Love Story
by Joan Le
Linh and Bao like each other. A lot. The only problem? Their families own rival pho restaurants and hate each other’s guts, so they have to keep their relationship a secret. But they can only steal kisses in dark alleys and the art room at school for so long. Can their love transcend an age-old feud and heal the rift between these two families? Or have these high school sweethearts bitten off more than they can chew? (Publisher)FANTASY
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
by T. Kingfisher
Fourteen-year-old Mona isn’t like the wizards charged with defending the city. She can’t control lightning or speak to water. Her familiar is a sourdough starter and her magic only works on bread. She has a comfortable life in her aunt’s bakery making gingerbread men dance.
But Mona’s life is turned upside down when she finds a dead body on the bakery floor. An assassin is stalking the streets of Mona’s city, preying on magic folk, and it appears that Mona is his next target. And in an embattled city suddenly bereft of wizards, the assassin may be the least of Mona’s worries… (Goodreads)
The Atlas Six
by Olivie Blake
A The world’s best young magicians accept the opportunity of a lifetime. Six are chosen. Only five will walk away. The Alexandrian Society is a secret society of magical academicians, the best in the world. Their members are caretakers of lost knowledge from the greatest civilizations of antiquity. And those who earn a place among their number will secure a life of wealth, power, and prestige beyond their wildest dreams. Each decade, the world’s six most uniquely talented magicians are selected for initiation – and here are the chosen few. (Publisher)
We Who Hunt the Hollow
by Kate Murray
Seventeen-year-old Priscilla Daalman’s entire family are Hollow Warriors – legendary monster hunters charged with killing evil beasts from beyond our universe. She’s desperate to live up to that legacy, but she’s convinced neither she, nor her superpower – the ability to sense Hollow energy – is up to the task.
But when Priscilla attempts a desperate ritual to enhance her abilities, she accidentally triggers a frightening new power: the power to summon monsters from the Hollow itself. Now, Priscilla must protect her loved ones – her heartbroken ex-girlfriend, her mysterious new boyfriend, even her fierce warrior family – from supernatural monsters, and also from herself. Because if her power gets out, all hell will break loose … and Priscilla will risk losing everything. (Goodreads)
Little Thieves
by Margaret Owen
For the last year, the wicked maid Vanja Schmidt has lived a lie. Once the loyal servant of the Princess Gisele, Vanja stole a string of enchanted pearls that transformed her into the glamorous princess, leaving the true Gisele a penniless nobody. Now Vanja leads a lonely but profitable double life, charming the nobility with the pearls’ facade while ransacking their coffers as a wanted jewel thief. All she needs is enough to fund an escape from the god-mothers, Death and Fortune, who took her in as a child — and have come to collect her debt. (Publisher)
The Ivory Key
by Akshaya Raman
Vira is desperate to get out of her mother’s shadow and establish her legacy as a revered queen of Ashoka. But with the country’s only quarry running out of magic – a precious resource that has kept Ashoka safe from conflict – she can barely protect her citizens from the looming threat of war. And if her enemies discover this, they’ll stop at nothing to seize the last of the magic. (Goodreads)
The Fire Star
by A. L. Tait
A maid with a plan.
A squire with a secret.
A missing jewel.
A kingdom in turmoil.
Maven and Reeve have three days to solve the mystery of the Fire Star. If they don’t, they’ll lose everything.
This could be a complete disaster . . . or the beginning of a great friendship.
39 Clues meets Ranger’s Apprentice in bestselling fantasy author A. L. Tait’s new medieval adventure series about two unlikely friends – and a mystery to solve that could change their lives. (Goodreads)MYSTERY & CRIME
Long Way Down
by Jason Reynolds
After Will’s brother is shot in a gang crime, he knows the next steps. Don’t cry. Don’t snitch. Get revenge. So he gets in the lift with Shawn’s gun, determined to follow The Rules. Only when the lift door opens, Buck walks in, Will’s friend who died years ago. And Dani, who was shot years before that. As more people from his past arrive, Will has to ask himself if he really knows what he’s doing.
