Skye’s the limit for dedicated student

HANDS-ON LEARNING: University of South Australia Mount Gambier student Skye Varcoe has been selected for an immersive experience teaching in a remote community.

UNIVERSITY of South Australia Mount Gambier Bachelor of Education student Skye Varcoe has been selected as one of 17 students to spend two weeks as part of the Ananga Lands Partnership Field Trip to experience teaching in a remote community.

The sole participant from the Blue Lake city campus, Ms Varcoe is excited about the opportunity to immerse herself in the culture of the

Lands and to develop her teaching skills in a different environment.

“It is an amazing opportunity, an experience generally not available to most people. I didn’t expect to get selected so I am very excited,” Ms Varcoe said.

Ms Varcoe will be part of the Oak Valley community in the Maralinga Tjarutja Lands working with children from nine months old to Year 2 and will travel to the Lands at the end of this month.

UniSA regional manager Ian McKay congratulated Ms Varcoe on accepting the challenge of the Lands experience.

“It is very pleasing that our local Mount Gambier students continue to have comparable opportunities to students studying at metropolitan university campuses so that they can have the benefits of studying in our local community but also be able to have the professional experiences that will take them far in their future careers,” Mr McKay said.