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…
Education
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…
TAFE Outreach Program not closing or is it?
TAFE NSW has responded to Wyong Regional Chronicle’s article about the end of the Outreach Program at its Wyong Campus, by stating that it included comments that were misleading. “I…
Alternative high school continues its fight to stay open
Staff, parents and students are up in arms that the alternative high school in Kincumber is under continuing pressure from the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) to close. NESA wants…
Artwork selected for exhibition
Two students from Henry Kendall High School have had their works selected for exhibition in ‘A Central Vision’ that will show in the Gosford Regional Gallery from March 24 to…
Local tertiary student figures are unacceptable
These are figures from the ABS 2016 Census QuickStats. In the Central Coast, 10,275 people are undertaking studies at a University or tertiary institution. Statistically, this represents 10.9 per cent…
Teachers strike over enterprise agreement conditions
Catholic school teachers and support staff stopped work on Monday, December 4, for four hours, in the latest round of industrial action to protest Catholic school employers’ refusal to strike…
Central Coast Grammar to refurbish and extend B Block
Central Coast Grammar School has invested considerable effort over the past 12 to18 months in exploring ways to improve the learning environment which defines next generation learners, and embed the…
School’s behind-the-scenes efforts revealed
Central Coast Grammar School’s Director of Performing Arts, Mr Lee Fleming, has reflected on the school’s latest production, Beauty and the Beast, and the lengthy process of bringing the fairy…
Eight new learning areas to be built at St Brendan’s
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald, visited St Brendan’s Catholic Primary School in Lake Munmorah on Thursday, August 24, to inspect plans for new classrooms. The project…
Arts grants give youngsters the chance to shine
Two recipients of grants from the Bouddi Foundation for the Arts have used their funding to further their artistic education overseas. Ms Kimberly Gilbert from Erina used her Bouddi Foundation…
Science experiments for Umina students
Students at Umina Beach Public School have been undertaking experiments during their classes recently. All classes have been watching crystals grow during their library time. Meanwhile students in 3A have…
Education on the Central Coast rivals the best in Sydney
Speak to any successful adult and they will name a teacher who inspired them to become a better version of themselves. Ms Robin Balcomb, of Mannering Park Public School, is…
Two high schools benefit from additional Gonski funding
Gosford High School and Henry Kendall High School will receive $250,000 in additional funding in 2016, made possible by NSW being the first state to sign the Gonski agreement. Parliamentary…