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AROUND THE SCHOOL Meet Alison Tucker, Clothing Shop Manager Alison Tucker has recently taken up the position of Clothing Shop Manager at the School. Having previously worked in the bridal sector for close to 30 years designing, making and selling dresses in both the United Kingdom and Australia, she applied for the position at the School looking for a change. Alison has lived in Australia for 19 years with her husband and four daughters. Her second daughter recently had pieces of her artwork displayed in this year’s Guildford Grammar School Art Exhibition. As an artist and an art teacher at Swan Christian College, her works were influenced by African culture and inspired from her experiences volunteering in African orphanages. Gym and Fitness One of Alison’s passions is being in the gym and being healthy. She attends Sista Fitness in Midland, a gym that is run by one the Preparatory School mothers. Alison aims to be at the gym at least three days a week and her favourite classes are “attack” and Pilates. Tennis Alison is a huge fan of tennis. She doesn’t play but she does love to watch. As part of celebrating her birthday later in the year, Alison and her husband are heading to Melbourne to watch the semi-final and final of the Australian Open. Hopefully while she is there she will be able to watch her favourite player, Novak Djokovic. Cooking Alison has a great interest in home cooking. Her interest is focused on natural cooking for medicinal purposes. Any time she is feeling sick or sore, rather than source a pill from the chemist, she prefers to find a recipe from her favourite cook book that can be used Alison Tucker in the Clothing Shop. as a remedy. Aside from healthy food, her favourite things to cook are children’s cakes and her kids love her mango curry. Travel Having lived in both the United Kingdom and Australia, Alison has an interest in experiencing as many places as she can. With the desire to visit more locations, she has already covered a majority of Europe and America and wants to visit Canada, Japan and New Zealand next. She admits that she is still experiencing all that Australia has to ٙ