High school PE teacher's Olympic achievement elates

By EducationHQ News Team
Published November 12, 2019

It's very much a case of ‘mission accomplished!’ for Redcliffe State High School teacher Chelsea Forkin and her Australian Spirit softball teammates.

Chelsea Forkin and her team will don the Green and Gold in Tokyo next year.

The national team competed with six countries in a WBSC Asia/Oceania Olympic Qualifier in Shanghai, China, at the end ...

This story appeared in the November 2019 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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High school PE teacher's Olympic achievement elates

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