I have now completed a week at Newman College. The PE lessons have both similarities and differences to my previous experience at Christ Church Grammar. A few examples of some of the lessons I attended was mountain biking in the surrounding countryside of the school. Going to a “fitness first” gym and attending a combat session; free of charge to the school. This amazed me, as fitness first is one of the most expensive gym memberships both out here and back home. This is a WA government initiative out here to encourage young people to maintain their health and fitness. The PE lessons at Newman strongly involve outdoor education; which is what these kids need to learn; as nature is their biggest playground out here. The PE staff are so friendly and welcoming, from my first day with them I felt a part of the team.
There has been a change of plan with my time spent at Newman; as unfortunately I could not get the WA crb clearance for the school. However I'm trying to embrace the ozzy relaxed manor about sticky situations and am saying “no worries”; as this change of plan has allowed me to do some more exploring on my own, with my borrowed bike! Today (friday 1st July) I cycled down to Hillarys, which is a harbor shopping centre. The cycle route was a 20min dash along the coast and I decided since I'm not planning on swimming in the sea out here; I would go to the local aquarium and see a shark behind glass!!, aswell as some other scary looking creatures taken from “Shark Bay” (just down the coast from where I am staying).
Tomorrow we all plan to go to a local nature reserve park, where we can feed some kangaroos and hold some koalas. Then, on sunday we are planning to go to the Fremantle markets and then attend a music concert held by Christ Church Grammar during the evening.
Before I go......HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM!!! I hope you have a lovely day & my two other favourites from home spoil you rotten on your big day!
Miss you and love you lots xxxxxxxxxxx
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