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26.05.2021

Outdoor Education - Mount Arapiles Expeditions

Two separate Year 10 classes (27 students) recently completed 3-day expeditions to Mount Arapiles (located in Western-Victoria) as part of their Stage 1 Outdoor Education course. The groups based them...

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26.05.2021

Annual Cardijn Exchange: Let the games begin

The annual Cardijn-Tenison Woods Exchange has arrived. Established in 1987 by the respective sports coordinators Paul Rijken and Robert Doyle, the exchange returns after being cancelled in 2020 with g...

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26.05.2021

200 Years of Catholic Education in Australia

On Monday 24 May, School Captains Sarah McKinnon and Austin Rossi joined our Religious Education Coordinator, Chloe Shanahan, Father Dean and I at the Mass celebrated by Archbishop Patrick O’Reg...

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19.05.2021

Do It For Dolly Day

On Friday 14 May the College recognised 'Do It For Dolly Day', a day about bringing the community together, spreading kindness and taking a stand against bullying. At the beginning of 2018, th...

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19.05.2021

Ramadan Celebrations

We acknowledge last Wednesday 12 May was the the end of Ramadan for our Muslim sisters and brothers within our community. Eid al- Fitr is an important Muslim Feast Day as it marks the end of the month...

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19.05.2021

Australian Olympic Cycling Team Visit

On Friday 14 May, Tenison Woods College students were extremely lucky to have the Australian Olympic Cycling Team visit the College. The team were in Mount Gambier to compete in the 84th running of th...

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19.05.2021

10 Years of Volunteer Service to the College

This week we acknowledge National Volunteer Week (NVW), as we celebrate the significant contribution of Australia’s almost six million volunteers. Volunteer, Andrew Clements (pictured above) is ...

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19.05.2021

Orphan Lamb Visits Poplars

Meet Yoda, a beautiful, fluffy, 15 day old lamb! Yoda was orphaned when his mother didn’t survive birth. He has had a rocky start - life is a bit tough without colostrum. As he became stronger, ...

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12.05.2021

3D-Printed Dice for Visually-Impaired Student

Year 1 student, Declan Lee, was born without vision due to a condition called ‘Leber’s congenital amaurosis’. Declan has a number of ESO’s who assist him with his orientation a...

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12.05.2021

Mother's Day Breakfast

On Friday morning, Mothers, Grandmothers and friends came together at the College for a special Mother's Day Breakfast. Families gathered in the Barrie Holmes Stadium at 7:45am eager to share brea...

Tenison Woods College respectfully acknowledges the Boandik people are the First Nations people of the Mount Gambier South Eastern region of South Australia and pay respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, past, present and emerging.