Christmas Cardboard Arcade
Following on from our History unit which incorporated the ideologies of the makerspace, the girls watched Caine's Arcade.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faIFNkdq96U
After studying how Australia has populated since...
Making in the Classroom.
After a very successful 'Connection Day' involving makerspace activities I was delighted when our wonderful Prep teacher, who also runs Young Masterminds told me I...
Future Schools Expo + Conference Sydney
Last week I was fortunate to have been invited to speak at the Future Schools Expo + Conference in Sydney. It is an annual 2 day...
The GiST(The Girls in STEM Toolkit)
The GiST(The Girls in STEM Toolkit) is a resource designed to support and encourage girls and young women to pursue careers in science, technology,...
Annual ‘Hour of Code’ 2017
This was our fourth year of providing a time when the whole Junior School came together to enjoy an hour of coding activities. Prior...
Hour of Code 2015
Wow! What a great way to lead into our 'Hour of Code' with the whole Junior School. After a very successful event last year...
More Favourite Maker activities
After the success of making cards with electrical circuits I decided to guide the girls in creating 'bogles' using dough. I was fortunate to obtain the...
Coding in the Junior Library
Computers touch our lives in so many ways, from movies to medicine, education to entertainment, gaming to government, construction to commerce. Computers and Digital...
Pixilart and EyeJack Edu App
The Year 5 girls enjoyed creating AR art with Pixilart and Eyejack creator. They first installed Eyejack Creator onto their laptops. Then opened Pixilart...
Learning by Making!
STEMies Club is a weekly afternoon activity for girls to come and enjoy the 'Makerspace' by creating, building, playing and 'making', using the tools...