HAS Community Library
DeadlyScience is an organisation that was started by Corey Tutt when he discovered that remote schools were often critically under-resourced. The people who are part of the company know, from personal experience, that books and resources change lives. DeadlyScicene wants to ensure all schools have access to our history of science by providing resources that connect schools to the First Scientists of Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For further information, visit their website:
We have several books produced by this organisation in our library. You may like to borrow them over the school holidays and check them out with the children in your life.
Deadly Science: The Solar System
From planets made of gas, to stars made of fire, our vast Solar System is filled with mysteries still to be explored and solved. Did you know that the world’s first astronomers were Indigenous Australians over 35,000 years ago? These Australians were the first humans to closely observe and note the movement of the planets and stars in space, So, buckle up and get ready to navigate the nebulas and comets with us as we explore space and begin to unravel the intricacies of our little corner of the Milky Way.
Deadly Science: Wild Weather
Extreme weather events, from bushfires to flood, and sudden geological changes, from earthquakes to tsunamis, have an enormous impact on our planet. In this book, you can read about different examples of extreme weather, especially examples from around Australia, and learn how these events affect living and non-living aspects of the environment. You will also find out how Indigenous Australians have recorded and documented geological events, and how science is giving us better understanding of weather patterns and events, and new tools for managing natural disasters.
LEGO Makerspace
We are very excited and grateful to have recently received from DeadlyScience a large box that contained kits of various Lego designs. These will be added to our developing LEGO Makerspace collection that the students have been enjoying using during lunchtimes in the library.
As the library is open during the holidays (except weekends, public holidays, and Fridays), you may like to come in with your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews or just because you like working with Lego and spend some time building in our Lego Makerspace.
Some of the Lego kits donated by DeadlyScience
HASS – Humanities and Social Sciences F-2
How important our community helpers are, those who work behind the scenes to keep things running smoothly in our community. The F-2 students drew themselves as a community helper or how community helpers help us, as seen in the pictures included.
The students have now commenced their research about the different habitats around the world and some of the animals that live in those habitats. Following this, they will work out how they would travel around the world and communicate with family and friends if they were doing their Grand Tour in the early part of the 20th century. As part of our research, we heard from a guest speaker. Mrs Sharples travelled from France to Australia around 35 years ago. She shared with the students some of the experiences as she travelled by car, train, boats, and planes through countries like Poland, Germany, Afghanistan, India, Thailand, and Japan before arriving in Sydney. Communication with family and friends was done through letters and postcards via the Post Office. Thank you Mrs Sharples.
It was exciting for me to see some of you have taken the plunge and joined our Blog. The students enjoy sharing information about what they have been learning. You are welcome to post a comment in response to their work if you would like. If you would like to join the Blog but can’t find the information you need to do this, please contact me and I will pass the information on to you.
Digital Technologies F-2
With the exploration of Mars continuing through the work of NASA, it is an interesting question to ask-What would it be like to live on the red planet? The last half of Term 3 has seen the F-2 students working in Maker’s Empire, a 3D printing program, designing an object or toy that a child their age could take to Mars. The Space to Dream design thinking challenge is “a great way for young people to start thinking about the opportunities and challenges space brings, which is important, as we depend on space technologies every day”. (Dr. David Haley)