Another huge week at Melbourne High for Joe
After our great day with robots at Telstra Joe restarted Melbourne High in Term 2. He immediately had two days of athletics and although due to his rowing commitments he hadn’t been able to...
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Term One at Melbourne High almost over
This last ten weeks has been a revelation for me in the education arena. I expected something different when Joe entered Melbourne High, but what we are experiencing is not a driven focus on...
Rowing BBQ at the Melbourne High School Tower
On my last day in Melbourne Joe’s rowing group planned to have a barbecue to make up for the failed attempt to have a barbecue at the end of the rowing camp due to...
Joe is back at Karate and is elected Form Captain
Last night Joe attended his first Soo Bahk Do Karate class in Murrumbeena which is near Oakleigh. Joe enjoyed his first class and among his other commitments is hoping to achieve his black belt...
Joe starts school at Melbourne High 2016
Joe started school at Melbourne High on the 28th of January along with 300 other young men. Being the uncool parents, we followed our son to school… catching the 903 bus to Oakleigh and...
Melbourne High School Orientation Day – and Joe’s Birthday
We accompanied Joe to his MHS orientation. As a practise for things to come we caught the train to South Yarra Station where Joe will alight to attend school. With a choice of two...
Melbourne High Speech Night – A taste of things to come
This last week in Melbourne has been both busy and exciting. After the Victoria markets affair we had a quiet couple of days at home before preparing for the Melbourne high School speech night....
My kingdom for a Taco
The kids like going to Taco Bills – a Mexican franchise chain in Melbourne that I have been frequenting for more than thirty years. It is not related to Taco Bell, the large US...
Picking up the books
Saturday morning and all the kids have their tasks ahead of them. Bianka (cousin) is heading off with Wyman (cousin) to participate in a Scout challenge to achieve their Pioneer Badge. This involves a long...
Uniform Day
Today we set off for Bob Stewart, the suppliers of uniforms for a number of schools across Melbourne, including Melbourne High. After dealing with some work emails we departed for Kew. Cecilia, Joe’s cousin...