Primary News

Friday, 14 Oct 2022

Year 4 Geography Showcase
At the end of last term, Year 4 showcased their Geography research on 'Australia’s Near Neighbours'. The students were allocated into groups and were given a neighbouring country to study as part of their Project Based Learning. The parents got to watch cultural performances from Indonesia, the Melanesian Islands and...
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Friday, 09 Sept 2022

Year 3 & 4 PE
This term in PE, our Year 3 and 4 students have been learning the game of tee-ball and softball. This week, we had Belinda Barnes come and visit us. Belinda represented Australia in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in softball. Belinda showed all Year 3 and 4 classes her Bronze Medal, and also...
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Friday, 09 Sept 2022

Year 2 Museum Express - Science Incursion
On Wednesday, Year 2 had a fantastic day of science learning. Catherine King from the Newcastle Museum came to our school to deliver three fun and engaging science shows. The first show was a great hit with the students, aptly named Gums to Bums, it was a hilarious and fun...
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Friday, 09 Sept 2022

Kindy Visits the Farm
On Monday our Kindy students and their families visited the Oakvale Wildlife Park for their annual Families at the Farm visit. Students were able to feed the animals, from chickens, lambs and baby goats to kangaroos and llamas. What a fun-filled day!
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Friday, 26 Aug 2022

Book Character Parade
Our fabulous Book Character Parade was held in the MPC on Thursday morning. There were SO MANY creative and colourful costumes worn by our Primary students! Our judges found the job of choosing only five students from each year level to be an extremely difficult task as the book character costumes were of such a...
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Friday, 26 Aug 2022

Year 2 Visit the Science Lab
Students in 2E were fortunate enough to be invited down to the Secondary School Science lab this week, where Mrs Venegas helped us hypothesise, predict and make observations throughout several fun experiments and activities. Students were heard to exclaim, "Wow, look at the Copper Chloride burn!", and "I love the microscopes! I’m...
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Friday, 26 Aug 2022

Primary HRIS Athletics
Last Friday we took 70 Primary students to compete in the HRIS Athletics Carnival at the Hunter Sports Centre in Glendale. The students performed so well, both on and off the track. Avondale School came away with 1st place in the Division 1 HRIS Athletics event. We also took out the following...
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Friday, 19 Aug 2022

Year 3 Healthy Food Festival
What an enriched experience the Year 3 students had at their Healthy Food Festival this week. Thank you to all the parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts who supported our day. Here are a few comments from our Year 3 students:It was an awesome experience because you were able to greet new...
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Friday, 12 Aug 2022

Year 6 Technology
Year 6 students designed and created their very own laser-cut torches with Mrs Rijavec during Technology. This was done in collaboration with the ‘Electricity Circuit’ Science unit taught by Mr Hosken. It has been exciting to see all their creative ideas come to life. The future is looking bright for Year...
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