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Friday, 01 Mar 2024

Year 12 VET Work Placement
This week, Year 12 Hospitality and Construction students went to industry for a week of work placement to learn valuable skills on the job from industry professionals. Avondale School would like to thank the local businesses who partnered with us this week to host our students and provided them with...
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Friday, 01 Mar 2024

Secondary AICES Basketball
Congratulations to our Open Boys Basketball Team! After 8 tough games in extreme temperatures, our boys from Years 9-12 won Gold in the AICES Open Boys Division 2 Competition. They played with true character, represented themselves, the school, their families and God well! The early morning trainings have paid off.
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Friday, 01 Mar 2024

Ride4Rescue
Last week Jackson S, Isaac F, Rhys M, Jett P, Mahalia P and Oscar R went on the Ride4Rescue biking event. Thirty participants rode 400km over 5 days from Canberra to Mount Kosciusko to raise money for the Restore One School in Cambodia and also the ADRA Blossom Project. This...
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Friday, 01 Mar 2024

Secondary Week of Worship
Last week our Secondary campus experienced their first Week of Worship for 2024. This is a particularly big week for our Year 12 students who did an exceptional job leading out in every aspect of the program. Collaboratively, our awesome students determined a theme, designed the logo and staging, hosted,...
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Friday, 23 Feb 2024

The Greatest Catch
The year was 2001. I was representing my school at the Tri-Schools Cricket Competition. My team, Macquarie College, were bowled out for a very average total. We took to the field knowing we had to get some early wickets to keep our hopes alive. We had our best bowlers trying...
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Friday, 23 Feb 2024

Year 11 and 12 Visual Arts Excursion
Students in Stage 6 Visual Arts visited the Art Gallery of NSW to view and experience several extraordinary current exhibitions. Louise Bourgeois: Has the Day Invaded the Night or Has the Night Invaded the Day? reveals the reach and intensity of her art. From the well-lit rooms of ‘Day’, to...
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Friday, 23 Feb 2024

Primary Swimming Carnival
Not even the rain could dampen the spirits of our wonderful students at this year’s Primary Swimming Carnival. Apart from some incredible individual efforts in the pool, including several smashed records listed below, it must be said that there was an incredible team atmosphere being felt around the pool deck....
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Friday, 23 Feb 2024

Year 7 Crosslands Camp
Last week the Year 7 cohort, accompanied by our Year 11 peer support students, set off to Crosslands Youth and Convention Centre for 3 days. While we were there, the students got to be involved in many activities that pushed most students outside of their comfort zones. They participated in...
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Friday, 16 Feb 2024

Waiting in the Unknown
I’m sure many of you have had to sit and wait for someone to come out of a tricky operation. I have recently experienced this and while there is not much we can do while waiting, we have a choice as to how we wait and the stress that we...
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