ETD: 7 days

Last night I received an email from the principal of Bellaire Primary School. She let me know that I will be working in a year 1/2 classroom, so there are year 1's and year 2's in this classroom set-up. Oh, and my mentor teacher is named (brace yourselves for the coincidence here) Andrea!

And this evening, I just received an email from my host family! Maree (the mom) sounds super sweet and she filled me in on the family life. Her and Danny have 3 children and live only a 12 minute walk from the school. They are all avid fans of the Geelong Cats, which is evidently THE sport to watch and follow in Geelong. It's called football, but I'm guessing it's more like American soccer? They also enjoy camping and their son, a year 3, enjoys going to the gym every week. Thank goodness I'll be able to keep up with my workouts while I'm over there.

Anyway, I leave in a week exactly! I'm just trying not to think about packing (my least favorite) and enjoy the pool as much as possible (my most favorite).

H & G...Hi & Goodbye.

Welcome to my life for the next 3 months!

I will be completing my student teaching at Bellaire Primary school in Geelong, Australia from May 11 until July 30. As of now, my visa is being squared away, and I am moving out of my apartment (shoutout to LJAMS) slowly but surely.

I don't know much about Geelong, considering I have been researching Darwin (the previous placement I had), but it is in the southern most part of Australia. I will be experiencing winter for the second time this year because of the different hemisphere, which is less than thrilling, but at least there will be awesome accents everywhere around me!

Anyway, I am trying to finish up the last bit of school work that I have and listening to a little Miles Davis on this beautiful day. Go grab a free cone at Ben & Jerry's if you haven't already!