This haunting, lyrical, powerful verse novel will blow you away. (Goodreads)
Seven Days
by Fleur Ferris
When Ben is dumped with his country relatives for the holidays, he starts counting down the days until it’s over, hating every second. But Ben’s stay takes a sharp turn when he comes across his great-great grandfather’s journal–the final entry being from one hundred years ago, right after he was shot. With his cousin, Josh, Ben starts unravelling mysteries, lies and shocking crimes. Can the two boys beat the odds to resolve a century of bad blood between two families? A dangerous treasure hunt could hold the answers–or it could be a journey from which there is no return. (Publisher)
The Agathas
by Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson
Last summer, Alice Ogilve’s basketball-star boyfriend Steve dumped her. Then she disappeared for five days. Where she went and what happened to her is the biggest mystery in Castle Cove, because she’s not talking. Enter Iris Adams, Alice’s tutor. The police are convinced Steve is the culprit, but Alice isn’t so sure, and with Iris on her side, she just might be able to prove her theory. (Goodreads)SCIENCE FICTION
Mars Awakens
by H. M. Waugh
Raised in rival colonies on Mars, each long ago abandoned by Earth, Dee and Holt have been brought up to hate even the idea of each other. But when a mysterious object crash-lands on a far-flung plain, they are both sent to investigate and their fates intertwine. Together they must battle epic storms and deadly bioclouds while unpicking the web of lies they have been told about their planet. Will their bond be strong enough to withstand the arrival of a mysterious invader that threatens to end life on Mars forever? (Publisher)
The Electric Kingdom
by David Arnold
When a deadly Fly Flu sweeps the globe, it leaves a shell of the world that once was. Among the survivors are eighteen-year-old Nico and her dog, on a voyage devised by Nico’s father to find a mythical portal; a young artist named Kit, raised in an old abandoned cinema; and the enigmatic Deliverer, who lives Life after Life in an attempt to put the world back together. As swarms of infected Flies roam the earth, these few survivors navigate the woods of post-apocalyptic New England, meeting others along the way, each on their own quest to find life and love in a world gone dark. The Electric Kingdom is a sweeping exploration of art, storytelling, eternal life, and above all, a testament to the notion that even in an exterminated world, one person might find beauty in another. (Goodreads)
The Ones We’re Meant to Find
by Joan He
Cee woke up on the shores of an abandoned island three years ago with no idea how she got there. Now eighteen, she lives in a shack with an ageing android, and a single memory – she has a sister, and she has to escape to find her. From the safety of the eco-city floating above Earth, now decimated by natural disasters, sixteen-year-old Kasey mourns Cee whom she’s sure is dead. She too wants to escape – the eco-city is meant to be a sanctuary for people who want to save the planet, but its inhabitants are willing to do anything for refuge, even lie. Is Kasey ready to use technology to help Earth, even though it failed her sister? Cee and Kasey think that what they know about each other and their world is true. (Publisher)GRAPHIC NOVELS
Wings of Fire Series
by Tui T. Sutherland
The seven dragon tribes have been at war for generations, locked in an endless battle over an ancient, lost treasure. A secret movement called the Talons of Peace is determined to bring an end to the fighting, with the help of a prophecy — a foretelling that calls for great sacrifice. (Publisher)
Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian
by Tim Probert
Deep in the heart of Irpa stands the Salty Pig’s Tonics and Tinctures, home of the wise Pig Wizard and his adopted grandaughter, Bea. As keepers of the Endless Flame, they live a quiet and peaceful life, crafting medicines and potions for the people of their once prosperous world. All that changes when Bea meets Cad, a member of the Galdurian, a race thought to be long-extinct. (Publisher)
Girl on Fire
by Alicia Keys
From New York Times bestselling author and 15-time GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Alicia Keys comes a new authentic, honest, coming-of-age young adult graphic novel, illustrated by Brittney Williams, about finding the strength within when your whole world changes in an instant. (Goodreads)NON-FICTION
Learn how to be more secure, independent and informed with your money – with clear steps on how to budget, clear debts, build savings, start investing, buy property and much more. And along with all the practical information, Victoria will guide you through the sometimes-tricky psychology surrounding money so you can establish the values, habits and confidence that will help you build your wealth long-term. (Publisher) 
The much-admired, critically-praised and bestselling biography of Queen Victoria, from one of Australia’s most admired and respected journalists and commentators, Julia Baird. (Goodreads) 
Let’s give a shout-out to 50 awesome Australian women with these easy-to-read biographies of their incredible achievements. Brought to life by colorful illustrations from female artists, Shout Out to the Girls is the ultimate inspirational read for young and old. (Goodreads)
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Term 2, 2022
What a Buzz! This week in Cre8 lab we worked with our fleet of AHS drones. Students connected our Tello drones via Bluetooth to handheld flight controllers to manually fly the drones through obstacle courses and challenges. This enabled the students to develop skills in manual take off, flying and landing skills. The course was tight and tricky and the students had to use all their focus and skill to navigate their drones through safely.
The students then went on to measure and code flight patterns using block code to program the drones.
We also learnt this week that drones, fitted with specific heat detecting devices, are being used by researchers at QUT to count and track koala populations in Queensland. This research will aid in the conservation of koalas and other threatened species.
We look forward to developing our drone skills further next term, using block coding.
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Warm up this winter with one of these new and popular books!
