By Mrs Mary-Anne Driver, Library Aide

The colder weather brings more students indoors to enjoy the library hub: games, activities, jigsaws and sometimes just a spot on the carpet to enjoy each other’s company!

We had quite a number of students doing bead work and some interesting fingerprint pictures as well. Chess is our activity on Fridays, but we find a chess board is out most days and students are gathered around discussing (or being told not to discuss?) moves.

In the library, we are already looking at Term 3 work to ensure we have the resources students might need to help with assignments. Dashboards will be made as a springboard to further resources available both in house and online. You can check out the dashboards made for this term on our website portal. Go to: https://au.accessit.online/ASS01

We asked the students how we can help Be Brave and Make Change after Reconciliation week. As always, our students came up with some pertinent answers!

Esports Excursion

On Friday, our Esports team, led by Mr Fern and Miss Quinn, braved the cold and the early morning bus ride, venturing off to QUT in Brisbane city for the second time. The team fought valiantly beginning the day with Rocket League, then moving on to Overwatch and League of Legends. While many fierce games were happening, those who were not playing had the opportunity to try their hand at casting and spectating on the QUT livestream to explain and show what was happening to viewers online. Some even had the opportunity to moderate the livestream chat and at one point, ‘time out’ an excited viewer who was commenting too much.

It was a lot of fun and a fantastic opportunity to practise not only students’ gaming skills but also their online safety skills as they listened to informative tips from the organisers. Against Sheldon College, Faith Lutheran College Redlands and Mountain Creek State High School, Assumption placed third; a wonderful result for our first time playing against other schools. Congratulations to all the students involved for your brilliant efforts!