The View

Thursday, 11 Dec 2025

Glory to God
As the words “Joyful, joyful” rang out across our campus and fireworks burst into the damp night sky, I experienced a moment of deep gratitude. Another beautiful Community Christmas Carols program had come to life. Throughout the evening, guests, families and performers shared how much they loved the atmosphere: the...
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Friday, 05 Dec 2025

Peace is Coming
It’s only fitting that the value we are focusing on as a school this week is 'peace'. I’m sure I am not the only one whose life is feeling anything but peaceful right now. For many of us, it’s arguably the busiest time of the year; trying to finish the...
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Friday, 28 Nov 2025

Choosing Responsibility When No One Is Watching
Recently, I watched a Year 7 student quietly walk through the locker bay after lunch. In his hand was a piece of rubbish that I knew wasn’t his. No one had asked him to pick it up. No teacher was nearby. No friends were watching. He just did it, and...
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Friday, 21 Nov 2025

A Teacher’s Gratitude
I’m fortunate to experience Avondale School through two lenses—as a parent and as a teacher. My children, Mahalia and Jett, are students here, and I’ve taught both Year 4 and Year 2 on the Primary Campus. This unique dual role allows me to witness firsthand the richness of Avondale’s student-focused learning...
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Friday, 14 Nov 2025

The Courage to Begin
Has there ever been a skill or activity that you were interested in but decided against trying because you felt that you didn’t have the ability to master it or were worried about failing? Perhaps, you commenced and stopped after the first few attempts because the progress that you made...
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Friday, 07 Nov 2025

The 1 Percenters
From 1908 to 2003, British Cycling had won just a single gold medal at the Olympics, and had never won the Tour de France. They were the laughing stock in world cycling. Manufacturers refused to sell to the team for fear it would hurt sales. Then in comes a man...
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Friday, 31 Oct 2025

Stepping Into Your Calling
We don’t know her name. We actually don’t know much of her story. We do know that she had been taken captive from her land. That she was a servant to the wife of Naaman, the man who commanded the army who took her captive. She could have stayed silent...
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Friday, 24 Oct 2025

The Best Boost of All
Recently I took my kids to get a drink from the popular takeaway store, Boost. We had been walking around the shopping centre and all three of us were in need of a pick-me-up. The order was the same as it always is; we have found our favourites to include...
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Friday, 17 Oct 2025

Mind the Sign
Last year in Tokyo, I had one of those moments you don’t easily forget. I was stepping into a small sushi restaurant tucked inside a busy Tokyo train station, the kind of place where the food is amazing, the service impeccable, and the doorways clearly not designed with 189cm Englishmen...
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