And the winner is... Wooloowin State School!

The latest news to come to hand is that I'll be teaching at Wooloowin State School in 2007! Woohoo!!!!!

For those who don't know, Wooloowin State School is a relatively small school for inner-Brisbane, with only with just over 200 students. It seems a very nice school, with a nice mix of old-style 1920s architecture, with modern and contemporary facilities and classrooms. In typical "old school" (ahem...) style, all the buildings are built in a U-shape around a central courtyard and oval. The actual buildings and classrooms are really nice, with wooden staircases, big teaching spaces, and quite cool and 'breezy'.

The principal who offered me the job is only there acting until the end of the year, and the existing principal is coming back after taking a year off... wait for it... in the Army Reserves!! Yep, it's 2006, and there still exists people who double as a principal of a primary school and a Lieutenant Colonel! Be good, kids!!!!! :)

At the minute, it seems as though I'll have a year 3 class, so I've already been familiarising myself with the corresponding syllabus documents. I think I like the idea of having year 3s. Year 1 or 2s I wouldn't have liked in my first year, but I'm quite happy about 3s. Eight year olds are starting to become "people", and they're still easy to motivate and excite ("Right boys and girls, this morning we are doing our 3 times-tables"... "YAY, Mr Perkins!" they cry).

Anyway, I'm attending the staff meeting later this week to get to meet the teachers and try to get into the swing of things.

While I was somewhat expecting an offering at Thargominda, Murgon, Birdsville or Morven, I'm stoked that I get to hang around in Brissy for at least next year, and at least get my feet on the ground.