{"id":4442,"date":"2022-09-07T04:03:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T04:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/?post_type=article&#038;p=4442"},"modified":"2022-09-07T04:03:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T04:03:05","slug":"meet-ms-thompson","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/article\/meet-ms-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Ms Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4443 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/09\/Helen-Thompson-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/09\/Helen-Thompson-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/09\/Helen-Thompson-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/09\/Helen-Thompson-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>What subject do you teach?<\/strong>\u00a0 I&#8217;m currently a Learning and Support teacher (LaST) but I also teach Visual Arts and have taught Technology subjects and Drama here at the Fort.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why do you love the subject?<\/strong>\u00a0 As a LaST, I love supporting students who lack self-confidence in their abilities or who need some organisational support to complete tasks, and as VA teacher I love teaching students to draw, especially when they don&#8217;t think they can!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was your favourite subject at school?<\/strong>\u00a0 My favourite subject at school was art &#8211; no surprises there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>An interesting fact about yourself that you\u2019d be willing to share<\/strong>\u00a0I have a Diploma of Horticulture qualification in Landscape Design.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have any pets?<\/strong> Yes, I have two cats that my family adopted during each COVID lockdown.\u00a0 Their names are Crumpet and Eddie (or Edward when he&#8217;s in trouble)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why did you become a teacher?<\/strong>\u00a0 I was bored working on a quarterly garden magazine, and I was looking at different high schools for my eldest daughter to attend and I realised I could resurrect my Bachelor of Visual Art and retrain as a teacher.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you love about being at Fort Street? <\/strong>I love that the students are so clever and capable, and I love working with my fellow staff members.\u00a0 Great colleagues make going to work very enjoyable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you think pineapple goes on a pizza?<\/strong>\u00a0 Definitely not !!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What subject do you teach?\u00a0 I&#8217;m currently a Learning and Support teacher (LaST) but I also teach Visual Arts and have taught Technology subjects and Drama here at the Fort. &nbsp; Why do you love the subject?\u00a0 As a LaST, I love supporting students who lack self-confidence in their abilities or who need some organisational [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-4442","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/4442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}