There is a great quote from Benjamin Franklin who said, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” Our Stage 6 students have just concluded their preliminary course studies during this past week. They have completed their yearly examinations for Earth and Environmental Science, … [Read more...] about Be prepared.
High School
Love Bites @ IFS
Yesterday I had a fantastic day with our Year 10 students learning about Love Bites. Now before you think, "What on earth are you teaching our kids?!?", let me explain the clever play on words.... Love Bites is a social awareness program developed by NAPCAN’s, (National Association for Prevention … [Read more...] about Love Bites @ IFS
Integrated Learning
A new term and new topic. Stage 4 are currently engaged in a theme that will be extremely close to their hearts -Themselves! or rather IDENTITY! Within PDHPE students are covering work that allows them to explore and reveal aspects of themselves. They have been busy working on … [Read more...] about Integrated Learning
Learning in a Laboratory
The last few weeks of Term One have seen students from Stage Four working in the new science laboratory at IFS. For myself it was fantastic to be in a familiar environment. After spending so much time in rundown labs at university and other colleges, coming into a new science lab was like … [Read more...] about Learning in a Laboratory
SLR iMovie Term 1 overview 2015…..
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World’s Greatest Shave
An entertaining afternoon and three very brave students raised over $1000 for the Leukaemia Foundation’s Worlds Greatest Shave. Katie Tonner, Aidan Bastick and Noah Chaplain were ably assisted by teacher Todd Van Epen and hairdresser Janine Bowdidge to shave for this great cause on March … [Read more...] about World’s Greatest Shave