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Friday, 03 June 2022

Year 10 Business Week

Congratulations to Year 10 Commerce for their outstanding Business Week. Despite the cold and windy weather, the regular slushies, ice cream cones, and soft drinks sold well. Cheese toasties, pasta, and hot milos were a logical addition given the lower temperatures. As always, the sales ‘tax’ raised during the week...

Friday, 27 May 2022

Prayerfulness

Just like that, the whirlwind of political energy that was in our little town’s Community Centre last week is entirely gone. The posters are in the bin, the fliers are hopefully being recycled, and the bright, drastically oversized t-shirts worn by the volunteers for the various parties are now washed,...

Friday, 27 May 2022

Year 7 & 8 STEM Challenge Day

Last Wednesday, some 29 Year 7 and 8 students made their way to The Great Hall at Newcastle University for the 2022 Build ME a Future Event (a Science and Engineering Challenge). Students participated in teams of three or four in challenges such as: Mars Rover (designing and building a vehicle to...

Friday, 27 May 2022

KidsLitQuiz

KidsLitQuiz came to Avondale on Tuesday this week. KidsLitQuiz is a competition in the sport of reading - students compete in teams to answer the most questions on a wide range of topics, about all sorts of books. Twenty eager teams competed in the Newcastle Region KidsLitQuiz final for the...

Friday, 27 May 2022

Secondary Athletics Carnival

The day started with patches of blue sky, but unfortunately it didn’t last. However, the heavy showers didn’t last very long and the weather progressively improved. Quedos to the 12-year-olds who bravely stepped up to the line and ran in the downpour. We expected to have lots of students away because...

Friday, 20 May 2022

Learning to be Hopeful

We often think of hope as optimism, but researcher and author Brené Brown explains that hope is a way of thinking – a cognitive process. The great news is that hopeful thinking can be taught. C. R. Synder refers to the hope trilogy: 1. We know how to set realistic goals...

Friday, 20 May 2022

Year 11 Visual Arts Incursion

Year 11 Visual Arts students participated in a 'Body of Work' incursion in the Visual Arts room this week. Exploring syllabus content with a guest teacher inspired students to understand and appreciate the requirements of the ‘artmaking' component of the course. An interactive creating exercise, using the expressive form of...

Friday, 20 May 2022

Year 11 Urban Challenge

Wednesday morning last week was an early start for both staff and Year 11 students as they met at Morisset Station at 6.00am for the beginning of the Urban Challenge. The Urban Challenge is a school camp in the centre of Sydney that allows students to experience a range of...

Friday, 13 May 2022

Tiny Seeds of Hope

The smell of vine-ripened tomatoes will always send me back to my childhood in Papua New Guinea, and holding on tight to my dad on the back of a motorbike. As the rays of golden hour streamed across the road, we would make our way through the dusty streets to...

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