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Friday, 09 Sept 2022

Year 3 & 4 PE
This term in PE, our Year 3 and 4 students have been learning the game of tee-ball and softball. This week, we had Belinda Barnes come and visit us. Belinda represented Australia in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in softball. Belinda showed all Year 3 and 4 classes her Bronze Medal, and also...
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Friday, 09 Sept 2022

Year 12 Retreat
The Year 12 students and staff experienced a few days away on the Year 12 Retreat, spending most of their time at Crosslands Youth and Convention Centre. The focus of the retreat was to spend time relaxing, reconnecting, refocusing and making memories as they count down the last few weeks...
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Friday, 09 Sept 2022

Year 2 Museum Express - Science Incursion
On Wednesday, Year 2 had a fantastic day of science learning. Catherine King from the Newcastle Museum came to our school to deliver three fun and engaging science shows. The first show was a great hit with the students, aptly named Gums to Bums, it was a hilarious and fun...
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Friday, 09 Sept 2022

Year 11 Hospitality
Students in Year 11 Hospitality have been practising their skills in creating an antipasto platter and preparing themselves for the CAPPA Showcase Night this week where they catered for the event. Students throughout this term have been studying appetisers and salads, and making a range of culinary dishes to extend...
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Friday, 09 Sept 2022

Kindy Visits the Farm
On Monday our Kindy students and their families visited the Oakvale Wildlife Park for their annual Families at the Farm visit. Students were able to feed the animals, from chickens, lambs and baby goats to kangaroos and llamas. What a fun-filled day!
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Friday, 02 Sept 2022

New Beginnings
There is something magical about a well-manicured, freshly cut lawn. For me, its neat uniformity brings about a sense of pride, achievement and satisfaction; or so I thought. You see, my wife is an avid gardener, a true ‘green thumb’, who thinks a beautiful, pristine lawn is called ‘grass’, and...
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Friday, 02 Sept 2022

Secondary Week of Worship
Week of Worship is an opportunity we have as a school to come together each day, spending time in community, learning about the goodness that God has for us. This week, we’ve had Pastor Aubree Harrington from Kellyville Church in Sydney share with our high school. She has taken us through...
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Friday, 02 Sept 2022

HRIS Volleyball
Avondale School played in the HRIS Volleyball tournament this week held at Broadmeadow. Our Open Boys’ and Open Girls' teams both made it to the grand final. This was a huge improvement from the previous tournament last term. Even though both teams played hard in each match, they went down in...
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Friday, 02 Sept 2022

Year 12 Geography Field Trip
Two days this week the Year 12 Geography class experienced in person some of the case studies used for their HSC course. On Tuesday they went to Barangaroo to learn about the urban dynamics of change including urban renewal and urban consolidation that have taken place. On Wednesday they were...
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