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Friday, 15 Aug 2025

Year 10 BStreetSmart Excursion

Last week, our Year 10 students attended the BStreetSmart event at Qudos Bank Arena, an engaging and eye-opening program designed to promote safe driving and decision-making among young people. The event is run by Westmead Hospital’s Trauma Service and aims to reduce road trauma by giving students the knowledge, skills,...

Friday, 08 Aug 2025

Year 11 Hospitality Cater for Community Volunteers

This week our Year 11 Hospitality classes catered a special lunch to thank the local community volunteers for all they do at the Cooranbong Community Centre. The students prepared and cooked the food, set the function venue, waited tables, served food and beverages and greeted the volunteers. The students were...

Friday, 08 Aug 2025

Year 11 2026 Pathway Discovery Expo

On Monday evening, our Year 10 students and families gathered for the 2026 Pathway Discovery Expo in the MPC. The event offered valuable insights into the Stage 6 curriculum, subject choices, the HSC, VET options, and our innovative senior pathway, PROPEL. Families had the opportunity to speak directly with teachers...

Friday, 01 Aug 2025

Secondary STORMCo Trips

On July 4, our school sent two staff teams and over 50 senior students on our annual STORMCo trips. One to Narromine (a brand-new location) and the other to Cobar, a community we’ve served for 27 years.In both towns, students ran school holiday kids’ club programs, with 40 children attending...

Friday, 01 Aug 2025

Students Perform at Staff PD

A few of our senior students took a break from studying for their HSC Trial Exams to share a blessing with school staff. Year 12 students Elina, Bianca, Soni and Leki got up early and put on their school uniforms in the holidays for a morning worship at the biannual...

Friday, 04 July 2025

Secondary Music Ensembles Tour

Our recent Avondale School Music Tour saw students from Years 6-12 come together for a six-day journey across Queensland, sharing the love of music through our Orchestra and Choir. Over the course of seven performances and a Vespers program, students brought both their secular and sacred repertoires to life, performing...

Friday, 27 June 2025

Secondary Ensembles Pre-Tour Concert

On Saturday night our Secondary Music Ensembles performed in the newly opened Worship Centre & Performing Arts space for a special musical showcase ahead of their music tour to Northern NSW and Queensland. The concert featured standout performances by our Secondary Choir, Orchestra, and String Ensemble, who presented a vibrant...

Friday, 20 June 2025

Multicultural Connection

This week our school celebrated its first ever cross-campus Multicultural Connection, an event where our school community came together to share and celebrate cultures with their peers, teachers, and family members.  We kicked off the week on Tuesday, with Cultural Dress and Performance Day. Students proudly wore their traditional clothing...