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S C H O O L C A L E N D A R

“The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”Thomas Edison

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JANUARY 2019+ New Year’s Day

+ Australia Day

+ Australia Day Holiday+ ELC Closed

+ Meet the Teachers Day (K-6)+ Term 1 Commences (Year 7,11,12)

+ Term 1 Commences (Year 1-6)+ Term 1 Commences (Year 8,9,10)

+ Kindy Commences

+ ELC Admin Commence

+ Staff Commence+ ELC Commence

+ ELC Teachers Commence

+ Orientation Week (Year 7)+ Uniform Shop Open (8.30am-4.30pm)

+ Uniform Shop Open (8.30am-4.30pm)

DECEMBER 2018 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

FEBRUARY 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

+ Whole School+ Primary Campus (PRI)+ Secondary Campus (SEC)+ Early Learning Centre (ELC)+ School Holidays+ National Days

Week 1 (A)

Proud Sponsors of Community Christmas Carols 2018

“A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience.”Oliver Wendell Holmes


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FEBRUARY 2019

Week 2 (B) + Canteen Opens + Kindy Rest Day

+ Commencement Celebration

+ Kindy Rest Day

+ Kindy Rest Day+ PRI Swimming Carnival

+ SEC Swimming CarnivalWeek 3 (A)

Week 4 (B)

Week 5 (A) JANUARY 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

MARCH 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31



+ SEC Week of Worship (WOW)

+ PRI Super Week of Mega Praise (SWOMP)

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”Benjamin Franklin


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MARCH 2019

+ PRI Run Around Australia Commences

+ PRI CIS Swimming Carnival

+ SEC Cross Country

+ PRI HRIS Swimming (Division 1)+ SEC HRIS Hockey

+ PRI Super Week of Mega Praise (SWOMP)

Week 6 (B)

Week 7 (A)

Week 8 (B)

Week 9 (A)

FEBRUARY 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

APRIL 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30



Week 10 (B)

+ PRI Parent-Teacher Interviews

+ SEC HRIS Swimming (Division 1)

+ Vaccinations (Year 7)+ SEC AICES Swimming Carnival

+ SEC Parent-Teacher Interviews (Year 7-11)

“Never mistake a single mistake with a final mistake.”F. Scott Fitzgerald


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APRIL 2019

+ PRI Cross Country

+ Easter Sunday + Easter Monday+ ELC Closed

+ Good Friday+ ELC Closed

+ PRI Chess Competition

+ Term 1 Concludes

+ Anzac Day+ ELC Closed

+ Vacation Care

Week 11 (A)+ Daylight Savings Concludes

MARCH 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

MAY 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31



+ Vacation Care

+ Vacation Care+ Staff PD Week

+ Vacation Care

+ Retreat (Year 10)

+ Work Experience (Year 10)+ Exams (Year 12)

+ Camp (Year 11)+ Camp (Year 8)+ Camp (Year 5)

“Don’t let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action.”Jim Rohn


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MAY 2019

Week 1 (B)

Week 2 (A)+ Mother’s Day

Week 3 (B)

Week 4 (A) APRIL 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

JUNE 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

+ Whole School+ Primary Campus (PRI)+ Secondary Campus (SEC)+ Early Learning Centre (ELC)+ School Holidays+ National Days Proud Sponsors of Community Christmas Carols 2018

+ HRIS Cross Country+ SEC CIS Swimming+ SEC CIS Swimming

+ Vacation Care

+ NAPLAN (Year 3, 5, 7, 9)

+ NAPLAN (Year 3, 5, 7, 9)+ Book Fair

+ Staff PD Week

+ Term 2 Commences + ELC Mother’s Day

+ SEC HRIS Netball + SEC Athletics Carnival

+ SEC Global Leadership Summit (Students)

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” Plutarch


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JUNE 2019

Week 5 (B)

Week 6 (A)

Week 7 (B)

Week 8 (A)

+ Queen’s Birthday+ ELC Closed

+ CIS Cross Country

+ SEC AICES Cross Country

+ SEC HRIS Football (Junior) + PRI HRIS Public Speaking

+ SEC HRIS Basketball (Open)+ PRI Athletics Carnival (Year 3/4)

+ PRI Athletics Carnival (Year 5/6) + Athletics Carnival (Year 2)

+ PRI HRIS Basketball (Year 3/4)

MAY 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

JULY 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31


Week 9 (B)


+ School Musical

“We learn more by looking for the answer than we do from learning the answer itself.”Lloyd Alexander


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+ Term 3 Commences

+ SEC Athletics Carnival (Division 2)

