Blog - CFSmart

Life at boarding school when you have cystic fibrosis

(Article taken from REDteen Magazine 2014) A few years ago a young lady with CF, Lilly (aged 15 at the time) was asked some questions about what it was like to live at boarding school while managing the treatment she needed to do for her cystic fibrosis (CF). 1. What...

Collaborating with schools when your child has cystic fibrosis

Research has shown that children have better academic and social outcomes when their parents and teachers work together. A positive parent-teacher relationship can result in a child doing better academically, emotionally and socially, being happier at school and...

2017 CFSmart Teacher Nominations: Teachers going above and Beyond

In early December 2017 we ran a CFSmart Facebook competition asking parents to nominate outstanding teachers who have gone out of their way to provide health and educational support for children with cystic fibrosis (CF). The nominations that parents entered...

PICC Lines at school

My name is David and I'm 6 years old and in Year 1 at Weld Square Primary School. I have a little brother Oliver who's 5 and is in kindy. I like to play with my friends. I especially like running and playing "it". I also like to play soccer because I really like...

Kathleen, Katrina & Alexis

Kathleen works as a Year 3 teacher at Assumption Catholic College in Mandurah and taught Alexis, who has CF, in her class in 2016. Kathleen came to teaching later on in life. She was inspired to become a teacher because she was frustrated that she couldn’t help her...

Ned’s Story

Hi, my name is Ned and I am 10 and have cystic fibrosis (CF). This is a photo of me with my brother Lucas, we are both pretty good basketballers. There is one year between me and my brother. We do most things together. I was diagnosed with CF the day after I was born....

Life After High School

At 18, Marina is very level headed and pragmatic. It is so inspiring to also meet a person who is happy with her life and who works so hard to achieve her goals despite having the extra burden of doing time consuming treatment for cystic fibrosis (CF). I am studying a...

Hero For A Day

My son is 11 years old and has cystic fibrosis (CF). I asked my son’s school principal if we could do a fundraiser for 65 Roses Day, which is in May but it wasn’t possible due to other commitments. We decided to still do a fundraiser but on another day further down...

Mt Waverley Secondary College

Spreading the word about CF For the third year now Mt Waverley Secondary College students have raised funds and awareness throughout their school for cystic fibrosis. Four students from the year 10 leadership team at MWSC attended CFV’s Leadership Development Camp...