Author: All Hallows’ Library

Mother’s Day High Tea Flowers

March 28th, 2018
25th May, 2018

Blooming Lovely – May Morning Tea.

The giant flowers, were internally lit with mini LED bulbs and used to decorate the photo booths, the main stage, information boards and tables at the event held at Brisbane City Hall. the Makerspace flowers were greatly admired by all and the Mothers’ Network were very appreciative of the spectacular decorations.

The May Morning Tea is a wonderful annual celebration, where in true Mercy tradition, women from all generations and walks of life, gather to share a cup of tea. A highlight of the morning was a presentation from inspirational guest speaker and past pupil, Clare Sultmann. Clare shared her incredible story of faith, determination and resilience. A wonderful role model to us all. Here are some of the pictures from the day.

28th March, 2018

The McAuley Makerspace students have been asked to make decorations for the annual Mother’s Day High Tea, which will be held in the Brisbane City Hall during May.

The girls are very excited about making giant flowers in pink.

First step is cutting out of many petals that will be used to construct a couple of different styles of pink flower.

Construction of the flowers will take place closer to the event.

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New Fiction – Easter Holiday Reading 2018

March 7th, 2018
Accidental Heroes (The Rogues #1)
by Lian Tanner
In the city of Berren, strange things happen. People disappear, trees sprout overnight. But no one believes in magic. To believe in magic would be disloyal…

The Book Of Secrets (Ateban Cipher #1)
by A.L. Tait
What’s the secret of the book, and why is it so valuable? These are the questions Gabe must answer when a dying man hands him a coded manuscript with one instruction: take it to Aidan.

Caleb
by Gary Crew, Steven Woolman (Illustrator)
A gothic tale told in prose by a bookish, young university student. When he is assigned the precocious adolescent Caleb as his roommate it seems like disaster, but Caleb turns out to have amazing and gruesome talents.

Dr Boogaloo and The Girl Who Lost Her Laughter
by Lisa Nicol
Dr Boogaloo was no ordinary doctor. Not at all like the one you might visit if you had a sore tummy. No, Dr Boogaloo was a very different type of doctor. He treated folks who suffered from rather unusual complaints. And how did he treat them?

The Elephant
by Peter Carnavas
An exquisite first novel from acclaimed picture book author and illustrator Peter Carnavas about Olive, Dad and his elephant.

Olive’s father has a sadness so big that she imagines it as a large grey elephant following him around. With the help of her cheery grandfather and her best friend, Arthur, Olive sets out to chase away her father’s elephant.

The Goldfish Boy
by Lisa Thompson
Matthew Corbin suffers from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. He hasn’t been to school in weeks. His hands are cracked and bleeding from cleaning. He refuses to leave his bedroom. To pass the time, he observes his neighbours from his bedroom window, making mundane notes about their habits as they bustle about the cul-de-sac.

Groosham Grange (Groosham Grange #1)
by Anthony Horowitz
Sent to Groosham Grange by his parents, David Eliot quickly discovers that his new school is a very odd place indeed. New pupils are made to sign their names in blood; the French teacher disappears every full moon; and the assistant headmaster keeps something very chilling in his room.

Hickory Dickory Dash
by Tony Wilson (Author), Laura Wood (Illustrator)
Before the clock strikes one, a mother mouse must search the house for her two missing sons. But she’d better watch out for the cat!

Lintang and the Pirate Queen (Lintang #1)
by Tamara Moss
Lintang dreams of escaping her island home and having adventures on the high seas. She gets her chance when she and her best friend, Bayani, face a deadly mythie and survive, attracting the attention of the infamous Captain Shafira.

The Matilda Effect
by Ellie Irving
Matilda loves science and inventing. Her heroes are Marie Curie, Leonardo DaVinci and Thomas Edison, and one day she wants to be a famous inventor herself. So when she doesn’t win the school science fair, she’s devastated – especially as the judges didn’t believe she’d come up with her entry on her own. Because she’s a girl.

Maybe (Once #6)
by Morris Gleitzman
A powerfully moving addition to Morris Gleitzman’s bestselling series about Felix and Zelda which takes place in 1945, following directly on from the story told in Soon. This intensely affecting story will move readers of all ages. It will be welcomed by the many Holocaust educators who use Once, Now, Then, After and Soon to teach upper primary and lower secondary children A powerfully moving addition to Morris Gleitzman’s bestselling series about Felix and Zelda which takes place in 1945, following directly on from the story told in Soon. This intensely affecting story will move readers of all ages.

