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One sunny day, under the sea in the Great Barrier Reef, 

Mr Gill, the new ecology teacher, entered into his first 

class for the day.

"Hello kids!" he shouted.

"Good morning Mr Gill!" they shouted back in unison. 

“As this is my first class with you guys I was thinking we 

could have a chat before we go on our adventure” said 

Mr Gill “Let’s go in a circle and say a couple of 

interesting facts about yourself, I will go first”. 

“My name is Moorish Idol but you can just call me Mr 

Gill” He said with a smile as he scanned his new class. “I 

used to live in the pacific region but I moved here 2 

months ago” 

“Who’s next” He asked 

“I’ll go” said a little pink Octopus “My name is Pearl but 

when my mum is angry at me she calls me Flapjack 

Octopus, and I’m called a flapjack octopus because in 

North America a flapjack is like a pancake and I’m kind 

of flat like a pancake.”

“Thank you for that pearl, who’s next” said Mr Gill 

“I’ll go” said Sheldon the seahorse

“My full name is Sheldon Seahorse and I like to swim 

but I would rather hold tails with my mum because I get 

quite scared”  

“That’s alright maybe after school you will be confident 

enough to swim by yourself” said Mr Gill. “Anyone want 

to go next”.

invertebrates and algae”

“Perfect” said Mr Gill.

“I want to go next Mr Gill” said Deb the Humbug Damsel 

fish.

“Very well” said Mr Gill looking at Deb.

“My name is Deb the Humbug Damsel fish, but all my 

friends just call me Deb” she said with a smile. “I was 

born in The Pacific Ocean and I moved when I was a 

baby”

“Last but not least we have Squirt”

“Hello everybody my name is Squirt I’m a sea turtle and 

I have breathing problems so I have to go up and get 

air occasional” he said in a shy voice.  

“Thank you for that class. Today we'll be learning about 

Great White Sharks!!"

"OOOO!" the kids whispered back to him.

"First, let’s head outside and find some natural habitats 

that they might live in."

They all headed outside, into the warm water and 

swam around, searching for places that Great White 

Sharks might hide in.

"Hey, Mr Gill! I found this big cave that a big White 

Pointer might hide in!" exclaimed Deb the damsel fish.

Mr Gill started to explain why great white sharks we so 

feared in the big ocean.

“They are one of the most deadly animals they eat 

almost anything” he said

The children all looked very frightened.

Don’t worry said Mr Gill there are a lot of precautions 

that you can take to insure your safety, Does anyone 

know what they might be.

“I know, I know” said Bloat the puffer fish, 

“you have to puff up because sharks don’t like 

eating sharp thing”. 

“Very good” said Mr Gill “But unfortunately 

not every fish can puff up as well as puffer 

fish can”

“What about inking” said pearl the flapjack 

octopus 

“Another brilliant idea but sadly not everyone 

can ink like an octopus” said Mr Gill with 

a smile.  

“What is something that we can all do to 

stay safe” asked Mr Gill.

“Swim away as fast as possible and hide” 

said Squirt the sea turtle.

“Excellent” Applauded Mr Gill.

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