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Australia Day is FUN!

Friday, January 28, 2011

Hi guys! What did you do on Australia Day?
At IIA we had a lamington party in our classes. Lamingtons are a traditional Australian cake.
Here they are!


Every IIA student enjoyed a lamington with an Australian flag :)

 Zoe's Pre-intermediate class

 Colin's Intermediate class

 Tiffany's Upper-intermediate class

 Pam's Elementary class

Alison's IELTS preparation class


Do you know how the lamington came to be?
Well, the story goes like this:

The Lamington is named after Lord Lamington, who served as Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901. According to legend, Lamingtons were first served in Toowoomba when Lord Lamington took his entourage to Harlaxton House to escape the steamy heat of Brisbane. The Lamingtons' chef at Queensland's Government House, Armand Gallad, was called upon at short notice to provide something to feed unexpected guests. According to the Melbourne Age newspaper, Gallad cut up some left over French vanilla sponge cake baked the day     before, dipped the slices in chocolate and set them in coconut (an ingredient not widely used in European cooking at that time).  Lady Lamington's guests then asked for the recipe.
Another version claims the dessert resembled the homburg hats favoured by Lord Lamington. A further alternative origin is that Lord Lamington's cook, presumably Gallad,   accidentally dropped a block of sponge cake into a dish of chocolate. Later on it was discovered to be very nice with desiccated coconut sprinkled over the top.
Ironically, Lord Lamington was believed to have
hated the dessert that had been named in his honour.

Source: wikipedia.org

IIA Post Flood Sessions

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Hi guys, I'm glad that everyone got back to school safe from this flood crisis.

Due to the floods that affected Brisbane in the last couple of weeks IIA will have the information sessions to discuss this issue. All students are welcome to attend any of these sessions.

               * Dates:
                  - Thursday 20th 11:30am
                  - Thursday 20th 12:30pm
                  - Friday 21st 11:30am
                  - Friday 21st 12:30pm
               * Place : Resource Centre

It will help you if you are in an emergency situation.
Please join the session! Here is the photos from our first day session :)





All class will resume from Wednesday 19th January!

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Important Notice - School Closing 12/01/2011 - 14/01/2011

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Dear IIA students,

Taking factors into consideration of natural disaster IIA will be closed 12/01/2011 - 14/01/2011.
Please be safe and if you have any problems, feel free to contact to school 3007-0888