Secondary News

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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Friday, 20 May 2022

Year 11 Urban Challenge
Wednesday morning last week was an early start for both staff and Year 11 students as they met at Morisset Station at 6.00am for the beginning of the Urban Challenge. The Urban Challenge is a school camp in the centre of Sydney that allows students to experience a range of...
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Friday, 13 May 2022

Year 10 Work Experience
Year 10 students spent all of last week at a range of Work Experience venues everywhere from Penrith, to Somersby, and up to Maitland. Despite a few little hiccups with sickness and COVID alerts, students seemed to have really functioned well in the adult working world. Mrs Lindsay visited quite...
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Friday, 13 May 2022

Year 7 Canberra Trip
Five a.m. is an early start to be at school, but that was when the Year 7 Canberra (Year 6 makeup) trip started. Thanks to families for braving the cold and early hour to get students there on time. Our amazing students engaged with enthusiasm and positivity in many activities, like creating...
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Friday, 06 May 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 the house. There was lots of trial and error, testing and re-designing. Students worked in groups to create some...
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