| To give our Celebrity Profile corner an international flavour we bring you... The Jo B Interview We caught up this time with our newest teacher at Green Bay School (though it feels as though she�s been with us forever � but don�t tell her that!). Joanna Elisabeth Bertenshaw � but we like to call her Jo B. Jo�s a fairly recent import from the UK. As recent as 1 year, 1 term, 5 weeks, 7 hours, 23 minutes and 52 seconds � not that she�s counting. Armed with our list of questions to find out more about the real Jo B we cornered her in the library. Jo told us she has three pets. An elephant named Lulu (who flicks peanut shells out of the window), Alf the Alligator who has been known to bite the odd postman�s feet and Chester the chimp who is always emptying the kitchen cupboards. Personally I�ll be staying well away from Jo�s house!!! Jo is a very keen sportswoman and especially enjoys swimming & snowboarding � although not at the same time� Her first job was babysitting although she gave it up after she squashed a few. A paper round came next, but Jo soon gave this up after a number of dogs took a liking to her ankles. Next she was a lifeguard for no less than the famous author Jacqueline Wilson. Doesn�t she get around!!! After such an auspicious start she then moved upward and onward into teaching. We are soooo lucky to have her and her experiences here at our school. So, why did she choose Green Bay School? Simple really, she loves children and exciting playgrounds! Clearly a child at heart. But after all that, if she were not a teacher she would work in the field of Conservation (field, geddit????). She�s an outdoors kinda gal! So outdoors in fact that she once jumped out an aeroplane door. (Fortunately she was wearing a parachute at the time.) When asked who was one of the people she most admired her eyes sparkled as she mentioned the British rower Steve Redgrave. But not for the reason you may think! It was actually because he had achieved gold in five consecutive Olympic Games and it inspired her to take up rowing. In finishing we would like to say Thank You to Jo �The Child at Heart� for giving her time to be interviewed. Return to the top of the page... |
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| Loosely translated... 'Stand tall, live life' |
| Celebrity Profile... Term 3 2002 |
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