This Term, Upper Middle 9 are reading the story The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson.  Before being told our new story, we were given clues including "big, tail, furry, spikes" and drew what we thought might be the main character.  We went on a hunt around the school to find something that looked like our drawings...and found The Gruffalo in the bike track!

In Mathematics, we have been exploring ordinal numbers and have integrated this concept to our story, The Gruffalo.   After role playing the story, we looked at the order of the characters and ordered them 1^st , 2^nd , 3^rd , 4^th then 5^th .  The concept of ordinal numbers has been further enhanced by creating a car racetrack.  Using our chosen toy cars, we raced our peers to determine which car came 1st , 2nd or 3rd. 

Hello from the Senior 3 Class,

Wow, what a busy term 3 we have had, especially in the last few weeks. All of the students have been actively involved in the mini-olympics, partnership breakfast, book week and preparing for the concert. The concert was a huge success, and all of the students performed so well. The Senior 3 class would love to send a huge shout out to Kirsty for being on the concert committee and for helping to organise all of the senior classes for the special night. Kirsty has also been supporting in the Senior 3 class for the past eight weeks. Thanks Kirsty, you are an amazing person. 

During term 3 the students have also been busy with certificate 1 courses, active volunteering and travel training. These activities give the students life skills and will help them to prepare for life after school. 

Kind regards Josh, Donna, Tammy and Kirsty.