Submitted by Megan Scott on the 2012 summer session program in Australia sponsored by the School of Education…
It’s hard to believe we’ve been in Melbourne for a whole week already! We arrived just last Thursday and we have already had so many great experiences and seen some wonderful parts of the city. Our first week was filled with exploring the city, an Australian footy match, the Melbourne Museum, and the Queen Victoria Market.
This week we visited two elementary (or primary as they call it here) schools in Victoria. Our hosts were so welcoming to all of us! At the first school, the children organized an assembly for us, complete with a story reading and dance routine. Both schools gave us tours of their campuses, answered all of our questions about schools in Australia, and let us observe classes. It has been great to see different approaches to teaching and to learn about the way the education system works down under. We even got to see some wild kangaroos on the grounds of one of the schools!
Tomorrow we’re off to Philips Island to see the native penguins and some other Australian wildlife!
