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.
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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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A Sneak Peek
Come and join us on your lunch break for some creativity and fun! Makerspace is a lovely room at the back of the library where you can come with your friends and explore! Let your imagination take you away! No experience required, we will teach you and before you know it, you will be teaching all of your friends.
Watch this short presentation to see what we have planned.
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A Sneak Peek
Looking for something fun to fill your lunch break? Come and join us in the Art rooms for some creative activities where you will build friendships, learn new art techniques (no experience required) and have some fun!
Check out the program below in this short presentation.