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Friday, 01 Apr 2022

Teddy Bear Drive

Avondale School has been collecting teddies and soft toys to deliver to the children who’ve lost so much in the Murwillumbah / Lismore floods. We’re delighted to share that we have more than 600 teddies bagged and onboard to deliver this weekend. A big thank you to you all for being willing...

Friday, 25 Mar 2022

Positive Antennas

My three children are all very different. My middle daughter is quite the pessimist. She tends to go straight to the worst-case scenario in situations. I remember once she was at the airport, about to fly to Perth with her Dad, and she phoned me and said, “I want you...

Friday, 25 Mar 2022

Secondary Cross Country

We had sunshine for our Cross Country run on Tuesday! Our excellent planning paid off in choosing the last day before the rain came again. Caleb M (Year 10) was our fastest 6km runner in 24 minutes. Our fastest 4km runners were Luke S (Year 8) and Amy M (Year 11), and...

Friday, 25 Mar 2022

Years 3-6 International Bebras Challenge

Years 3-6 students have been participating in the International Bebras Challenge this week! The Bebras Challenge focuses on developing computational thinking and is a great way to engage students in collaborative, creative, and critical thinking. The Bebras international community has now grown to include 60 countries with over 2.9 million students...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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