Last week, some of our students travelled to Immanuel Lutheran College for the Sunshine Coast Region Year 5/6 Readers Cup competition under the leadership of Ms Sue Warren. Our team of two Year 5 students – Cooper Adams and Kirra Burdett-Cluer – and...
Students in Years 4-12 are invited to apply to attend the Voices on the Coast Literature Festival at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Come and see authors, illustrators, poets and performers; experience the lecture theatres of the University;...
This week in Geek Girls we had an engineering challenge to create a marble run out of pool noodles. The students had some very creative ideas, making tunnels, loops, and holes in their runs. There was lots of experimenting and excitement as new...
Congratulations to the following students who were chosen to represent PLC at the Readers Cup on Wednesday 23 rd May. Junior College Students: Cooper and Kirra. Middle College Students: Kyla, Priya, and Aryisa. Parents and friends are invited to...
This week in Geek Girls we created an art bot – a robot that draws. Students built the robot and created a circuit using a battery pack and a DC motor to drive it. When the circuit was completed, the robot moved across the page, drawing with its...
Seventeen LibGuides have been created recently for the Year 12 English Extension programme. The home page for this subject is here http://libguides.pacluth.qld.edu.au/home/extension . Families are reminded to check the libguides available for their...
Last week, the library celebrated Kodomo no Hi, Japanese Children's Day. On Monday, Momo Taro (Peach Boy) was the featured story in story time, while on Tuesday students had the opportunity to make origami samurai helmets. Finally, students made...
In Geek Girls this week, students used light-emitting diodes, copper tape and coin-cell batteries to construct a circuit within a Mothers' Day card, allowing the card to light up when the circuit was closed. Miss Nell Keen, Teacher Librarian
On Open Day, the library highlighted the many ways we support literacy, research needs and technology in the school. Visitors had the opportunity to play with some of our STEM equipment such as Osmo and Innobits, as well as make a binary code...