Drones raise interest
By Paige Keilar, Year 7, Bentley Park College By Jack Lee, Year 5, Our Lady Help of Christians
ARE drones the new first responders for rural and remote areas, or are they best used picking up a Bunnings snag?
The Year 6/7 girls from Bentley Park College learnt just how versatile drones can be when we attended the “SheFlies” program for girls held recently.
I must admit, when we received our permission slips I told Mum that I didn’t want to go and that she didn’t have to sign it, because I thought it would be boring.
However, with Mum having a science background I didn’t get a choice.
So ultimately, I am glad that I went.
Drones can be used in a range of different work areas, including military services, satellite imaging and marine monitoring specialisation.
If you choose a career in marine biology, you might have the chance to fly a drone over the top of a whale while they exhale air explosively through their blowhole.
As this is happening, the drone will fly through the water and collect a sample.
When taken back to the base, the data that was collected is used to determine how healthy that whale is. Isn’t it cool? On the day, our first activity was watching a short film about girls.
This film explained to us that some people in our world believe that women can’t do the things that men can do.
We were then told that we can do anything and that we are encouraged to choose a job along the line of drones, as only 1 per cent of women are a part of the drone’s industry. Shocking right? As we were becoming more comfortable with flying and controlling our drones, we moved into an activity were we programmed our drones to collect pictures from the ruins of a cyclone and bring them back for analysis.
Unfortunately, we ran out of time to finish modifying our flight path, but overall it was a really good experience for girls to learn that we need to be more involved in more complex jobs such as the military or marine biology.
I came to the realisation that I no longer want to be a teacher, but instead I want to become part of the military and serve my country.
In doing this, I would be able to use drones and robotics skills to rescue and protect the innocent. THE Our Lady Help of Christians library was buzzing with colour last week as our annual book fair had begun!
The book fair ran for a whole week, which all the kids at OLHOC appreciated.
The aim of Book Week is to celebrate the wonders of literature and the amazing places a story can take you.
All week you could purchase books from a massive selection.
You could also buy pencils, erasers and other assorted goodies.
At the end of the week, we all dressed up as either a character from a book or something from a certain theme.
This year, the theme was “Reading Rainforest”.
“Reading more books is my favourite thing about Book Week,” said Erika Lee, Year 2.
“I also like to dress up as things.”
At book fair there is something for everybody.
That is why we look forward to it every year.
We all had fun at book fair!