Bold Baxter raising the bar

Grant Quarry

By Grant Quarry
Published February 23, 2016

The weight of responsibility on an early years teacher is heavy, but Freshwater Bay Primary School teacher Dianne Baxter, probably bears it with stronger shoulders than most.

Year 1 teacher Dianne Baxter has set new records for power lifting.

The West Australian teacher has just set two new National Master Australian records for power lifting at the Barbarian Bash ...

This story appeared in the February 2016 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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