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This week the blog posts about teachers’ return to school have been flying, but few teachers will have that first hard week more in perspective than Caroline Gibson, who spent her holidays working in Malawi with the Global Teachers Programme.

During her adventures she managed to keep an online diary of her learning, the new experiences, the fun, and over the past few weeks has been emptying her brain of the remainder of this amazing journey.

My favourite aspect of her time there is probably one that’s unrelated to her reason for being there. A keen runner, Caroline somehow managed to maintain a training schedule, joined by the occasional local child on her 10k runs - the photo at the top of this post is indicative of just one day’s running companions!

Other adventurer teachers this summer included Musselburgh’s Ollie Bray, who led young people on an expedition across some of America and Canada’s best lakes and mountains with some vital survival equipment in hand, Sheila Laing, Headteacher of Forthview, who spent July visiting Hle Bee school in Thailand July 2008, and Mary Gillespie, Headteacher of Pirniehall, also in Edinburgh, who travelled to partner with Mae Sot Burmese school.

The Continuing Professional Development team would love to hear from other teachers who’ve been away this summer to the far flung, exotic or life-changing location. Leave a commenton their blog to share your experience.

Categories: Health, International, Physical Education

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