Joe Christie A parent's perspective
Last night and today I created a couple of quick stories using content from my lightroom albums. One story is about growing chillies and creating sauce (who would have thought) – this was done...
We received Joe’s mounted picture of all the school students and I have to say I was very impressed. It took us quite a while to find Joe in among more than 1000 students, but...
I look down on the garden that has popped up at the end of our very short street and now view it with a new found sense of urgency. With a plot offered and gratefully...
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...
Helen and I took a morning stroll a couple of days ago and it brought back memories of the walks we used to take when Helen was pregnant with Joe. Walking down the bluestone...
On Monday Joe and I were invited to visit the Telstra Customer Insight Centre in Melbourne and were greeted by a good friend from Telstra, Vin who often visits Darwin. We made our way...
Autumn is well and truly upon us and despite defying the norm and turning up for a Collins St Naplan Online workshop in traditional Hawaiian shirt I fear it might be my last journey...
On Monday we observed “Qing Ming Jie” by visiting Joe’s grandfather’s grave which is located in an idyllic location southeast of Melbourne. You could forgive yourself if you thought you were on the outskirts...
My Brother Lance had a birthday yesterday which we celebrated on Southbank and in our house. It was definitely a boys night out and both Joe and Stefan who now live and study in...
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...