The School Year is over in Australia ( the new School Year begins in late January 2013) and families are preparing for Christmas, the New Year and in many cases an annual holiday to the beach or to the country. This wreath was brought into the Art Room by a creative Grade 5 student who constructed it using a foam circle as the base. She covered it in diagonally wrapped ribbon before adding the decorations. We wish our Blog followers from far and wide a very happy holiday season and all the very best for 2013.
I was born in Bendigio, Victoria, Australia and attended a 13 student Rural School, Muskerry East Primary. I was a boarder at Girton CEGGS in Bendigo for my seconday Schooling.I trained at Bendigo and Coburg Teachers Colleges before beginning teaching in Melbourne in 1975. I taught a variety of Primary classes before beginning Art teaching in 1986. I am currently in my 26th year of teaching Visual Arts and my 24th year at Taylors Lakes Primary School which is in outer north-west Melbourne, Australia. I am married with three children and outside teaching am a keen member of Rotary International. Besides my passion for Art I have keen interests in photography, travel and in Learning Technologies.
December 24, 2012 at 8:09 am
Hi, I dont know if you remember me but i live in Dubai now. It’s me, Raja. My school is amazing. It even has a swimming pool! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I’m having an amazing time I’m loving it. Bye.
December 25, 2012 at 11:54 am
Hello Raja,
Thank you for your message via our Blog. It was a great surprise to hear from you. Dubai is such a great city. I visited it in 2011 and stayed at the Shangri La Hotel. I’m pleased that you like your school. Having a swimming pool would be handy. All the students would have the opportunity to become great swimmers. It sounds like you are very happy living in the Middle East. I hope you will keep in touch with us back at TLPS via our Blog. It would be great to find out what you are learning about in school. We return to school on January 30th.
Very Best Wishes to you and your family for the New Year from Mrs Osborn.
January 12, 2013 at 8:45 pm
Dear Mrs Osborn and Mrs Vella,
I am going to miss art classes very much. I wish to visit sometime during the year. I will also miss my Primary School years a lot. It is sad to leave Primary School but it will be fun in High School. I will miss all teachers and staff members. Thanks for being the best art teachers I have ever had. I won’t forget you guys.
From Kimberly Lai (grade 6MV 2012)
January 17, 2013 at 2:38 pm
Dear Kimberly,
Thank you so much for your Blog comments and your kind words. Mrs. Vella and I have thoroughly enjoyed having you in Art Classes over your Primary School years. You were everything we could have asked for in an Art student. We loved your interest in drawing, your creativity, your enthusiasm for learning, your courtesy and helpfulness and so much more. Your parents must be very proud of you. We certainly are.
We wish you all the very best for High School and we hope that you will come and visit us sometime.
Very Best Wishes from Yvonne Osborn.
January 18, 2013 at 10:38 pm
Thanks I sure will.