12:00a.m. 13th May 2008

| By Blythe Seinor

Most days at 8.15am, Mrs Humphries Year 7 classroom is deserted.

But it was a different story yesterday.

Half the students were already there, anxiously huddled around the radio as they waited to hear whether all their hard work had been worth it.

A minute later they had their answer.

“We all started screaming and we were all really, really happy,” said Buderim State School student, Lincoln Dews.

“It was just exciting because we had won something really good.”

Their teacher had attracted the most number of votes in the Apple for the Teacher competition, which meant every student would receive an Apple iPOD from Kawana Betta Electrical Superstore.

Mrs Humphries would receive a computer, while another computer would go to Buderim State School.

Lincoln said Mrs Humphries was “pretty popular” with the students, and he had personally voted several times.

“She’s a great teacher and I’m really happy to be in this class.”

But Mrs Humphries seemed embarrassed by the suggestion that the win meant she was a favourite amongst the students.

“I don’t think of it as being so much about myself as all the kids pushing together to have fun and get a nice reward out of it.”

She said she had a great mix of personalities in her class this year.

“Some are very sporty, some very academic, it’s a fairly quiet class this year, not a big group of chatterboxes. They get on with their work,” she said.

“We keep talking about teamwork for camp, so this was a really good exercise to show what they can do as a team.”

After the announcement on the radio, Mrs Humphries decided not to go ahead with the regular Monday morning test.

“Everyone was just so excited we couldn’t spoil it by doing a test,” she said.

And that was quite all right with Lincoln.

“That was one of the best things... just after the iPOD,” he said.

The Apple for the Teacher competition was sponsored by the Kawana Betta Electrical Superstore, 92.7 Mix FM and the Sunshine Coast Daily.

The top 30

Buderim Mountain State School - Mrs Humphries

Meridan State School - Mrs Gamble

Stella Maris College - Luke Parnemann

Mooloolaba State School - Mrs Moody

Currimundi State School - Ms Allen

Our Lady of the Rosary - Mrs Fay

Cooroy State School - Mrs Underhill

Landsborogh State School -Mrs Bailey

Buderim Mountain State School - Mrs Burrough

Meridan State School - Mr Dixon

Talara Primary School - Mrs Debbie Lawerence

Montville State School - Mr Hay

Chevallum State School - Mrs Walsh

Stella maris College - Mary Jouhnson

Sunshine Coast Grammar School - Mr Simmonds

Brisbane - Louise Cameron

Mapleton State School - Mrs Primmer

Stella Maris College - Mrs Debbie Holmes

Currimundi State School - Ms T Hayden

Mountain Creek State School - Mr Williams

Mountain Creek State School - Mrs Young

Immanuel Lutheran - Miss Darr

Sunshine Coast Grammar School - Mrs Parbery

Mountain Creek State School - Mrs Hooper

Buddina State School - Mrs McKenna

Mooloolaba State School - Mrs Smith

Mooloolaba State School - Mrs White

Meridan State School - Mrs Smith

Pacific Paradise - Mr Greg Yates

Stella Maris College - Mr Cuskelly

Sunshine Coast Grammar School - Mrs Kim Cordiner

Flexi School Warana - Robyn

Mooloolaba State School - Mr Vetteretto

Sunshine Coast Grammar School - Mrs Purdon

Golden Beach State School - Mrs Whitchurch

Song and Dance, Pacific Paradise - Mr Fritz

Buderim Mountain State School - Mr Baker 5B

Cooroy State School - Mrs Raymont

Buddina State School - J Nicholls2B

Beerwah State School - Mrs Sandy Reigos

Chancelor Statre College - Mrs Otago

Woodford State School - Mr Ed Malone 5A

Woodford State School - Barb Stevens

Yandina State School - Mr K

Mountain Creek State School - Mrs Hepburn

Talara Primary School - Miss Blank

Buderim State School - Mrs Cox

Chancellor Park - Anita Clark

Golden Beach State School - Mrs Gowlett

Mepleton State School - Mrs Wirth

Meridan State School - Mr Risley

Nambour State School - Sue Jeisman

Stella Maris College - Rob Charlton

Chancellor Park - Ms Green

Kawana State Primary - Mrs Faulkner

Kuliun - Mrs Cook

Meridan State School - Mrs Tozer

Meridan State School - Mr Kisley

Nambour State School - Mr Moran

North Arm - Mrs Proter

Siena Primary - Mr Linthorne

St Josephs Nambour - Mrs Norcott

Tewantin State School - Mrs Johns

Yandina State School - Ms Maree

Buddina Primary - Kate Brotherton

Buddina States - Kathy Howartaon

Buderim State School - Mrs Roud

Currimundi Primary School - MrTtrachan

Eummundi State School - K.Stewarts

Glasshouse Mountains - Mrs Maddrell

Kawana State Primary - Mrs Williams

Maleny Primary - Miss Darcy

Mathew Flinders - Mr A. Landerbeck

Mountain Creek State School - Mrs Janis Statz

Mountain Creek State School - Mr Dixon

Mountian Creek State School - Mr Darren Clark

Siena Primary - Mrs Phillips

St Josephs Nambour - Mrs Susan Garnett

Stella Maris College - Dana Laikin

Yandina Stae School - Mrs Hooper

Woodford State School - Mr Vivatene

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