At the beginning of the year Todd came to me with a great idea to initiate a 'Buddy System' between Stage 2 and Stage 4. To be honest I was a little hesitant at first as I know working with younger students can be quite challenging for teenagers but I was amazed at the outcome. Last term we spent a … [Read more...] about Buddy Class
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Leadership
'Take control. Attract followers.' 'Give control. Create leaders.' Click Here … [Read more...] about Leadership
How do you learn the first touch skills of Iniesta?
Today's blog hopefully helps you understand the need for carefully designed football practices that allow players to experience on-field game situations and from that, develop and enhance functional game skills ie 1v1, first touch, striking the ball and running with the ball. "Football … [Read more...] about How do you learn the first touch skills of Iniesta?
Kanga Cup 2015
I feel the most important role of a teacher is student engagement, in the form of students being engaged in their learning and the less obvious form of my being engaged in a student's interests. I always make sure to find out what appeals to a student and what makes them happy. Whether it is sport, … [Read more...] about Kanga Cup 2015
Good Mental Health at IFS
I recently had the pleasure of accompanying eight of our most responsible students from Years 8 and 9 to the first Central Coast Student Mental Health Forum. This was organised by Central Coast Local Health District, Children and Young People’s Mental Health (CYPMH) and Headspace Gosford. The aim of … [Read more...] about Good Mental Health at IFS
The Dog in the Night Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHm1MhOG7yI Watching this clip you may be confident that you are watching the stars of tomorrow...Maybe. You may even be confident that by playing and practising in this type of ‘elite’ football environment a nine year old child will develop...Maybe. To explain … [Read more...] about The Dog in the Night Time