LIBRARY & STEAM
ONLINE SAFETY
https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/online-safety-guide
This guide covers some of the key online safety issues for young people and includes a range of practical tips and advice on what to do if things go wrong. (e-safety commissioner)
STEAM APPS & WEBSITES
(ages 5-7) learn important new skills as they program their own interactive stories and games. By snapping together graphical programming blocks, children can make characters move, jump, dance, and sing. In the process, children learn to solve problems, design projects, and express themselves creatively on the computer.
Open a suite of intuitive built-in tools to create anything in 3D! Use existing assets from the library, building blocks to model your own objects, or upload external files.
Available on: smartphone, tablet, desktop, Chromebook
Logins provided by Mrs Schiemer
An award-winning coding curriculum for kids ages 4-10 Kodable lets your kids play and create their own games, and features content suitable for all age levels.
Code Hour Lightbot is a programming puzzle game- a game whose game mechanics require using programming logic to solve levels. This short teaser is meant to introduce players to programming who may have little to no experience. Anyone, anywhere, from grades K-12 can play.
Even pre-readers can learn to code with Tynker Junior! Tynker Junior is the fun, interactive way to spark your child’s interest in coding. Young children (ages 5-7) learn the fundamentals of coding by snapping together graphical blocks to move their characters.
Your child will learn as they build games and apps, modify Minecraft, program drones, control micro: bit, and even explore STEM
GarageBand - APP is a fully equipped music creation studio inside your ipad. It’s easy to learn, play, record, create and share your hits worldwide. Now you’re ready to make music like a pro.
Arty Factory
Website offers free art and design lessons for all. Learn how to draw, paint and design by following our illustrated step by step instructions.