Hi Nick,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes, express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an

interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Rebecca,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes, express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an

interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Anina,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes, express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an

interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google

Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Josh,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes, express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an

interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of

water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Charlotte,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes, express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an

interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to

show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Ryan,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes, express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an

interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online

information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Mary,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes, express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and word processing

software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google

Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Dustin,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Carter,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Michael,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Aimee,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Wyatt,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Quinn,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Boyd Hi Nicholas,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Rebecca,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Charlotte,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Aidan,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Cam,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Nadira,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Eden,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Simone,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Ella,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Ella,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Paul,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Teegan,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Dylan,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Cara,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Katelin,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Jacob,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Spencer,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi Kelsey,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson

Hi ,

Welcome to Grade 8! I am delighted to be your teacher for 2017 and am looking forward to a busy, creative and enjoyable year. There is so much in store for us; camps, extra curricular clubs, trips, sport teams, school wide fun days, leadership opportunities and challenges galore.

As the school year starts, we’ll spend some time learning about each other. I’ll ask you, and your parents, to give me some information about you. This means that I can really get to know you, and be able to prepare and run lessons that help you learn effectively, and ones that you can really enjoy.

Of course it is then only fair that you learn a little about me. I’m from Australia, and I am in Canada for the year on a teacher exchange. I have travelled around this beautiful country through the summer, and loved seeing the wild beauty and incredible range of landscapes. I love to travel and experience new cultures and have had the privilege of travelling and working in many places around the world.

I have 4 siblings; 3 sisters and a brother. My oldest sister is an engineer in Brisbane and is currently working on her PhD. My youngest sister runs a caravan park in Sydney and runs herd on her crazily energetic son. My other sister lives in Coffs Harbour near my Mum and Step-Dad’s farm. My brother lives in Melbourne but works in the mines in Western Australia and runs an urban café in Melbourne in his spare time.

My teaching style is interactive. I aim to teach in ways that help you connect, understand and apply the information. My goal is that each of you becomes engaged in the content, the process of learning and in problem solving. My classrooms tend to be creative, fluid and productive. Pop by on any given day and we could be working in small groups for reading, designing neck warmers for dinosaurs, brainstorming on mini whiteboards, working quietly and independently on the third page of your critical essays, working on a play or developing team and digital skills through coding. I love to bring my own experiences into our class and help you see the connections between our learning and the world around you.

Technology is one of my passions. I love finding ways to incorporate technology and find the best tools to suit the task. I might ask you to take an online quiz, contribute to a class website and participate in a forum, summarise your ideas in a mind map or word cloud, produce a movie, create an animation, learn about QR codes,

express an opinion through an avatar, use presentation and

word processing software, set up a database, complete tasks in Google Classroom, build an interactive graph using excel, critically evaluate online information, participate in lesson polling, use time elapse to show the path of the sun or the physical displacement of water with an exothermic catalyst, program a robot to navigate a maze, add a unique address to the virtual Google Street view catalogue or create your own digital flash card set to help you learn complex concepts.

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and speak to me. It is important that you are able to communicate easily with me about any concerns be they academic or other. I’m looking forward to working with you through the year!

Yours sincerely, Miss Hodson