Like a geomagnetic storm, the end of term is raging ever closer.  With the skies alight with the aurora of our students’ potential energy, exams are marching towards us like the coronal mass ejection from sol (that’s Spanish for sun).  The exams are an opportunity for student to refine their study skills in preparation for either Don next year or apprenticeship aptitude tests in the near future.  Like the discovery of a new astral body, students will also have a brand-new experience with their upcoming work experiences.  Students also attended the RYDA driver awareness course, ran by local members of the Devonport Rotary Club. 

Like a comet from the outer reaches of our galaxy, the University of Melbourne staged an incursion at Reece High School, relaying ways in which the maths taught at school can be applied in practical and real-world situations. Last week also saw the running of the annual cross-country carnival; one of this writer’s favourite moments of the school calendar, up there with Navidad and Pascua de Resurreccion (Spanish, again).  Much fun was had by all who attended, and there were wails of despair and gnashing of teeth by those students who missed this intergalactic event.  Thanks to the HPE team for all of the effort in organising this event.