More Than One Way to Be a Girl
by Dyan Sheldon
From the writer of Confessions of A Teenage Drama Queen and My Worst Best Friend comes this hugely entertaining teen read, all about what it really means to be a girl. ZiZi likes to think of herself as a girly girl: her wardrobe is almost exclusively pink, her daily makeup routine can take upwards of an hour and she loves a bit of a flirt.

Mr Bambuckle’s Remarkables
by Tim Harris, James Hart (Illustrator)
He’s the first teacher to cook us breakfast.
Is his spark-maker beetle really that dangerous?
I heard he drank yak’s milk in Mongolia.
He’s the only person who isn’t afraid of Canteen Carol.
My mum says he used to be in the circus

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Top 50 Books 2018

March 7th, 2018
EASTER HOLIDAY READING 2018

A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world–but is then tested beyond her wildest imagination .

The School for good and evil
The first kidnappings happened two hundred years before. Some years it was two boys taken, some years two girls, sometimes one of each. But if at first the choices seemed random, soon the pattern became clear. One was always beautiful and good, the child every parent wanted as their own.

Tally has finally become pretty. Now her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are awesome, her boyfriend is totally hot, and she’s completely popular. It’s everything she’s ever wanted.

Humanity is all but extinguished after a war with Partials—engineered organic beings identical to humans—has decimated the population.

When she was chosen to compete in the Selection, America never dreamed she would find herself anywhere close to the crown—or to Prince Maxon’s heart.

In the Society, officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die.

Princess Eadlyn has grown up hearing endless stories about how her mother and father met. Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won the heart of Prince Maxon—and they lived happily ever after..

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon’s house, which he thinks is normal for someone like him who’s parents have been killed in a ‘car crash’.

The Selection began with thirty-five girls. Now with the group narrowed down to the six Elite, the competition to win Prince Maxon’s heart is fiercer than ever—and America is still struggling to decide where her heart truly lies.

Samantha is a stranger in her own life. Until the night she disappeared with her best friend, Cassie, everyone said Sam had it all – popularity, wealth, and a dream boyfriend.

When Eadlyn became the first princess of Illéa to hold her own Selection, she didn’t think she would fall in love with any of her thirty-five suitors.

No one has set foot on Earth in centuries — until now

In the dark, filthy salt mines of Endovier, an eighteen-year-old girl is serving a life sentence. She is a trained assassin, the best of her kind, but she made a fatal mistake. She got caught.

One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves

In the blink of an eye, everyone disappears. Gone. Except for the young.

Glass Sword
If there’s one thing Mare Barrow knows, it’s that she’s different.

It’s the year 2140 and Anna shouldn’t be alive. Nor should any of the children she lives with at Grange Hall. The facility is full of kids like her, kids whose parents chose to recklessly abuse.

THE ASTONISHING ADVENTURE CONTINUES When you’ve run out of choices, you’ve only got yourself. As war rages, as the enemy closes in, as Ellie and her friends fight for their lives, they are left with nothing.

Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares
“I’ve left some clues for you. If you want them, turn the page. If you don’t, put the book back on the shelf, please.”

When the Hipchicks went to war
The sixties are in full swing and going to a war is the last thing on Kathy’s mind.

About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him—and I didn’t know how dominant that part might be—that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him..

Kyla’s memory has been erased, her personality wiped blank, her memories lost for ever. She’s been Slated.

Felix, a Jewish boy in Poland in 1942, is hiding from the Nazis in a Catholic orphanage. The only problem is that he doesn’t know anything about the war, and thinks he’s only in the orphanage while his parents travel and try to salvage their bookselling business.

I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.

Cassel comes from a family of curse workers: people who have the power to change your emotions, your memories, your luck, by the slightest touch of their hands. And since curse work is illegal, they’re all criminals.

When Ellie and her friends return from a camping trip in the Australian bush, they find things hideously wrong — their families are gone. Gradually they begin to comprehend that their country has been invaded and everyone in their town has been taken prisoner.

I had a plan for me and Zelda
Pretend to be someone else
Find new parents
Be safe forever

Now is the third shocking, funny and heartbreaking book in Morris Gleitzman’s Second World War series. Sometimes facing the past is the bravest act of all…

A powerfully moving addition to Morris Gleitzman’s bestselling series about Felix and Zelda which takes place in 1945, following directly on from the story told in Soon.

In a future United States, albeit one stemming from a different history (references to “April 31st” and “The German air blitz on the east coast” are made), there has been an apparent military takeover of the country, turning it into a totalitarian dystopia.

Cammie Morgan is a student at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, a fairly typical all-girls school-that is, if every school taught advanced martial arts in PE and the latest in chemical warfare in science, and students received extra credit for breaking CIA codes in computer class.

This is a world divided by blood – red or silver. The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change.

When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder― much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be.

