Library and Maker Space
Robotics Success
The two First Lego League robotics teams attended their competition day at Grace Lutheran College on the 28th of October. Both teams performed exceptionally well on the day – the hours (and hours) of preparation they put in before the day was clearly evident.
First Lego League teams need to perform well across multiple aspects of the competition. Teams need to prepare an innovation project (this year’s theme required that teams share a hobby or interest with others in a creative way), they must also build a robot and code it to operate autonomously in order complete a number of challenges set up on a robotics mat. Points are earned in two and a half minute rounds.
The Dayboro Dominators were awarded the Innovation Project Award. Their team presented an idea they developed where they would be able to share horse riding experiences with people who have disabilities using a VR immersive experience.
The Dayboro Destroyers achieved a personal best team score of 225 points for the robot table game. At the time they achieved their PB score in the third round they were positioned in second place with their score (we are awaiting confirmation that this was still their position at the end of the third round).
We would also like to send out a huge thank you to everyone who helped make the day a success including parents for transporting students, Mrs Blair and Mrs Mackintosh (who were first time judges), Mrs O’Dwyer and Merten Foerster who assisted the team on the day, and to Carrie-ann Young who generously created team shirts for the students to wear – what a way to build team spirit! Thank you all so much!
Library
Over the last few months we have had a lot of children asking for more scary books to borrow – so this week we have added a collection of new books to the library which all have a spooky/scary theme. Books selected include the “Last Kids on Earth” series, the “Violet Veil Mysteries” series, “Pets Rule” series and “Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol” series, to name a few. We hope that the children who requested the books enjoy them!
A reminder to students with overdue books – please return these as soon as possible so that other children can enjoy the books too.
Have a great week!
Mrs Wilkinson.
Book Club
Book Club for Term 4 will be issue to students in the coming days. Families are also able to view the latest issue of Book Club on line. Orders for this issue of Book Club will close on Thursday the 31st of August (Week 8).
It is easy to order. The Book Club LOOP platform for parents allows you to pay by credit card. Your child’s order is submitted directly to school and the books will be delivered to their class. You can place your child’s order at scholastic.com.au/loop or by using the LOOP app, which can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play. Alternatively, order forms with payment can be handed in at the school office. All orders placed through Book Club help to earn free reading books for the school library.
