My schools - My Life!
| Growing up!? |
Torshus
Folkehøgskule |
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Orkdal
Vidaregåande Skole (Follo)
This was my high school in Norway (1965-70). |
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Wellington
Boys College
On leave from Follo - fed up with school(!) - I was a student at this school in New Zealand most of 1967 - playing soccer and learning English. This turned my life around. |
| Becoming a teacher: |
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Elverum Lærarskule My Teachers' Training College was in the village of Elverum, in eastern Norway. I spent two years here from 1971 to 1973. It is now called Høgskolen i Hedmark. |
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Norges Idrettshøgskole I went to this University of Physical Education and Sport in Oslo. It is situated beautifully next to a lake called Sognsvatnet on the edge of the vast forested area called Nordmarka north of the centre of the city. |
| Peder Morset
Folkehøgskule
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| Then - to Australia: |
| Coomera State
School This was my first school in Queensland, Australia, and I taught a Year 4 class here during the last term of 1977. I was also asked to coach and umpire the Senior Cricket Team (Year 7). I had never seen a cricket match prior to umpiring my first match, and had to seek advice from the much more experienced 12 year old players at times. But my extensive sporting background, and the many matches I listened to on the radio while picking fruit in Otago, New Zealand, enabled me to do a fair job - maybe. Later, I qualified as a Level 1 cricket coach in Brisbane. |
| Western service - small town life: |
| Roma State School |
| In 1978 I taught at Roma
SS - a Year 5 class. It was a terrific class! On 14
September this year Yanicke was born. |
| Dalby Central State School & Dalby South State School |
| In 1979 I became a Physical Education teacher, something I enjoyed for many years to come. I spent 4 years at these two schools, and it was in this town we bought our first house. |
| On leave - in Denmark! |
| Nørgaards Højskole |
| On New Years Eve in 1982 we arrived in Bjerringbro, a small town in central Jutland, Denmark. I had been given a job as a guest teacher for a year (part time) at this traditional Danish Folk High School, while on leave from Education Queensland. |
| Back 'home' again - back to the city: |
| Wishart
State School
10 years at this school (1984-93) - my most enjoyable years teaching - is my longest association with a school (apart from Torshus). This was Yanicke's primary school, too. This school was called Mt Gravatt South SS when Yanicke and I first went there. |
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Gravatt State School I taught at this school two days per week for 5 years (1989-93) while Wishart SS was my base school. This school had a unit for visually impaired students, which gave me other experiences. |
| Griffith
University I got my Bachelor of Education degree at this university in 1993, after two years of part time studies. |
| On leave again - in Norway this time: | ||
| Nordmøre Folkehøgskule | ||
| After having been at Wishart SS and Mt Gravatt SS for so many years, we went to Norway. I taught at this school in 1994-95 during 18 months leave from my job with Education Queensland. | ||
| Back home to the city, and my last stance as a PE: |
| Morningside State School |
| This was my base school during my last 5 years (1996-2000) as a Physical Education teacher. |
| I taught Physical Education and Sport at many other schools in Brisbane from 1984, until I became a Teacher/Librarian in 2001: | |||||||
| 1984-93: | |||||||
| Marshall Road SS |
Dutton Park SS |
Buranda SS |
Mt Petrie SS |
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| 1995: | |||||||
| McDowall SS |
Newmarket SS |
Wilston SS |
Sommerset Hills SS |
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| 1996-2000: | |||||||
| Cannon Hill SS | Seven Hills SS | ||||||
| Junction Park SS | MacGregor SS | Murarrie SS | Norman Park SS | ||||
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Life becomes quieter - and more rewarding again! |
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Queensland
University of Technology (QUT) |
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Bulimba
State School |
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Mayfield State School
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RETIREMENT! |