I would like to take this opportunity to thank every member of the IFS community for welcoming me and accepting me throughout term two. To both Paul and Laura, thank you taking a chance with me and giving me this amazing opportunity!! To the parents who have entrusted me with their children, thank … [Read more...] about What an amazing experience!! Thank you
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Aspergers and autism
Hi Everyone, I have asked one of our parents to write a bit about her experiences of aspergers. She has a child with aspergers who is at our college and I really appreciate her being able to express what it is like. I quite often feel that we don't know enough about this topic and so will try to … [Read more...] about Aspergers and autism
Goodies Galore
Well at last we have our first donations of equipment and plants for our native garden. Bunnings West Gosford have kindly supplied us with an abundance of tools most of which we were not expecting. We are looking forward to starting our planting of the garden. It has been a busy second term at … [Read more...] about Goodies Galore
Rules of the Game
At one point during a soccer game, the coach said to one of his young players, "Do you understand what cooperation is? What a team is?" The little boy nodded in the affirmative. "Do you understand that what matters is how we play together as a team?" The little boy nodded yes. "So," the coach … [Read more...] about Rules of the Game
The money is in
Calculations for the IFS 24 Hour Challenge have been finalised with a total of $1900 being raised. We are all very impressed and proud of everyone's effort in supporting our college. The money will benefit students and teachers of IFS, firstly going to support our native garden needs, then sporting … [Read more...] about The money is in
I remember like it was yesterday
It's only four and a half months ago that our awesome college opened its doors. Going through my emails the other day I stumbled across one from Paul saying, "only two days to go before our amazing adventure begins". Here we are, nearly halfway through our first year and we continue to go from … [Read more...] about I remember like it was yesterday