Drawing nearer

After the best weekend of my life (for those of you who know me, this will be obvious), it is now down to the waiting game for the last visa of our process, although this is taking longer than we expected, we are still hopefully going to be on our way by the end of the week!No further jobs news, the one hint i would give anyone who finds themselves in my position in my future, make sure that you know exactly which visa you require and how long the process may take dependent on the type of visa you want!

Getting there.....

Right, I have a completed Queensland college of teaching registration, a nearly finished tracer application with the Australian government and a 12 month working holiday visa ready to go. The system regarding state school is very much you will teach where you are told within the Queensland boundaries, dependent on where you are needed. Had one possible job come up this week but I felt that leaving the house at half 5 and not returning until half 7 in the evening was a little bit of an excessive commute, even for me!But I am assured by many parties that more jobs will come up in Brisbane in the coming weeks, so although it is not looking like I will have a job sorted before I get out there, I am confident that I will be able to get one pretty sharpish after arriving. Here's hoping anyway!

After a thorough look through many different institutions sites and propaganda, it is clear that the educational values and systems seem to be not very far removed from my own and in turn the UK's values, which is encouraging! The main themes of the curriculum are similar although, ideally for me, there seems to be a slightly larger focus on the human Geography aspect of learning and the application of relevant material that will directly affect the pupils' lives. This extends to continued development of Australia's positioning with Pacific islands and the interactions between the two parties, an area that I find fascinating and one that my previous travelling will stand me in good stead for.

All in all, a good week of preparation for the big move!

Two weeks and counting

It is now just under two weeks until we move and things are starting to progress nicely. I am hoping that this blog will give people at home and hopefully colleagues a little insight into the scene in Brisbane!