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DRAMA
Perfect for all readers from 7 to 70, Einstein the Penguin introduces an unforgettable new character in a future-classic and fantastically funny debut for all the family to enjoy. Get ready to welcome the most extraordinary penguin into your own home… (Goodreads)
Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley
There are no polar bears left on Bear Island. At least, that’s what April’s father tells her when his scientific research takes them to a faraway Arctic outpost. But one night, April catches a glimpse of something distinctly bear shaped loping across the horizon. A polar bear who shouldn’t be there—who is hungry, lonely and a long way from home. (Goodreads)
The Last Bear by Hannah Gold
Two very different Grade 6 girls meet in their school sick bay. Meg is a loner. New girl Riley, is a Type 1 diabetic and already popular. As Meg and Riley are forced to spend more and more time together in the cramped sick bay room, they start to uncover each others secrets and find the courage to be who they really are. (Publisher)
Sick Bay by Nova Weetman
When seventh-grader Josephine’s mother is diagnosed with breast cancer, she wants to keep it secret, even from her best friend Makayla, but her twin brother, Chance, has other ideas. (Publisher)
Pink Hair and Other Terrible Ideas by Andrea Pyros
Lottie Brooks is 11 3/4 and her life is already officially over – not only is she about to start high school without any friends or glamorous swooshy hair, she’s just discovered she’s too flat-chested to wear a bra! (Goodreads)
The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks by Katie Kirby
Eleven-year-old Alberta Bracken is having a terrible summer. After a bike-riding accident, caused by the local bully, her arm’s in a cast so she can’t do her most favourite holiday activity: boogie boarding at the local beach. And her little sister Clementine is extremely annoying. So when budding film-maker Mikki Watanabe suggests they start a YouTube channel about the secret life of trees. (Back cover)
Mikki and Me and the Out-of-Tune Tree by Marion Roberts
HISTORICAL
1945. War has ended, but for sisters Flora and Isobel the struggles still continue. They’ve lost their father and had their home destroyed in a bombing raid, and now they must go to live with their aunt and her awful husband Mr Godfrey in their ancestral home, Splint Hall. (Goodreads)
The Secrets of Splint Hall by Katie Cotton
Twelve-year-old Ming Qong is convinced that girls must have changed the world, even if they are rarely mentioned in history books. So when Ming gets the chance to go back in time, she imagines herself changing destinies from a glittering palace or an explorer’s ship. Instead, she ends up in Australia in 1898, living a tough life as Flo Watson on a drought-stricken farm. (Goodreads)
Ming and Flo Fight for the Future by Jackie French
The First World War has ended, but it hasn’t gone away. When Natty has to move to a new village, she meets two young soldiers who are still battling the effects of war. Huw can’t forget the terrible things he’s seen, but Johnny doesn’t even remember who he is. (Goodreads)
When the War Came Home by Lesley Parr
FANTASY
It takes a (mostly) reformed thief to catch a spy. Which is why Gilly Cobbler, Enchantasia’s most notorious pickpocket, volunteers to stay locked up at Fairy Tale Reform School…indefinitely. Gilly and her friends may have defeated the Evil Queen and become reluctant heroes, but the battle for Enchantasia has just begun. (Goodreads)
Charmed by Jen Calonita
When 12-year-old Flick Hudson accidentally ends up in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, she uncovers a fantastic secret: there are hundreds of other worlds just steps away from ours. All you have to do to visit them is jump into the right suitcase. (Goodreads)
The Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L.D. Lapinski
Olia lives with her parents in an old crumbling castle, filled with hidden turrets and secret doorways. When she follows a mysterious cat to one of the castle’s roof domes, she finds herself stepping through one such doorway into a magical land filled with wonders. (Goodreads)
The Castle of Tangled Magic by Sophie Anderson
Eleven-year-old Tulsi comes from a long line of women magicians, but her mother has always forbidden her to learn Big Magic. It’s dangerous, thrilling, and powerful–and Tulsi wants it more than anything. (Goodreads)
Big Magic by Sarah Armstrong
When twelve-year-olds Willa and Manny hear of a mysterious animal prowling their town, they are determined to prove it is real. Following it into a cave one full moon, they are swept into an alternative world — one where pollution and conflict were conquered decades ago. (Goodreads)
Into the Sideways World by Ross Welford
Nine and her friends have broken the curse on their marvellous, magical House, and are free to travel the worlds once more! Their first stop: The Wizarding Hopscotch Championships. (Goodreads)
The Tower at the End of Time by Amy Sparkes
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25th May 2022
National Simultaneous Storytime is an event held every year, often in May, where an Australian picture book is celebrated all around Australia by being read on one particular day in schools, childcare centres, book shops, family homes, libraries and other places. This event, organised by ALIA (the Australian Library and Information Association), has been held for the last 22 years and aims to promote the importance and value of books, reading and literacy.
It was great to see our Year 5 and 6 students participating in this year’s event which celebrated the wonderful picture book, ‘Family Tree’, by Australian author Josh Pyke and illustrator Ronojoy Ghosh. The students watched a fantastic recorded reading of the book by the current Australian Children’s Laureate, author Gabrielle Wang. They then completed an activity that encouraged them to reflect on the messages of the book and what family means to them by creating their own ‘family leaf’.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Josh Pyke
Josh Pyke is a successful and much-loved Australian singer/songwriter, renowned for his unique and wonderful storytelling and lyricism. Josh has created many bestselling albums, won four ARIA awards, and has also written several stories for children. He is a lifelong ambassador for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (Scholastic)
Take a listen to Gabrielle Wang, the current Australian Children’s Laureate and author Reading ‘Family Tree’
