Researching ideas
I spent a lot of time reading and searching the types of activities being carried out in school libraries. I saw such value in...
Inviting the girls to make…
During the next term in Library skills the girls were learning how to find topics in the non-fiction area of the library so I...
Making with Grandparents
Today was Grandparents Day and our Year 6 students brought their grandparents into our Junior Library MakerSpace Zone to 'make' together. The girls challenged...
Holiday Program: Drones, Droids and Robots
Robots, Drones and Droids
St Aidan’s last STEMies program (one day in the holidays) incorporated a session ‘playing’ and learning how to code robots, drones...
Resources
After presenting a webinar for Eduwebinar last week and reading the feed back, which was very encouraging, I thought I'd put in one place a list of...
Making with Andrew King….author/engineer
Andrew King...Author and Engineer...tinkerer extraordinaire!
Wow! Such a fabulous day with Andrew King. He inspired our girls with his delightful stories of Engiibear's Dream and...
Guest Post: Club Kidpreneur
I'm so excited to introduce the talented, passionate and dedicated Year 4 teacher, Jen Rowe, who very successfully introduced the concept of 'Entrepreneurship' in...
Adding to our Space
Our MakerSpace Zone is really establishing itself. The girls are using the equipment and trying new ideas and projects. The method of introducing concepts...
STEMies Club Responds to Innovator
STEMies Club responded to Dr James Fielding’s (CEO and co-founder of Audeara Headphones) visit by designing and creating an artefact with a theme of...
Geography in the Makerspace Zone
It was now time for us to promote our space to the rest of the school and to get the teachers behind what we were doing....