The Year Three Team is pleased to welcome our students back for another term. This week students have honed their aquatic skills as part of our swimming program, valuable experience for young people living in our coastal environment. For further details about key dates, our overall curriculum this term and other useful information, please find this term's newsletter attached.

WOW! What an amazing turn out from parents, grandparents, uncles, aunties, carers and family’s to the Torquay College STEM Expo. This was a chance for students to show and share any learning from the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The STEM CENTRE was at capacity as the students had a chance to become teachers and show their guests how to code and construct. The STEM CENTRE was showcasing all the learning about coding and construction that Year 1, 2

Review of "Good Selfie: Tips & Tools for Teens to Nail". By Jaime M. This is an amazing book about setting achievable goals and building self confidence. Turia has gone through an incredibly difficult time in her life and it is awesome the things she did to push through. I love how she answered young people's questions and the quotes that were shown throughout the book. The way Turia wrote this book is almost as if she is talking to you in person. Highly recommended!

Things got off to a flying start in Year 1 this term with a visit from, 'The Flying Bookworm Theatre.' The room was abuzz with laughter and cheering (along with a variety of animal sounds!) as the students watched and joined in with some amazingly high energy performances of the much loved stories, 'Mulga Bill's Bicycle,' and 'Caps For Sale.' The incursion concluded with an original performance titled, 'Super Paige and the Very Big Problem!' through which students learnt to

This term, grade 2 have been investigating their chosen animal life cycle. Students have researched, recorded and presented their findings to both their peers and their parents. Their presentations took place on our open classroom STEM day in the last week of school. Students were able to present their research and projects using different formats. There was a buzz of excitement bubbling up in each class room as students were very enthusiastic to be able to present their proj