exams cancelled under lockdown...

PASSING THOUGHT: Lockdown update - My school, late this afternoon, cancelled all Years 7-10 exams (due to be done next week). I expect my Year 10 English will convert into a single summative task due end of term + submitted online. Marking 5 large classes in a short time is 😒

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) June 2, 2021

a walk at dusk...

Often, especially in the winter time,
I like to go for a walk at dusk.
Everything is gentle.

From the houses come dollops of sound, smell, colour
and life.

And in the softness of it all
I see my mother once more,

caught between day and night,
smiling at me in the easy light.

— Tim Mallon (@PatMalo85776814) June 2, 2021

shot in the dark...

For some, the morning has broken with a shot in the dark...
Amazing moment in Broken Hill, west NSW... https://t.co/bWT44OvzbG

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) June 1, 2021

tree shadows...

a tree of life
fleeting shadows
deftly etch
the fine webs of
alternate beauty #tanka https://t.co/91wl8oppaa

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) June 1, 2021

not procrastination but...

NOTE TO SELF: OK...So you're feeling flat in this lockdown 4. Hopes of catching up on marking while in remote learning have utterly dissipated. Just can't face it. How about early tomorrow morning, mark 5 papers...go outside+ watch the birds...then do another 5. Ease in... 🙏

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) June 1, 2021

marking worlds...

Simple answer...We don't exactly...We're required to offer positive comments and constructive criticism...I am always way behind, but my students say they appreciate my helpful comments...I never catch up...I teach History too...large classes...same problem...I mark in blocks...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) May 31, 2021

Karlu Karlu...

Karlu Karlu - There is a special music in Aboriginal names...
We need to acknowledge more of them... https://t.co/3zg7IsUx6p

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) May 31, 2021

always the same age on the inside...

I loved to dance
by a river
smiling
I'm still that girl
on the inside #tanka https://t.co/naiS6m1cG2

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) May 31, 2021

Bateman's Bay bridge moves on...

Many times in the 1980's-90's I travelled this bridge over the Clyde River on the south coast of NSW...
I always thought that it seemed to be so low to the water...
The bridge was built in 1956.
Farewell old friend... I still have the memories... https://t.co/sd7fDmsdk7 pic.twitter.com/wcpXQXOjU1

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) May 31, 2021

doctor's carpark...

doctor's carpark
browsing a wall of
sunlight and shadows
waiting his call for
my flu vaccine #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) May 31, 2021