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GET INTO 1st Spider-Man: Across TheSpider-Verse in cinemas1st Dare Day1st Flip a Coin Day3rd Repeat Day3rd Repeat Day4th Hug Your Cat Day8th World Ocean Day8th Best Friends Day15th Smile Power Day16th International Waterfall Day17th Eat Your Veggies Day18th International Panic Day18th International Picnic Day21st Go Skateboarding Day29th Hug Holiday Day SPORT 3rd Warriors vs Dragons in NRL9th Western Bulldogs vs. Port Adelaide in AFL21st State of Origin Game 224th Storm vs Sea Eagles in NRL25th Collingwood vs Adelaide Crows in AFL HAPPY BIRTHDAY 1st Tom Holland, AKA Spider-Man13th Chris Evans, AKA Captain America13th Kat Dennings, AKA Darcy Lewis15th Jett Klyne, AKA Tommy Maximoff19th Zoe Saldana, AKA Gamora20th Julian Hilliard, AKA Billy Maximoff21st Chris Pratt, AKA Peter Quill (or Star-Lord) and Mario27th Tobey Maguire, AKA Spider-Man SCHOOL 5th Public…

K-ZONE: THANKS HAMISH, THAT’S A GREAT ONE! KEEP ‘EM COMING AT WWW.KZONE.COM.AU! WE LOVE SEEING JOKES FROM K-ZONERS! K-Zone is the best, you are epic! – Millie I love K-Zone! – Roro K-Zone rules like nobody else! – Bailey Shout out to my friends Sophie, Jack and Tyler! K-Zone is awesome! – Lochy…

Charlie, ACT I love the movie Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile! I used ScratchJr on my iPad to draw Lyle and Josh Primm having fun together. This took about 40 minutes to complete! Zoe, Vic It took 55 minutes to draw these artworks in ibis Paint X on my iPad. The drawings are all related to space or the sky. I was inspired by my love of astronomy and space! Hayden, NSW I made an ice hockey game in Minecraft. It took a day! Kobe, SA It took 40 minutes to make this ‘fire versus ice’ in Minecraft. GET YOUR BUILD ON THIS PAGE! Congrats to this month’s ScreenSpace artists! You have scored your own copy of Swift and Hawk: Undercover ! We Want YOU! Have you made something AMAZING on…

DRONE DESIGNER Name: Anna Heroic feat: Winning Equal 1st in the Inventions and Innovations 5-6 Category in the 2022 STANSW Young Scientist Awards for her ‘Flying High’ project! FAST THREE WITH ANNA K-Z: Hi Anna! Tell us about ‘Flying High’! A: My neighbour’s roof was damaged by hail and a builder used a drone to check it. I was curious about drones, and investigated the effect of drone frame designs on their flight time for my project. I designed and created three drones (circle, infinity and square shaped) on a program called Tinkercad. Next, I 3D printed the shapes, and added wires and propellers. To make it a fair test, each drone had four propellers attached to two wires, connected to a battery holder using electrical tape. The drones were…

HECTIC HOARDER OF THE MONTH Name: Matthew Collects: Batman gear The Caped Collector: Matthew has been collecting Batman LEGO, vehicles, toys, clothes, books, costumes, and more – ever since his first birthday! THIS MONTH’S COOL COLLECTABLE GIFT! We are sending Matthew the DC Comics Batman Movie World Headphones, Batman Character Encyclopedia, You Choose: Batman Boxed Set, DC Kids Fandome Party Kit Activity Book, and a DC Comics Wall Decal Sheet. Make some room in the Batcave! Collect something cool? Consider yourself a mega fan? Tell us all about it at KZONE.COM.AU You rule K-Zone! – Charlie…

Meet Dr Kirsten Ellis, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Human Centred Computing at Monash University! Dr Kirsten is a maker of technology that everyone can use, including people with disabilities! K-Z: Hi Dr Kirsten! Can you tell K-Zoners about your awesome work? K: I work with people that have disabilities and create technologies to solve problems that they have in their lives. I work at Monash University, and my team are experts in making technology solutions for people who are blind and vision impaired, deaf or hard of hearing, and have difficulty in communicating or moving. K-Z: Why did you start to design systems for people with unique requirements? K: When my children were small, they watched The Wiggles and knew the actions to the songs. I thought…