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Thursday, June 19, 2025

Creative Arts Department Mid Year Update

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I am a teacher of Design and Visual Communication and Visual Art at Tamaki College, a secondary school in Auckland.
I have been a Technology Teacher in England since 1995 and a DVC teacher in New Zealand since 2004. I joined the Visual Art department in 2024.

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