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Rebecca Vukovic

By Rebecca Vukovic
Published April 25, 2014

DRESSED in her pink cupcake pyjamas one afternoon late last year, Kate Smith was unexpectedly presented with a nomination certificate ...

This story appeared in the May 2014 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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