Secondary News

Friday, 12 Aug 2022

Year 9 Science
Some of the Year 9 Science students have been busy applying their knowledge of electrical circuits by designing and building cardboard houses and setting up circuits to light up rooms in their house. There was lots of trial and error, testing and re-designing. Students worked in groups to create some...
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Friday, 01 July 2022

Year 10 Visual Arts Excursion
Year 10 Visual Arts students are investigating creatures as a theme to inform their artmaking practice. In order to investigate this theme we participated in a fantastic day exploring Taronga Zoo and enjoying the amazing animals that are showcased. A showcase of our artmaking will be on display later in...
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Friday, 17 June 2022

Secondary Week of Worship
We’ve been blessed to start each day this week together with Year 12 Week of Worship. The Year 12 students chose to focus on the theme of GROWTH - looking back over their school journey so far, and looking ahead to what comes next as they launch into life after...
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Friday, 17 June 2022

Year 10 Geography Excursion
The Year 10 students enjoyed the sunshine and went on a Geography excursion to Newcastle to learn about human-induced changes to the natural environment. Students walked from the old train line, along the foreshore to Macquarie Pier. They learnt about Nobby’s Beach and the breakwall that halts the longshore drift...
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Friday, 10 June 2022

ASSA Basketball Tournament
Our two senior basketball teams recently represented Avondale in the ASSA Basketball Tournament on the Gold Coast. This is an annual tournament involving 36 teams and 350 students. It was a full day of games on the Friday with finals on Saturday night. Our senior girls finished 1st, bringing home...
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Friday, 03 June 2022

Year 10 Business Week
Congratulations to Year 10 Commerce for their outstanding Business Week. Despite the cold and windy weather, the regular slushies, ice cream cones, and soft drinks sold well. Cheese toasties, pasta, and hot milos were a logical addition given the lower temperatures. As always, the sales ‘tax’ raised during the week...
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Friday, 27 May 2022

Year 7 & 8 STEM Challenge Day
Last Wednesday, some 29 Year 7 and 8 students made their way to The Great Hall at Newcastle University for the 2022 Build ME a Future Event (a Science and Engineering Challenge). Students participated in teams of three or four in challenges such as: Mars Rover (designing and building a vehicle to...
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Friday, 27 May 2022

Secondary Athletics Carnival
The day started with patches of blue sky, but unfortunately it didn’t last. However, the heavy showers didn’t last very long and the weather progressively improved. Quedos to the 12-year-olds who bravely stepped up to the line and ran in the downpour. We expected to have lots of students away because...
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Friday, 20 May 2022

Year 11 Visual Arts Incursion
Year 11 Visual Arts students participated in a 'Body of Work' incursion in the Visual Arts room this week. Exploring syllabus content with a guest teacher inspired students to understand and appreciate the requirements of the ‘artmaking' component of the course. An interactive creating exercise, using the expressive form of...
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