What an amazing week in sport. The Davis Cup tennis final goes down to the wire with the Czech Republic, led by Thomas Berdich, defeating Serbia 3 Rubbers to 2. Novac Djocovic did his absolute best to capture the tie for Serbia by winning his two singles matches and extended his winning streak to … [Read more...] about A sporting great says it all
The Star Wars Connection to PBL
There is a website I visit quite a bit for the latest information on innovative practices in education. It's called edutopia.org. For the past 18 months I have spent a great deal of time searching around on this site, reading about many fascinating aspects of project based learning, but not once … [Read more...] about The Star Wars Connection to PBL
PBL World Conference
Last week saw Laura, Sally and I head to Sydney for a three day Project Based Learning conference at the Marist College. Marist College hosted the conference because five years ago they began converting to Project Based Learning (PBL). For the past five years they have slowly intergrated PBL into … [Read more...] about PBL World Conference
Your Weekly Task
In our efforts to assist IFS students to become the best footballers they can be, we are continually looking at research and implementing world’s best practice in our program. After many months of collating information, gathered through fitness agility testing and the data we collect from set … [Read more...] about Your Weekly Task
Excuses do not wash well with me
The dictionary definition of the word excuse is: "To explain or justify a fault in the hope of being forgiven or understood." Looking at this, the word that jumps out at me is HOPE. Some people fail on a daily basis and then immediately make an excuse in the HOPE that society will understand … [Read more...] about Excuses do not wash well with me
Are you faster than you think?
"It doesn't matter how fast you are... it matters how fast you are" I pause and wait for the children to call out: "that doesn't make sense!" "Exactly", I say. Now that I have confused the kids, I play different games that help me explain the idea that being fast depends on many factors. The … [Read more...] about Are you faster than you think?
Discipline
Discipline is a word which can be defined differently depending on the context you are in. For many, the definition of discipline that comes to mind is that of “punishment for the sake of enforcing obedience” - that's certainly the case for me. When I was at college discipline meant getting into … [Read more...] about Discipline
It takes desire, determination, discipline and self-sacrifice
All my life (and there’s a fair amount of water passed under my bridge nowadays), all my life, I’ve loved and lived sport. I’ve played competitively in basketball, AFL, indoor cricket, indoor netball and, of course – where my best achievements were, cricket. I’ve played football, tennis, golf and … [Read more...] about It takes desire, determination, discipline and self-sacrifice
Whats cooking?
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer amount women worldwide. This year, 14,940 women in Australia are expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer, with that number increasing to 17,210 in 2020. On average, about 47 women every day will hear the words "you have breast cancer". A few … [Read more...] about Whats cooking?
Dinner with Soccer Stars
Q: What's the best place to shop for a soccer shirt? A: New Jersey. Q: What were the soccer star's first words as a baby? A: Look Ma, no hands. Q: Why do soccer players have so much trouble eating popcorn? A: They think they can't use they're hands. Q: How did the soccer field end up as … [Read more...] about Dinner with Soccer Stars