School Programmes 2023
All school sessions take place in one of our libraries Auahatanga - Creative Spaces*.
(Location is dependent on equipment and or software required for the particular programme).
- Auahatanga - South Library
- Auahatanga - Tūranga
- Auahatanga - Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre
*excluding The Gathering Dust Initiative
Funding may be available for your school via the GCSN - Greater Christchurch School's Network. To enquire about eligibility criteria, please contact GCSN directly.
Plan to Podcast
Ākonga learn to construct a narrative for broadcast that incorporates appropriate conventions. Learn to use podcasting equipment, field recording equipment, and audio editing software to record, edit, and export audio tracks. Ākonga will come away from these sessions prepared to lead others to produce future podcasts.
- Resources used:
- Audacity
- Adobe Audition
- REAPER
- RODECaster Pro
- Zoom Recording
- Age: Year 6-8
- Number of Ākonga/Students: Maximum 12
- Cost: $No charge - Funding may be available via GCSN - Greater Christchurch Schools' Network GCSN
- Cost: $540 for 3 x two-hour sessions (six hours total) - Booked directly with libraries
- Locations = South / Tūranga / Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre.
Ko Wai Au?
A full day programme which offers ākonga the opportunity to express their identity in a creative form. Ākonga will be supported to work through the design process and create a physical product showcasing their design.
Ākonga will come away with a finished design file and a physical print of their design. This may come in the form of a t-shirt, badge, poster, or a laptop skin.
Note: This session is recommended for ākonga ages Year 5 and over. Ākonga will need to supply their own T-shirt to print on. If this is a barrier for your school please let us know and we will explore options of support.
- Age: Year 5+
- Number of Ākonga/Students: Maximum 12
- Cost: $No charge - Funding may be available via GCSN - Greater Christchurch Schools' Network
- Cost: $450 for 1 x Full day session (5 hours) - Booked directly with libraries
- Locations:
- T-Shirt = South
- Badge. Poster. Laptop Skin = South / Tūranga / Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre.
Coding Creations
Ākonga will plan code and create a game or an app using Scratch Jr/ Scratch or swift playgrounds (depending on the age/ability of the group involved). Ākonga will learn how to use coding software to make a game or an app, using sketches pro to make characters or other items for their games.
- Age: Year 4-8
- Number of Ākonga/Students: Maximum 12
- Cost: $No charge - Funding may be available via GCSN - Greater Christchurch Schools' Network GCSN
- Cost: $540 for 3 x two-hour sessions (six hours total) - Booked directly with libraries
- Locations: South / Tūranga / Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre.
Product Design
Learn product design using creative software, and how to print using 3D printers, design cutters and laser cutter. (Option for Chocolate Mould Creation OR Snakes and Ladders Game.)
- Age: Year 6-8
- Number of Ākonga/Students: Maximum 12
- Cost: $No charge - Funding may be available via GCSN - Greater Christchurch Schools' Network
- Cost: $720 for 4 x two-hour sessions (eight hours total) - Booked directly with libraries
- Locations:
- Chocolate Mould = South / Tūranga / Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre.
- Snakes and Ladders Game = South / Tūranga.
The Gathering Dust Initiative
This programme is only offered via GCSN - Greater Christchurch Schools' Network (funded).
Do you have any digital equipment in your school that is not being utilised effectively and may be starting to gathering dust? Perhaps a 3D printer, or a set of iPads or cameras that were purchased a while ago which just haven't had the opportunity to explore the use of yet?
One of the Christchurch City Libraries team will come to your school to work alongside you and your ākonga to demonstrate how these technologies could be used in a meaningful way to support teaching and learning. They will upskill a champion group of ākonga and kaiako that can share these skills with others at your school.
- Cost: $No charge - Funding may be available via GCSN - Greater Christchurch Schools' Network
- Location: At your school
GCSN - Greater Christchurch Schools' Network
Bridging the Digital Divide in Education.
Offering a range of services to schools, teachers and students.
Visit GCSN - Greater Christchurch Schools' Network for more information.
