Welcome to Term 2

I hope you have all had an enjoyable and relaxing holiday and I trust you are now ready to continue on our learning journey.  All the teachers are back at work today and have been very busy pulling apart some of the latest research on teaching and learning as well as ensuring that everything is prepared and organised to welcome you all back tomorrow.

So what did you get up to on the holidays?  I love the first day back after a break as I get to hear about the exciting and adventurous things that you have been doing.  I had a great holiday and got to spend lots of time with my family.  The highlight of my holiday was hiking from O'Rielly's to Binna Burra with my son - a 22km, 7hr hike that took us through some truly amazing parts of the Gold Coast Hinterland.  We were both very tired by the end, but we were also very pleased that we had made the physical and mental effort to get out and see this amazing part of the world.

Walking through the Arctic Beech Forest made us feel like we were in another world

Enjoy the last day of your holidays and see you tomorrow.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year and welcome to 2012.  After a long summer break I am looking forward to getting back to school and to meeting my new classes for this year.  All of the teachers will be back on deck tomorrow and will be participating in professional development and meetings to ensure we are ready to hit the ground running when the students return next Monday, January 23rd.

You will notice that the links to the student blogs have been removed from this blog - this is in readiness for the new group of Year 8 students.  I will be working with the Year 8s over the first couple of weeks to set up their learning blogs and will provide links to them as soon as they are up and running.

I have had a fantastic holiday and have really enjoyed spending lots of time with family and friends.  Some of the highlights were:

• Completing a 50km run in early December
• A 3-day surfing trip at Noosa with my son
• A family camping trip to Wooyung Beach (NSW)
• Spending Christmas with family
• Catching up on some reading

I hope you (the students) enjoy the last week of your holidays and that you are as excited as me about getting our learning underway for this year.

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Have a Happy and Safe Holiday

As Term 3 draws to a close today I wanted to wish all of you a happy and safe holiday.  Take some time to relax, reflect, and rejuvenate to ensure you are ready for what promises to be an action packed and very busy Term 4.

HAVE A GREAT BREAK!