Secondary News

Friday, 11 Mar 2022

Secondary HRIS Swimming
On Wednesday morning we headed to Lambton Pool to compete at the Division 2 HRIS Swimming Carnival. It was a smaller day as some schools could not attend due to flooding, or had many team members unable to make it. We had a smaller team than usual with only 37...
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Friday, 11 Mar 2022

Year 9 Challenge Care Packages
Our Year 9 Challenge students helped prepare care packages to those affected by the recent flooding in the Lismore area. We thank our school family, our community, all for your generosity to help these students serve a community outside of their own. A special thank you goes to Southlake's Incorporated and Sonship...
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Friday, 04 Mar 2022

Ride4Rescue
19 students and 3 teachers joined a team of 45 riders and 28 support crew for the adventure of Ride4Rescue 2022. This year a record combined total of $85,000 was raised for the two charities - Restore One, the school in Cambodia that Avondale School has been supporting since 2013,...
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Friday, 04 Mar 2022

AICES Basketball Cup
On Friday February 25 our Open Girls and Open Boys basketball teams headed to Sydney to participate in the AICES Basketball Cup. It was a tough day of competition and our students ran hard, leaving it all on the court. Our Girls' Team placed 6th overall and our Boys' Team...
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Friday, 04 Mar 2022

Year 12 VET Work Placement
Last week, Year 12 Construction and Hospitality students spent a week in industry learning new skills and applying the skills they have learnt in their Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses here at Avondale School. Students can be very proud of themselves as they all excelled and showed excellent skills....
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Friday, 18 Feb 2022

Year 7 Crosslands Camp
The weather forecast was perfect for 84 Year 7 students, along with 16 Year 11 Peer Support leaders and nine Staff who headed out to Crosslands on Monday morning. The 6km hike (thankfully mostly downhill) challenged some, was a new experience for others, while others were keen to jog ahead...
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Friday, 11 Feb 2022

Secondary Swimming Carnival
There were lots of screaming and cheering for the Sport Houses on Monday with our annual Swimming Carnival at Wyong Olympic Pool. The new House Captains played an important role in motivating and organising swimmers in each race. Congratulations to Rhiannon D, who broke a butterfly record, Mia W who...
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Friday, 25 June 2021

Year 10 Dramatic Forms
This term Year 10 Drama have been working on a unit titled 'Dramatic Forms'. They had the opportunity to learn about various conventions that are associated with different forms, such as Melodrama (overacting) and Realism (true to life acting) in class. For their assessment they were given a list of...
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Friday, 04 June 2021

Year 7 Canberra Trip
Last week Year 7 students enjoyed their second camp of the year - their make-up trip to our Nation’s Capital City, Canberra. Our 4-day itinerary was jam-packed with many educational and fun tours and activities. Our first stop was a very active visit to the Australian Institute of Sport. We...
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