Secondary News

Friday, 01 Apr 2022

Science & Engineering Challenge Day
On Thursday, some 27 Year 9 and 10 students made their way to the Forum at Newcastle University for the 2022 Newcastle round of the Science and Engineering Challenge. Students participated in teams of three or four in challenges such as: Helter Skelter Shelter (building a shelter that can withstand the ground...
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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...
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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

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

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 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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Friday, 04 Mar 2022

Ride4Rescue
19 students and 3 teachers joined a team of 45 riders and 28 support crew for the adventure of Ride4Rescue 2022. This year a record combined total of $85,000 was raised for the two charities - Restore One, the school in Cambodia that Avondale School has been supporting since 2013,...
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Friday, 04 Mar 2022

AICES Basketball Cup
On Friday February 25 our Open Girls and Open Boys basketball teams headed to Sydney to participate in the AICES Basketball Cup. It was a tough day of competition and our students ran hard, leaving it all on the court. Our Girls' Team placed 6th overall and our Boys' Team...
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Friday, 04 Mar 2022

Year 12 VET Work Placement
Last week, Year 12 Construction and Hospitality students spent a week in industry learning new skills and applying the skills they have learnt in their Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses here at Avondale School. Students can be very proud of themselves as they all excelled and showed excellent skills....
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