Over the past month, students in Grades 7, 8 and 9 have participated in Word Mania, a word building challenge created by an online platform Literacy Planet. Students are presented with a game board of individual letters that they need to combine to make words over three minutes. Students participated well in all Grades, with our Grade 7s and Grade 9s both achieving top 10 finishes in the nation-wide competition. Our Grade 8s were outstanding, finishing second in the Australia and New Zealand region and earning our school a voucher for our Literacy Planet subscription for next year. Two students in particular deserve special mention. Chelsea Ritch (Grade 7) and Tom Menger (Grade 8) both played many games and achieved very high individual scores which contributed to our school success. Well done to everyone who participated, and keep an eye out for the challenge in May next year.