the countdown begins

One more week. 5 more days of student teaching, a 3000 word research paper and then I will be home free (until next semester). AND THEN....... I am visiting my beautiful hometown and all of my amazing friends and family! I have missed you all soooooo much, you don't even understand. I will be in San Diego from the 24th of June until the 13th of July. If you want to find me, I will be the girl parked on the beach with an umbrella, a smashball set, my board, lots of sunscreen and a bean burrito. Rain or shine, that is where I want to be (well unless I go hiking and when it gets dark). I look forward to seeing all your wonderful faces. Hope you are all well and happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My life as a student teacher

This is the view I see every day when I go to student teach. This was taken from the parking lot. The view is even better from the PE staff room!

Coffs Harbour High School was built in the 30's(i think).

This is what I did from 9am until 2pm this past Friday. My entire day was spent at the International Sport Complex in this spot, making sure the sand was level and measuring the long jumps(and doing a bit of cheering for my students). We were isolated from all the other events, but I managed to keep myself entertained by taking some photos and doing some gardening. Gail (the lady on the left) kept herself busy by recording the scores and talking about when the next break was (check out her hat! she's representing San Diego). The reason we were here, was for the school's track and field competition. The whole school gets to miss a day of classes to come out and qualify for an even larger competition at the end of the month. That's the thing about Australia. All the sporting events are held within school time. So, if you play a variety of sports and belong to clubs, you rarely attend classes. Bizarre. This also means that the classes I am supposed to teach are cancelled. I don't know if this is a good thing or bad thing. All I know is that I enjoyed soaking up the sunshine!

Here are some of my students in action.

This is a portion of the girls soccer team that I am coaching. They are the nicest group of girls. I think one of the best perks of teaching is coaching. I get to live vicariously through them. Last week, since the 11th graders were using the sport hall and it was raining, we took three 9th grade classes bowling. They needed an extra player, so I jumped right in. These are the things that make me love teaching. If only there were sporting events every day!