Hi everyone. There are still another seven weeks before I head off on my big adventure but there's a lot to do. There are lots and lots of emails to send, to sort out all of the details about each school visit. I need to choose gifts for the people who are looking after me (things that are famously Australian like toy kangaroos) and there's a huge amount of reading, trying to learn as much as I can about the countries I'm visiting. Of course, there's the podcast about Otford to finish after the Easter holidays too.
So where am I going and when does it all happen? My lovely wife Jutta and I have around the world tickets stopping in Auckland, Los Angeles, New York, Vienna, London and finally Singapore. Basically, one week will be spent on the North Island of New Zealand, another in the United States and then three fun-filled weeks travelling around England. It's really exciting thinking about it all; all of those different places where there are so many interesting people to meet and great things to see and do. It's a shame I can't take all of my class around the world on an excursion!
My departure date is half way through term two on Saturday 26th May and I return to Sydney about five weeks later, at the start of the July holidays. When I'm back at Otford in term three, I'll be able to tell the Otford kids what everyone thought about their podcast and what sorts of things kids all over the world are doing in classrooms. There's so much to learn!
