Secondary News

Thursday, 11 May 2023

Year 11 Maths Learns Car Maintenance
Year 11 Maths students from Mr Kunz’s class and PROPEL had a hands-on lesson in car maintenance this week. The students are currently doing an assessment task on factors that need to be considered when purchasing a car - loan repayments, servicing and maintenance, fuel economy, registration, etc. Many of...
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Friday, 05 May 2023

Year 10 Work Experience
Year 10 students were out and about enjoying their Work Experience this week. They were involved in a range of different places and areas, including Taronga Zoo, vets, physio practices, nurseries, architecture and accountancy practices, locksmiths, radio stations, pharmacies, trades, engineering and automation, teaching, childcare, the beauty and aged care...
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Friday, 05 May 2023

Secondary HRIS Cross Country
Avondale School hosted the annual HRIS Cross country for the 12th year in a row at Avondale University. The weather was magic and so were some of our runners with some excellent individual results. The team of bike riders was awesome in keeping the track running smoothly. The Secondary team were...
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Friday, 05 May 2023

Year 8 Anna Bay Camp
The Year 8 Anna Bay camp at the end of last term was all we hoped it could be. Surf school, Sup boarding and Kayaking around the beautiful Nelson Bay area. There were squeals of excitement as dolphins were spotted, as rays and eels were patted and fed. Giant sand dunes...
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Thursday, 06 Apr 2023

PROPEL PBL Task: Final Presentation
The PROPEL students have been working in groups to investigate how a new job/role could add value to the school community; with their final presentation delivered to a panel of stakeholders this week. Students spent five weeks brainstorming, interviewing, researching, analysing data, refining ideas and crafting their multimodal presentations. The...
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Friday, 31 Mar 2023

Secondary Prefects at Youth Leadership Academy
What an amazing opportunity for our Secondary Campus Prefects to be part of the Youth Leadership Academy Australia at the ICC in Sydney this week!
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Friday, 31 Mar 2023

Secondary Cultural Day
Last Friday students got to experience many different cultures right here on our Secondary Campus during lunchtime ... from trying delicious food to watching amazing performances. We're so grateful to be part of such a diverse community and to have the opportunity to learn from each other.
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Friday, 24 Mar 2023

Secondary Cross Country
Our Cross Country Carnival had the best weather we have had in a while - not too hot, not too wet, a bit humid but still a good day to run. Starting with the 6km boys running the furthest through to the faster 3km race, we saw some amazing runners,...
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Friday, 17 Mar 2023

PROPEL PBL Task
PROPEL students had a behind-the-scenes look inside the Administration Building last week for the launch of their integrated English Studies and Work Studies project based learning task. The students are working in groups to identify how a new job/role could add value to the school community. Mrs Cooper gave students...
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