I recently emerged from 15 years of teaching in a Montessori setting to step back into the mainstream education system. It felt as though I’d emerged from a long hibernation, one where I’d been sheltered from the wild weather of educational debates and fads that came and went. It’s not to say that we didn’t use new ideas, resources and content from the wider education world – we most definitely did. And outside influences – such as the rise of technology and social media use

After our Canada adventures, we headed off to wild and windy Warrnambool for term 3. Living in Claire & Tina's fab East Warny house was awesome – especially for us inlanders to be only 500 metres from the beach. We got down to the beach lots – walking, running and riding but only swam in that Antarctic-like water twice. I spent the term working at the School for Student Leadership with year 9s – they were a good bunch who often made me laugh. Getting out on adventures (even i

Wow 🤩 Revelstoke! Think I’m in love with this gorgeous BC town/city which is surrounded by snow-capped mountains, is right next to the...