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Friday, 11 Mar 2022

Primary HRIS Swimming

Last week 35 eager Primary students from Years 2-6 travelled to Lambton Pool for the HRIS Swimming Carnival. There was excitement in the air after the first point score announcement said that Avondale was in 2nd place behind St Philips Christian College (Newcastle). With the promise of a reward from Mr...

Friday, 11 Mar 2022

Year 9 Challenge Care Packages

Our Year 9 Challenge students helped prepare care packages to those affected by the recent flooding in the Lismore area. We thank our school family, our community, all for your generosity to help these students serve a community outside of their own. A special thank you goes to Southlake's Incorporated and Sonship...

Friday, 04 Mar 2022

Challenge That Could Change The World

When I was in school, I really struggled. I wasn’t one of those kids who had a hard time with academia but thrived in the sporting arena. No—I was pretty terrible at both. For almost the entirety of my schooling journey, I felt out of place, without a clear sense of belonging...

Friday, 04 Mar 2022

Ride4Rescue

19 students and 3 teachers joined a team of 45 riders and 28 support crew for the adventure of Ride4Rescue 2022. This year a record combined total of $85,000 was raised for the two charities - Restore One, the school in Cambodia that Avondale School has been supporting since 2013,...

Friday, 04 Mar 2022

AICES Basketball Cup

On Friday February 25 our Open Girls and Open Boys basketball teams headed to Sydney to participate in the AICES Basketball Cup. It was a tough day of competition and our students ran hard, leaving it all on the court. Our Girls' Team placed 6th overall and our Boys' Team...

Friday, 04 Mar 2022

Year 12 VET Work Placement

Last week, Year 12 Construction and Hospitality students spent a week in industry learning new skills and applying the skills they have learnt in their Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses here at Avondale School. Students can be very proud of themselves as they all excelled and showed excellent skills....

Friday, 25 Feb 2022

Finding Joy

From a young age I can always remember loving passionfruit, sunflowers and the colour yellow, not necessarily in that order or together but all of them brought me joy for different reasons.  Do you have a favourite flower? Is there a reason that flower is your favourite? What is your favourite...

Friday, 18 Feb 2022

Victories

The sun bounced off the water, beckoning all to enter. The sounds of the carnival permeated the air. Students jockeyed to the start line. Whistle, then horn, signalled the chance for glory. Whether breaking swimming records or displaying a can-do attitude, students entered the water to score valuable points for...

Friday, 18 Feb 2022

Primary Swimming Carnival

The Primary Swimming Carnival was held at Morisset Pool this week with over 240 students in attendance, supported by many parents along the pool edge. While students were required to sit in Year Levels instead of House groups it didn't affect their performance in the pool. Over the course of...

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