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Friday, 01 July 2022

Creating Memories
Some of my favourite childhood memories are family holidays at my grandparents' house in Inverell. Aunties, uncles and cousins would all be there. All the adults would sleep in the house, and all the kids slept in a caravan in the backyard. I have memories of riding motorbikes and exploring...
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Friday, 01 July 2022

Year 6 World Travel Expo
On Tuesday evening our Year 6 families and their friends were delighted with exotic sights, sounds, scents and flavours from around the world, with our Year 6 students hosting a showcase event called ‘World Travel Expo’. The students were tasked with convincing their family and friends to travel to a...
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Friday, 01 July 2022

Year 10 Visual Arts Excursion
Year 10 Visual Arts students are investigating creatures as a theme to inform their artmaking practice. In order to investigate this theme we participated in a fantastic day exploring Taronga Zoo and enjoying the amazing animals that are showcased. A showcase of our artmaking will be on display later in...
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Friday, 01 July 2022

Year 2-6 Athletics Carnivals
The Primary Athletics Carnivals were run last week with a very high participation rate. Students had been doing athletics for Friday Sport all term and many were excited to try and achieve their goals. There were many personal best performances achieved and 4 records broken. Macquarie House has won the...
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Thursday, 23 June 2022

The Sandbox
Proverbs 3:13 says, “Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding.” A visit to the beach is one of those quintessential childhood joys. The fun seaside pastime filled with splashing, swimming, sunning, picnicking, and sandcastle building. While I loved it as a child, it took on greater depth of...
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Thursday, 23 June 2022

Year 2 Sunnyside Excursion
On Monday, Year 2 stepped back in time on their excursion to Ellen White’s home, Sunnyside, built in 1896. Ellen White is a pioneer of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the most translated female writer in the history of literature. Ellen White had a huge impact on developing our school system....
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Friday, 17 June 2022

Surprises
I LOVE creating surprises for other people, but when it comes to me, I like to know where we’re going and what I need to wear. So, when I imagined my proposal, I always thought my future fiancé would tell my mum or sister that he was planning on proposing....
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Friday, 17 June 2022

Secondary Week of Worship
We’ve been blessed to start each day this week together with Year 12 Week of Worship. The Year 12 students chose to focus on the theme of GROWTH - looking back over their school journey so far, and looking ahead to what comes next as they launch into life after...
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Friday, 17 June 2022

Year 10 Geography Excursion
The Year 10 students enjoyed the sunshine and went on a Geography excursion to Newcastle to learn about human-induced changes to the natural environment. Students walked from the old train line, along the foreshore to Macquarie Pier. They learnt about Nobby’s Beach and the breakwall that halts the longshore drift...
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