The document describes the establishment of a Maker Space called the Lunchbox Club at Brisbane Grammar School. It outlines the rationale for creating this space, which was to support changes in classroom teaching practices and provide extracurricular learning opportunities. The Lunchbox Club was launched and involved activities like coding games. This engaged students but also led to some playing games in class. The Club aims to strengthen connections both within the school and to external organizations to support hands-on, experiential learning.

1. It all began with a
Maker Space
PRESENTATION AT IASL 2015 CONFERENCE
MAASTRICHT, NETHERLANDS
DEBBIE HUNTER, BRISBANE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, AUSTRALIA

2. WHY – a rationale for action
 A new media Library at BGS in 2013 for Years 7-8.
 An update to the School Strategic Plan 2015-2018 that supports
extracurricular domains.
 Teaching and learning in the classroom at BGS is changing.
 Blended Committees, Pedagogy committees in 2013 to preface
future changes in the classroom.
 The Signature program in 2014 - a year to action,
including training in Design thinking techniques from No Tosh.
 Libraries world wide movement.

3. The Lilley Centre Senior Library

4. Centenary Library Years 7-8
Centenary Library at lunchtime

5. Middle School Library Years 5-6

6. School strategic plan 2015-2018
To…
 “Enhance BGS’ responsiveness to
change in the academic,
wellbeing and extracurricular
domains..”
 School policy that actively
encourages exploration of new
methods, to “achieve leadership
in research –driven learning,
teaching,…and extracurricular
practices”
Released with
permission of the BGS
Principal, Mr A Micallef

7. Teaching and learning in the
classroom is changing: Design and
Technology
 How can the library best support this change?

8. Teaching and learning in the
classroom is changing: Science

9. Teaching and learning in the
classroom is changing: Drama

10. Teaching and learning in the
classroom is changing: Writing

11. Teaching and learning in the
classroom is changing: Presenting tasks

12. WHAT – Finding a way forward
 Revisiting and comparing our Inquiry processes in tasks at BGS.
 The Signature Program 2014
 Creating a Maker Space opportunity – The Lunchbox Club!
 Listen to Sylvia Martinez webinar
Education eavesdrop - Why school leaders should know about
Maker Spaces
 Examining research ideas to implement in our Centenary Library
both from within the school and beyond?
 Create a Blog to share and record the progress.

13. Inquiry models for designing a solution
Released with
permission of
No Tosh
The Design Thinking
Enquiry Space
Greater emphasis
on Immersion, and
Prototyping,
following a
Synthesis and
Ideation of ideas.
Open, Explore, Close
Divergence,
Emergence,
Convergence

14. Inquiry models for research

15. The Signature program 2014
 What is it?
 How does it fit into curriculum?
 What works? Can we help?
What great things emerged from the program?
Assessment: “..they need to have assessment…”
What is the Signature program?

16. Maker Movement in global Libraries
Sylvia Martinez’ webinar 2014 from
Atomic Learning

17. HOW? – doing it!
 Developing The Lunchbox Club
 Building communication for the school community: a website,
TeamApp and The Lunchbox Club blog
 ‘Ramped-up’ everyday activities in the library.
AND THAT LED TO..
 Learning in Centenary Library changing
 More connectedness to Learning across the school and beyond
 Supporting learning in the classroom – risk taking exercises through
the Maker Space and classroom activity.

18. The Lunchbox Club

19. Maker Movement in BGS Libraries
 It’s a world wide
movement!
 Start my Blog to share
progress and
planning
 Website to link our
news to the boys
 BGS Scoop.it to keep
up with the global
news.

20. Everyday tasks and displays
Copenhagen
Library
example

21. Our son, Nicholas loves coming to lunchbox club. He has found the KODU game engrossing, so much so, that he does it
during class time, when he thinks the teacher isn't watching, at the pick up zone (doesn't see me coming), any spare
moment he can access his computer, and particularly at home, sometimes waking in middle of night and logging onto it.
He has now had 2 luchtime detentions, one of which is today, for this infraction, and today received a Friday detention
for playing a game (possibly today not actually the KODU) while his English teacher was talking to the class.
So I have no choice, but to ban the game for him. I think it is too tempting at the moment to have such a readily available
game on his tablet computer.
I will get him to delete the game from his computer tonight
I am not sure if it is best that he be banned from lunchbox club altogether, or whether he can just be banned from the
game. I believe you do other interesting things in your club.
What do you suggest?
Thankyou
Questions along the way

22. WHERE TO NEXT?
 QSITE/ educational group connections
 MeetUp connections
 Maker Faire connections
 Uni/ QUT/ STEM School connections
 Networking outside the TL environment
 New teaching relationships across campus
 MORE DEPTH TO OUR ACTIVITIES IN LUNCHBOX
 STRONGER CONTEXTUAL CONNECTIONS IN CURRICULUM

23. Contact me
Contact:
Debbie Hunter
Teaching and Learning Librarian
Brisbane Grammar School
debbie.hunter@brisbanegrammar.com
Resources:
The Lunchbox Club website
http://libguides.brisbanegrammar.com/lunchbox
club
The Lunchbox Club blog
http://lunchboxclub.bgslibraryblog.org/