The Con partners with UNE to offer online degree
The Central Coast Conservatorium of Music (CCCM) and the University of New England (UNE) have formed a formal teaching partnership, allowing music students in the Central Coast region to receive…
Education
Free eye checks for 4-year-olds
Local families with 4-year-olds are being encouraged to take advantage of free eye checks following World Sight Day. Eye checks for 4-year-olds are essential for the early identification and treatment…
Streetgym kicked off in San Remo
A new YMCA NSW (the Y) program, Streetgym, aiming to change the tune on youth disadvantage and wellbeing kicked off in San Remo on Tuesday. The Y’s Streetgym brings young…
College delivered football course online
Brisbane Water Secondary College’s Umina campus has successfully delivered its football elective online and at home this year, according to campus football coordinator Mr Mark Dixon. The soccer program offered…
A dream come true
It will be a dream come true for 16-year-old ballerina Layla Gerrish of Terrigal when she heads off to New York on October 18 to take part in a year-long…
Calls for more school councillors, fewer suspensions
Central Coast Council of P&Cs President, Sharryn Brownlee, is calling for more school counsellors and resources to support vulnerable children, as part of an effort to do away with school…
Gurtle, The Garbage Turtle
A group of Year 5 students from Toukley Public School has turned a lesson on plastic pollution into a piece of sustainable art in Gurtle, the Garbage Turtle. Inspired by…
Applications are open for Regional Youth Taskforce
Young people on the Central Coast are encouraged to apply to be a part of the 2021 Regional Youth Taskforce, a Ministerial advocacy group which has a direct line of…
TAFE launches online Basic Wildfire Awareness course
A new online course to equip locals with the skills and knowledge to better protect themselves, their land and their assets from bushfires, is now available through TAFE NSW. The…
Fallout growing from traumatic TikTok video
Central Coast Council of P&Cs (CCCP&C) has highlighted the need for parents to monitor children’s use of social media as some schools on the Coast call for their communities to…
Uni students falling behind
With new research showing 68 per cent of Australian higher education students say they are falling behind on their studies due to COVID-19, Central Coast Council of P&Cs (CCCP&C) is…
Free information session for students interested in a career in medicine
The University of Newcastle’s Central Coast Campus at Ourimbah will hold a free online information session for local high school students interested in a career in medicine. The Central Coast…
Software bundles available to government school students
Families on the Coast are being encouraged to take advantage of free software bundles being made available to government school students in NSW. As a Department of Education initiative, all…
Schools are preparing for a potential transition to online delivery
Henry Kendall High School Principal, Andrew Backhouse, has updated the school community on where the school is at in preparing for a potential transition to online delivery in wake of…
2019 HSC school rankings released
The HSC is done and dusted and while school leavers around the Coast are celebrating their results, schools across the region are reviewing their own performance for the year. The…
Teachers check in on new hospital employee
Brisbane Water Secondary College Woy Woy campus principal Ms Rebecca Cooper and vocational education teacher Mr David Cornfield visited Brisbane Waters Private Hospital on November 25 to check in on…
Award-winning music educator, researcher & writer to lecture in Wyoming
The Central Coast Conservatorium of Music will bring, Dr Anita Collins, award winning educator, researcher and writer, to the Coast to share her knowledge on why music learning is so…
36 students receive Rotary Citizenship Awards
The Rotary Club of Northlakes Toukley was proud to present 36 students from 18 local primary schools with Rotary Citizenship Awards at a special ceremony held in November. “Both private…
Mikalah’s big idea
Mikalah Strickland, a Year 6 student at Green Point Christian College, has been named a national finalist in the 2018 Origin’s LittleBigIdea Competition. LittleBigIdea seeks to unearth Australia’s greatest young…
McTeare sisters selected for regional dance troupe
Two students from Henry Kendall High School have been selected for a regional dance troupe. Hayley McTeare in Year 9 and Brooke McTeare in Year 7, have successfully gained a…