2008+letter

Dear students, Welcome to the new CGEA course. This will be an exciting and __easy__ time for you to study! The reading and writing units will be created and directed by your own special interests. You may take on that project that you have always wanted to do, at the same time as gaining a qualification! Have you often thought you’d like to do something with all your photos, research your family history, write a book for children, get active in a community issue, become a volunteer? Now is your chance. The other subjects you study will also support your project. For example time on the internet to research and access to computers to write up your notes, ideas and homework. We will also try to feed maths into your project if possible, you’ll be amazed at how creative we can be when it comes to evidence of learning outcomes!

Please browse through the CGEA website http://cgea.wikispaces.com/Robin, created last year. On the web site you will find pages created by previous students; including their stories, movies, art etc. If you want to find out more about me there are also several letters I have written.

Please will you write a short letter about yourself. Save it and send it to me as an email attachment. If you don’t know how I will show you. Hold onto your letter, other teachers may ask you to do the same, and ta na- you’ll have done it already! My email is flossytogo@hotmail.com Yes it is a strange name! It was my childhood nick name, and I set up the email to keep in touch with family while I was travelling. If you read my other letters on the web page you will see I love to travel.

In your letter to me please tell me about your hobbies, interests, study goals, project ideas, why you decided to study at TAFE. Other topics to write about could include: where you live, how long you’ve lived there, your place of birth, numbers in your family. What makes you, happy, laugh, angry, frustrated?

Have you ever done anything out of character (out of the usual run of things, nonconforming, unusual for your normal behaviour)? For my birthday this year I joined a singing group at St Pats. If you’ve ever heard me sing, which you won’t, you’d know that this is very out of character! So why, you ask? Have you heard of the //Choir of Hard Knocks//, in Sydney? A friend, musician and work colleague, Dave Johnson has been a volunteer at St Pats for several years, he has started a choir there called //Starlight Hotel//, do you get the name? Finally during the holidays I had time to join in and lend a hand. When family and friends called to wish me happy birthday and ask what I was doing, I replied I’m sing with the homeless! They thought I must have put gin in my Wheeties that morning! Dave is now organising a charity concert at the Art Centre on February 29th. The choir is really inspiring and the people great fun, we have a laugh. One lady is in her 80’s and blew me away when she played her harmonica, another older chap has the most amazing voice and sang a solo of Danny Boy. I had the biggest lump in my throat! Dave has several guitars for the choir and people drop in and just start playing something amazing. Do you enjoy music? What do you listen to? Do you sing or play an instrument?

Have you ever done anything out of character? Please tell me about it (unless it’s illegal- I don’t want to know!) What did you do for your last birthday? Take up the challenge; I dare you to do something out of character for your next birthday! What do you think it would be?