Secondary News

Friday, 12 Apr 2024

Secondary Band Tour
Last week the school’s Orchestra embarked on our first music tour in 6 years. We started small, squeezing in 7 performances in just over 3 days in the country towns of Gunnedah and Coonabarabran. We mostly visited primary schools, who had some really interesting questions for our group. Due to...
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Friday, 05 Apr 2024

Year 11 Hospitality - Kitchen Operations
This term the Year 11 Kitchen Operations Hospitality class have been very busy learning culinary skills, precision cuts, operating commercial cookery equipment and producing simple dishes across a range of food types. Last week they tried homemade pasta - fettuccini. Students made excellent pasta dough and processed it through a...
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Friday, 05 Apr 2024

Year 10 Commerce Business Week
The entrepreneurial spirit was alive and thriving during this year's Business Week. The campus was abuzz with friendly competition and delicious treats including slushies, ice-creams, donuts, pizzas, toasties, waffles, cookies, spiders, Thai delight and milkshakes. Throughout the week, these young entrepreneurs not only showcased their creativity and business skills but also...
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Friday, 05 Apr 2024

Year 9 Food Technology
This term in Year 9 Food Technology the class has been busy learning about the multicultural influences which have impacted Australian cuisines. Students have attended a food tour to taste and experience some of the multicultural impacts to Australian cuisine and now they have researched and taken themselves and their...
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Thursday, 28 Mar 2024

Careers Connect
We would like to extend our thanks to all the families that attending our first ever Careers Connect event this week. We appreciate your support and hope that you discovered something new about the career possibilities for your child. We would especially like to thank all of our amazing Avondale...
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Thursday, 28 Mar 2024

Year 11 PROPEL Raft Challenge
An extraordinary experiment unfolded this Tuesday, as the intrepid souls of the Year 11 PROPEL class took to the waters for a truly unique learning experience. Armed with their wits, mathematical prowess, and a splash of creativity, the students embarked on a voyage that blended the rigours of academic study...
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Thursday, 28 Mar 2024

Secondary Cross Country
It was a perfect day on Wednesday for our Secondary Campus Cross Country! The top 4 of each age group will compete at HRIS Cross Country at Avondale University on Friday May 3. Results will be shared at a later date. Thank you to parents, staff and House Captains for...
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Thursday, 28 Mar 2024

Year 12 Geography Excursion
The Year 12 Geography class embarked on a field trip to Sydney last week for two days. On the first day, the students explored Barangaroo, a new urban precinct, right next door to Millers Point and near the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House. On the second day they took...
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Friday, 22 Mar 2024

Year 9 Food Tech Excursion
This term year 9 Food Technology has been discovering how migration has changed the way Australians eat. To find out more about the influence of other cultures, Year 9 spent a day in Bankstown, Sydney doing a Taste Tour. The food trail took us on a culinary excursion exploring the...
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