Dogs and Conferences

One of the latest adventures has been looking after a Maltese puppy called Jack. Jack has provided much amusement. Once we had puppy fenced the yard, plugged up every gap two or three times, the yard was finally Jack proof! Jack provided to be somewhat of a Houdini and had amazing abilities to escape the yard!

Jack's two favourite things in life seem to be food and playing. His favourite game is when Clinton chases him around the back yard. Jack will run up behind Clinton, bark and then race away just out of Clinton's reach. Jack will then circle back, and start barking at Clinton again. Clinton will pretend to ignore Jack, but then suddenly turn around and run after him. Jack get a look of absolute terror on his face and runs as fast as his legs will carry him. Once is is safely out of reach, the whole game starts all over again.

We took Jack to a park where he suddenly discovered that a Wallaby had crept up close without his knowledge. Jack let out a mighty bark and sent the Wallaby scurrying off. Jack then stood guard in case any other things decided to try to sneak up on him. Jack was quite interested in those strange hopping creatures. When one crossed the track in front of us, Jack froze and watched it with wonder until it had disappeared out of sight. Only then did Jack decide to chase it, and he took off! Jack forgot that he was attached to the lead and managed to nearly strangle himself with excitement.

Clinton also recently attended CONASTA, which is the annual Conference of the Australian Science Teachers Association, with John. They presented a paper entitled "A stratified view of knowledge leads to a rich experiential learning sequence".

Nap time with Clinton

Treats from Clinton











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