The View

Friday, 08 Dec 2023

Be the Light at Christmas
During winter I had to say goodbye to my beautiful mum. I spent several weeks with her as she slowly slipped away. During those precious days and weeks there was a constant stream of people who came to visit from near and far. At a time when I was overcome...
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Friday, 01 Dec 2023

Positive Alternatives
A group of 23 Year 12 students chose the positive alternative Service Trip that Avondale School provides rather than taking part in a traditional ‘Schoolies’. Even though it meant they had to meet at school at the unearthly hour of 3.15am to head off to the airport for their service...
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Friday, 24 Nov 2023

Learning to Grow
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Friday, 17 Nov 2023

Overcoming Challenges
A few weeks ago I found myself at the bottom of a very steep hill looking up and up and up … I couldn't see the top. We were two thirds of our way along a hike with Year 9 on our Bungonia Camp. My knee was already sore and...
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Friday, 10 Nov 2023

Reading is a Gift
I love reading but I wasn’t born like that. Nobody is. As a child, my parents ensured we were surrounded by a wide variety of books. At bedtime, we were allowed an extra half hour to read before our lights had to be turned out. On family shopping trips, there...
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Friday, 03 Nov 2023

Every Day is a Gift
In a world where things are becoming ever more digital, learning to read the time displayed on an analogue clock face is perhaps a skill that is becoming less valuable. This has not stopped one of my daughters from being recently intent on mastering the art. Together we have found...
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Friday, 27 Oct 2023

Stronger Together
I took Long Service Leave the first two weeks of this term. My husband and I did a road trip of regional New South Wales and Victoria. We visited Dubbo, Blue Mountains, Bathurst, Echuca, Glenrowan, Ballarat, and many towns in between. One of the things I really enjoyed was seeing...
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Friday, 20 Oct 2023

Purpose-Filled Future
As we reflect on the events of the past few weeks in the lives of our students, we acknowledge our Year 12 students who are approaching a significant milestone, and we continue to keep them in our thoughts and prayers as they sit their HSC exams.  It was an incredible...
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Monday, 16 Oct 2023

Be Kind
In a world where you can be anything, be kind.  I had the absolute pleasure of spending this week with our Year 6 students on their trip to Canberra. A tradition of this camp is ‘Freddo Affirmations’. The students are invited to describe an act of kindness that they witnessed...
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