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Friday, 18 Mar 2022

Strawberry Milk and Phone Calls
“There is no good news!” exclaimed my wife as she switched off the TV. “There’s strawberry milk in the fridge, mum”, came the calming sage response from my son. It made us laugh and reminded me that there are still lots of good things to be grateful for. As Mrs...
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Friday, 18 Mar 2022

Year 10 Food Technology Food Styling
Last week, students in Year 10 Food Technology had guest presenters present to them in the areas of Food Photography and Grazing Platter designs. Students are undertaking an Assessment Task on Food Styling, Photography and designing a Grazing Platter. No better way to learn than from community members who have...
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Friday, 18 Mar 2022

Primary Chess Competition
Numerous studies have proven that students obtain a higher reading level, math level, concentration level and a greater learning ability as a result of playing chess. There were 73 students from K-6 who participated in the Chess Competition this week in the MPC. Concentration levels were tested over the 7 rounds...
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Friday, 18 Mar 2022

Year 7 English - Welcome to Country
In Year 7 English students are currently studying a unit of work called 'Welcome to Country', which prompts students to answer the driving question: What can we learn from our elders about sustainable living and how can we share this with others? Students are studying a range of texts where composers express ideas...
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Friday, 11 Mar 2022

Building in a Pause
COVID-19. Floods. War. Personal and work stressors. The list continues of current affairs which consume our conversations and saturate our thoughts. Just listing them makes my blood pressure rise. I was talking to a family member about the devastating events unfolding in Ukraine, when my four-year-old daughter in the room...
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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 2 Boat Building
This week Year 2 joined together in teams to make a boat. Firstly, they collaborated in small groups to plan and design, then using their creativity with recycled materials, constructed a boat. Students then tested, evaluated and communicated their results to their peers. It was so exciting to see if...
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Friday, 11 Mar 2022

Primary HRIS Swimming
Last week 35 eager Primary students from Years 2-6 travelled to Lambton Pool for the HRIS Swimming Carnival. There was excitement in the air after the first point score announcement said that Avondale was in 2nd place behind St Philips Christian College (Newcastle). With the promise of a reward from Mr...
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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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