Secondary News

Friday, 10 May 2024

Year 11 PROPEL Learn Car Maintenance
On Wednesday, Mr Kunz and Mrs Page’s PROPEL Year 11 Standard Maths classes revved up their learning with a hands-on lesson in practical car maintenance. Beyond crunching numbers, students got under the hood, exploring the nuts and bolts of maintaining a vehicle. From changing tires to checking oil, they gained...
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Friday, 03 May 2024

Year 8 Anna Bay Camp
The Year 8 Anna Bay camp at the end of last term was all we hoped it would be. The weather was a little grey to start with but improved as the week progressed. Activities included surf school, bike riding, kayaking, and hiking around the beautiful Nelson Bay area. Students...
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Friday, 03 May 2024

Year 9 & 10 Science and Engineering Challenge
Challenges + Problems + Teamwork = Fun + Top Result On Thursday, April 11, 28 Year 9 and 10 students made their way to the Forum at Newcastle University for the 2024 Newcastle round of the Science and Engineering Challenge. Students participated in teams of three or four in challenges...
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Friday, 12 Apr 2024

Secondary Band Tour
Last week the school’s Orchestra embarked on our first music tour in 6 years. We started small, squeezing in 7 performances in just over 3 days in the country towns of Gunnedah and Coonabarabran. We mostly visited primary schools, who had some really interesting questions for our group. Due to...
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Friday, 05 Apr 2024

Year 11 Hospitality - Kitchen Operations
This term the Year 11 Kitchen Operations Hospitality class have been very busy learning culinary skills, precision cuts, operating commercial cookery equipment and producing simple dishes across a range of food types. Last week they tried homemade pasta - fettuccini. Students made excellent pasta dough and processed it through a...
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Friday, 05 Apr 2024

Year 10 Commerce Business Week
The entrepreneurial spirit was alive and thriving during this year's Business Week. The campus was abuzz with friendly competition and delicious treats including slushies, ice-creams, donuts, pizzas, toasties, waffles, cookies, spiders, Thai delight and milkshakes. Throughout the week, these young entrepreneurs not only showcased their creativity and business skills but also...
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Friday, 05 Apr 2024

Year 9 Food Technology
This term in Year 9 Food Technology the class has been busy learning about the multicultural influences which have impacted Australian cuisines. Students have attended a food tour to taste and experience some of the multicultural impacts to Australian cuisine and now they have researched and taken themselves and their...
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Thursday, 28 Mar 2024

Careers Connect
We would like to extend our thanks to all the families that attending our first ever Careers Connect event this week. We appreciate your support and hope that you discovered something new about the career possibilities for your child. We would especially like to thank all of our amazing Avondale...
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Thursday, 28 Mar 2024

Year 11 PROPEL Raft Challenge
An extraordinary experiment unfolded this Tuesday, as the intrepid souls of the Year 11 PROPEL class took to the waters for a truly unique learning experience. Armed with their wits, mathematical prowess, and a splash of creativity, the students embarked on a voyage that blended the rigours of academic study...
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