STEM Ideas for Year 7 & 8
Students acquire knowledge and skills through a range of approaches, including experimenting, playing, and discovering. By offering engaging and thought-provoking activities across the curriculum,...
Coding in our Library MakerSpace
We are continuing our focus on coding in our library lessons, Megan and I were pleased to see our article on 'Coding in the...
Robotic Hand Mission
I was very pleased to receive an invitation from Optimise Learning to work with and trail a mission with some of our students. Optimise...
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...
Building a Computer?…….Yes!
A small group of girls have been busy this term following a blueprint to build a computer in our Makerspace. I gave the girls a 'Piper Computer...
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...
Sharing at PEIC Computational Thinking Conference
We were fortunate to share our journey and some fun activities at a regional conference held in Port Macquarie. Keynote speakers were Dr Rebecca...
PLN’s are Invaluable!
Professional Learning Networks or Personal Learning Networks are not ‘new’, but have grown exponentially, with the world wide web. Whereas, it used to be...
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...
Visiting schools in Finland and Sweden
Visits to Rekolanmaki School, Helsinki and Pilbacksskolan, Malmo.
Wow! Time flies, it’s been nearly one month since I was fortunate to visit a Finnish Primary...