A monkey without a tail- article by Isabella Afonso and illustration by Ipeleng Madibeng

This year, instead of using our normal system of merit rewards, we'll be adding a tail to the monkey. This will now be a competition between the Lions, Tigers and Dragons. If you receive a merit it adds another sticker (the colour of your house) to the tail. 

So far the Dragons are in first place by two merits while the Lions are second and the Tigers are third. At the end of the year the house with the most merits will receive a reward. 

All the houses are excited to find out who will win and what their reward will be. It's an academic race to the finish line!