Anne Boleyn: A King’s obsession
A novel filled with new insights into the story of Henry VIII’s second—and most infamous—wife, Anne Boleyn. The second book in the epic Six Tudor Queens series, from the acclaimed historian and bestselling author of Katherine of Aragon.

After the Nazis took my parents I was scared After they killed my best friend I was angry After they ruined my thirteenth birthday I was determined To get to the forest To join forces with Gabriek and Yuli To be a family To defeat the Nazis after all

An abundance of Katherines
Katherine V thought boys were gross Katherine X just wanted to be friends Katherine XVIII dumped him in an e-mail K-19 broke his heart

Connor’s parents want to be rid of him because he’s a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to cut orphanage costs. Lev’s unwinding has been planned since his birth as part of his family’s strict religion.

After the Nazis took my parents I was scared. After they killed my best friend I was angry. After I joined the partisans and helped defeat the Nazis I was hopeful. Soon, I said, we’ll be safe. I was wrong.

The nation of Panem, formed from a post-apocalyptic North America, is a country that consists of a wealthy Capitol region surrounded by 12 poorer district.

Heartfelt, touching, and unforgettable, Life on the Refrigerator Door is a glimpse into the lives of mothers and daughters everywhere.

In an alternate United States, love has been declared a dangerous disease, and the government forces everyone who reaches eighteen to have a procedure called the Cure.

Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir takes on what no fiction writer has done before: creating a dramatic six-book series in which each novel covers one of King Henry VIII’s wives.

When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do.

Number 2 For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon.

NUMBER 1 Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.

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Paper Beads

March 7th, 2018
Collection of paper beads.

6th March 2018

The final workshop for term one was paper beads. All the students that attended were very excited to create some original beads to use in a jewellery project.

The first step was to decide on a pattern and colour that would work well when the paper was rolled into an oval or round shape.

Step two was to cut the paper into long, triangular-shaped strips, the longer the strip the more round the shape of the bead.

Step 3, roll the paper strip onto a skewer firmly and
Finished wired paper bead bracelet.

continue rolling, making sure that the paper is centered, then glue the last 2 inches of the paper at the end to secure.

All the beads were then embossed with clear embossing powder to give them the glass effect.

These beads are more challenging that what they appear. And this workshop was a test of persistence for some students. The beauty of a paper bead is that it is easy and quick to start again and learn from doing.

The students are rolling the paper on wooden skewers to achieve a oval or round appearance

Of course the part the students really looked forward to was creating their jewellery. Some chose to make a pair of earrings, while others decided on a more challenging bracelet.

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McAuley Makerspace Activities Term 2 2018

February 27th, 2018
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Cre8 Lab Workshops Term 2 2018

February 27th, 2018
27th February 2018

We are all organised for term 2 in the Cre8 Lab and also the McAuley Makerspace with some exciting workshops and activities planned. Check out the video below for more information on the Cre8 Lab workshops.

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Kitty planters

February 20th, 2018
Week 5 20th February 2018

The students in the McAuley Makerspace are now onto their 3 project for the year. They are making Kitty Planters out of recycled 2 litre milk Bottles. Both the top and the bottom of the milk bottle is used, creating a self watering pot for a small plant.

Here are some photos of the creating process and we have one finished Kitty.

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Macrame Keyrings

February 15th, 2018
15th February 2018

The McAuley MakerSpace has been a hive of activity during the first 4 weeks of term. Students have enjoyed creating paper flowers, pom poms, name badges and this week they are learning the skill of Macrame.

Creating their own key ring out of natural cotton cord or jute and adding a couple of beads to their design. Some students painted their own beads, others used the coloured beads that we supplied.

Students were helping each other and sharing their knowledge after successfully completing their own key ring.

Next week will be the Kitty Planters, which are made from recycled 2 litre milk bottles.

Check out the photos below.

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Recycled Plastic Bottle Poppies

February 13th, 2018
13th February 2018

Our current workshop is all about upcycling. The students are creating poppies out of recycled plastic soda bottles.

We are hoping to have a beautiful display for Anzac Day next term, so we are starting to make and collect as many poppies as possible.

The workshop is fun and the students can make their poppy during one lunchtime.

What a lovely way to upcycle plastic bottles.

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Basket Weaving

February 13th, 2018
13th February 2018

Here are some of the finished projects. More to come.

9th February 2018

During week three, the students were introduced to basket weaving. They were able to choose between raffia, twine and wool. Using different techniques such as coiling and blanket stitch weaving.

It was a very social workshop with the students chatting and collaborating, sometimes not weaving at all. As a result not all the baskets were finished and students have taken their project home to continue.

We have scheduled week 6 to continue with their project and hopefully finish before the end of term, so watch this space.

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