JULY 2019+ PRI Parent-Teacher Interviews

+ Term 2 Concludes

Week 2 (B)

Week 1 (A)

JUNE 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

AUGUST 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31


+ Vacation Care

+ SEC VET Work Placement (Year 11)

+ STORMCo (Cobar)

+ STORMCo (Cobar)+ Vacation Care

+ SEC Parent-Teacher Interviews (Year 7-11)

“Educating the mind without educating the heartis no education at all.” Aristotle


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AUGUST 2019+ Reunion

Week 3 (A)

Week 4 (B)+ SEC HRIS Basketball (Junior)

+ HRIS Cultural Festival

+ PRI HRIS Netball/Soccer Gala Day

+ SEC ICAS Digital Tech

+ PRI Maths Competition (Year 5/6)

+ PRI Book Character Parade

+ ELC Father’s Day

+ PRI HRIS Athletics Carnival

Week 5 (A)

Week 6 (B)

JULY 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

SEPTEMBER 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30


+ Trial Exams (Year 12)

+ Trial Exams (Year 12)

+ SEC Week of Worship 2 (WOW)

+ Book Week

“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.” Martin Luther King Jr.


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SEPTEMBER 2019

Week 8 (B)

Week 9 (A)

Week 7 (A)+ Father’s Day

+ PRI HRIS Debating + PRI CIS Athletics

+ ICAS Science

+ Exams (Year 11)+ PRI Sports Day (Kindy/Year 1)

+ SEC AICES Athletics

+ PRI ICAS English + ICAS Mathematics

Week 10 (B)

+ SEC CIS Athletics + Term 3 Concludes+ SEC Final Chapel (Year 12)

+ Pupil Free Day

AUGUST 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

OCTOBER 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31



+ Canberra Trip (Year 6)+ Exams (Year 11)

+ Vacation Care

“Life is about making an impact, not making an income.”Kevin Kruse


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OCTOBER 2019

Week 2 (B)

+ PRI HRIS Basketball (Year 5/6)+ PRI Swimming Commences (Year 3-6)

+ PRI HRIS Chess

Week 1 (A)

Week 3 (A) SEPTEMBER 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

NOVEMBER 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30



+ Labour Day (NSW)+ ELC Closed

+ Daylight Savings Commences

+ Term 4 Commences

+ SEC HRIS Touch Football (Junior)

+ SEC Parent-Teacher Interviews (Year 11)

+ ELC New Families 2020 Parent Expo

+ SEC HRIS Tennis (Junior)+ Vaccinations (Year 7)

+ SEC HRIS Golf+ PRI HRIS Tennis

+ HSC Commences

+ Vacation Care

+ Vacation Care

+ Bungonia Trip (Year 9)+ Exams (Year 10) - Part 1

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” Margaret Mead


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NOVEMBER 2019

+ Cambodia Trip (Year 12)

+ Cambodia Trip (Year 12)

Week 4 (B)+ PRI HRIS Touch Football

+ Kindy Concert + PRI Final Chapel

+ SEC HRIS Touch Football (Open)

Week 5 (A) + Remembrance Day+ PRI Swimming Commences

(K-Year 2)

+ Pupil Free Day

+ Formal (Year 12)+ HSC Concludes

Week 6 (B)

Week 7 (A)

OCTOBER 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31



+ ELC New Families 2020 Orientation Week

+ Exams (Year 10) - Part 2

+ Exams (Year 7-9)

“Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.”Theodore Roosevelt


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DECEMBER 2019Week 8 (B)+ Community Christmas Carols

+ Staff Last Day

+ ELC Concert + PRI Closing Celebration+ SEC Closing Celebration

+ Boxing Day+ Christmas Day+ Christmas Eve

+ New Year’s Eve

+ Term 4 Concludes+ Canteen Last Day+ PRI Celebration Day

+ ELC Closes

NOVEMBER 2019 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

JANUARY 2020 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31



“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”Confucius


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JANUARY 2020+ New Year’s Day

+ Australia Day + Australia Day Holiday+ Meet the Teachers Day (K-6)+ Term 1 Commences (Year 7,11,12)

+ Term 1 Commences (Year 1-6)+ Term 1 Commences (Year 8,9,10)

+ Kindy Commences

+ ELC Admin Commence

+ Staff Commence+ ELC Commence

+ ELC Teachers Commence

+ Orientation Week (Year 7)

FEBRUARY 2020 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29


+ Uniform Shop Open 8.30am-4.30pm


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At Avondale School, we believe real growth, real success, real life happens with real learning.

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