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Friday, 25 Aug 2023

PROPEL Students Visit Adventist Senior Living
PROPEL students visited Adventist Senior Living this week to begin the Enterprise and Travel PBL unit. Students are working in pairs to create a vicarious travel experience for some of the residents of Adventist Senior Living, so time was spent getting to know each other, sharing stories and learning about...
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Friday, 25 Aug 2023

National Science Week Celebrated
Last week was National Science Week. Secondary students and Staff celebrated Science Week in many ways: Science Focus at the beginning of each science class – Aerogels, The DART Mission (Double Asteroid Redirection Test), Total Solar Eclipses and Lighting Up Our Streets with Trees.Science Escape Room Challenges – Online and...
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Friday, 18 Aug 2023

Skills, skills and more skills...
With National Skills Week on the horizon for next week from August 21 - 27; Year 12 students finalising their last few weeks of school before heading off to further study and/or work and Year 10 students choosing their subjects and pathways for 2024, parents are asking what the most important...
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Friday, 18 Aug 2023

Bullying. No Way!
Avondale School is committed to continuing to foster a safe, inclusive, and compassionate learning environment through its 'Say No to Bullying' campaign. The 'Say No to Bullying' campaign at Avondale School is an initiative that seeks to spread awareness about the harmful effects of bullying and promote empathy, understanding, and support...
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Friday, 18 Aug 2023

Kindy Chicken Hatch
Tuesday was day one of the 2023 Kindy chicken hatch. Pr Daron Pratt has been providing this learning experience to Avondale School Kindy students for the past 19 years! A huge thank you to Daron and the Central Coast Poultry Club. The kids were literally jumping with excitement as they...
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Friday, 18 Aug 2023

Year 10 Commerce Visit Newcastle Court
As part of our examination into how laws are made and enforced, students had the opportunity to visit the Newcastle District and Supreme Courts. The students spoke to the Court Sheriff who welcomed us to court and guided us through courtroom etiquette and the potential penalties for breaching them. The...
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Friday, 18 Aug 2023

Year 11 Geography Field Trip
Last week the Year 11 Geography class went on a field trip to Port Stephens. Students studied varied ecosystems and observed and recorded the biophysical interactions taking place within them. Students also enjoyed a whale watching cruise, a camel ride and sand boarding as part of this trip. It was...
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Friday, 11 Aug 2023

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
Emperor penguins live in a harsh environment. Living and breeding on the Antarctic Sea ice and coping with extremes of conditions, such as a bone chilling -50˚ C and winds of up to 200km/h, is challenging. Under harsh conditions how do they manage to produce the next generation? Well, the...
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Friday, 11 Aug 2023

100 Days of Kindy
Last Friday our Kindy students celebrated 100 days of learning. They all dressed up as 100 year olds, did lots of learning around the number 100 and even got to meet Olwen, a 103 year old lady who came for a visit and a photo.
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