Precipitation Penguins
The theme for this year’s First Lego League was Hydrodynamics, which enabled our girls to learn more about our precious resource ‘water’. We started at...
Creating with CoSPaces and Metaverse
VR and AR enhances learning experiences for students. If you have used either of these realities, you will most certainly agree. Different subjects can...
Winches and Conveyor Belt Stories
This activity followed on from the skills mastered in ‘Engineering with Winches and Pulleys’
The girls viewed different types of conveyor belts and how they...
Why ‘Making’ needs to be part of the School Curriculum.
After spending the last couple of years researching the Maker Movement and providing space within our Junior School library for a Makerspace I have...
Mechanical Cardboard Workshop
It’s always fun making, especially micro machines that move! I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to explore and create ‘The Southbank Story’ with moving parts....
TechMate create with Micro:Bit
TechMate is held once a term after school for girls from grade 4 - 6 to bring along a significant male in their lives...
Must Reads this Summer!
Two books to read this summer break must be…………A Mammoth Lesson: Teaching in the Digital Age by Brett Salakas and Converge: A futurist’s insights...
Author Visits are Special!
We were fortunate to have Felice Arena visit our school to inspire our girls from Year 4 to Year 6 to read and delve into...
Bringing Books to Life with AR
As educators and parents, we all appreciate the importance and benefits of stories and books. Megan and I use books as a spring board...
Hologram Heads!
Students thoroughly engage with the skills and potential of using technology when presenting their work to an audience. Year 4 students integrated technology into...