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Friday, 17 Nov 2023

Overcoming Challenges
A few weeks ago I found myself at the bottom of a very steep hill looking up and up and up … I couldn't see the top. We were two thirds of our way along a hike with Year 9 on our Bungonia Camp. My knee was already sore and...
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Friday, 17 Nov 2023

Year 3D Christmas Giving
3D filled up 16 Christmas Shoeboxes this term to send overseas for the Samaritan Purse Operation Christmas Child. It was part of our Bible unit on Generosity. The kids and their parents put generosity into action!
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Friday, 17 Nov 2023

Year 11 Geography Excursion
The Year 11 Geography students went to the Hunter Wetlands on Tuesday as part of their study on Ecosystems at Risk. They participated in a variety of geographical inquiry methods to investigate the site. These included methods such as dip netting, working out humidity using a hygrometer, working out the...
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Friday, 10 Nov 2023

Reading is a Gift
I love reading but I wasn’t born like that. Nobody is. As a child, my parents ensured we were surrounded by a wide variety of books. At bedtime, we were allowed an extra half hour to read before our lights had to be turned out. On family shopping trips, there...
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Friday, 10 Nov 2023

Primary HRIS Touch Football
Although phones on the Optus network were playing chaos, there was no chaos shown on the field this week with both our boys and girls teams playing with great composure throughout an excellent competition at Wallsend. Our Boys' team finished 5th and our Girls' 3rd against tough opposition all day....
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Friday, 10 Nov 2023

Secondary Engineering Challenge
Engineers Australia is focused on attracting more people to Engineering as a career and so they run workshops to help students get a glimpse of how Engineers work. Last Tuesday a group of Year 9 and 10 students participated in an all-day Engineering Challenge where they had to use aeronautics...
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Friday, 10 Nov 2023

Primary HRIS Chess
280 students across HRIS descended upon Avondale School recently to compete in the annual HRIS Chess Tournament. Well done to all 24 of our students, with most of our teams competing for the top table deep into the day. Special mention to our top ROOKIES team, earning Runners-Up in the...
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Friday, 10 Nov 2023

Year 12 Graduation
Congratulations to the Class of 2023. Graduation on Friday night was a perfect celebration of the young people they have become. We are very proud of you all.
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Friday, 03 Nov 2023

Every Day is a Gift
In a world where things are becoming ever more digital, learning to read the time displayed on an analogue clock face is perhaps a skill that is becoming less valuable. This has not stopped one of my daughters from being recently intent on mastering the art. Together we have found...
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