Students all set for farm stays
A local community group has stepped up to help Peninsula students learn about farming practices with the handover of a pop-up camping site on Tuesday, November 24. The AgFarm program…
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Celebrating first nations people
Students celebrated NAIDOC Week at Pretty Beach Public school with a focus on understanding this year’s theme; Always Was, Always Will Be. Principal Karen Wardlaw said the week started with…
Operation Christmas Child sees 82 shoeboxes filled with goods donated
Toys, games, school supplies and sanitary items are just some of the gifts on the way to children in need, courtesy of Wyong Christian Community School (WCCS). The school has…
St Brendan’s opens new education hub
Lake Munmorah’s St Brendan’s Catholic Primary School has finished construction on its new state-of-the-art education space. A $1.3M State Government grant helped complete construction of the new building, which replaces…
Free public school tutoring in 2021
Every single public school student on the Central Coast will soon have access to free tutoring under the NSW Government’s COVID Intensive Learning Support Program. The $377M program was announced…
Inaugural National Teacher-Artist Prize
Blue Haven Public School Teacher, Melanie De Zordo, is taking part in the inaugural National Teacher-Artist Prize. Sponsored by Zart Art, the first of its kind Art Prize is a…
Tumbi Umbi campus to take part in trailblazing program
Tuggerah Lakes Senior College campus at Tumbi Umbi is one of three Central Coast schools to take part in a trailblazing industry school technology training program. P-TECH is a global…
Large amount of rubbish collected
Marine science students at Wadalba Community College and The Entrance campus of Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College have been out with Clean4Shore, in the water and the mud, to collect rubbish…
Tech-savvy siblings spread their wings
The family team behind Little Butterflies Technology is well on its way to achieving national recognition for their innovative work in disability tech, even though none of the members are…
Wyong PS had 10 students make the top 100 results
The results are in for Newcastle Permanent’s 40th annual Primary School Mathematics Competition and Central Coast students have been named among the top performers across regional NSW. The competition saw…
Wadalba Community School is big on recycling
Students at Wadalba Community School have been collecting cans and bottles to raise funds and awareness for National Recycling Week. The Envirobank initiative saw 11 NSW schools participate with collected…
Students’ artwork up for auction
A collection of masterpieces created by the students at Pretty Beach Public School are being auctioned off online as part of the school’s Biennial Art Show. Throughout 2020, the students…
Students’ PJ Day gives emergency department a boost
Gosford Hospital Emergency Department staff were given $550 to put towards a coffee or hot chocolate tab, thanks a fundraising day held by the students from Narara Public School. The…
These kids will have their day out
COVID-19 might have caused Central Coast Kids Day Out’s annual event to be cancelled for the first time in its 21 year history, but it hasn’t been able to stop…
Tesch congratulates the Class of 2020
Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch has labelled the HSC class of 2020 as “extraordinary”. With exams finally over, Tesch said students, teachers and support workers were to be commended for…
If the kids can’t go to Parliament …
Parliament came alive for Year 6 students at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic School at Wyoming when two local MPs visited the school to talk politics recently. Principal, Bernard…
NAISDA students give back to community
An exhibition of 22 original artworks on calico by NAISDA Dance College students has raised over $1,400 to provide resources for the remote Aboriginal community of Nyinyikay in North East…
Coast schools receive tick for healthy canteens
All 16 government secondary schools on the Central Coast have received a tick for health food and drink options from school canteens, having been assessed as meeting standards outlined in…
Local students shine in regional NSW maths competition
Five Central Coast students have been named among the top mathematicians across regional NSW in Newcastle Permanent’s 40th annual Primary School Mathematics Competition. The Newcastle Permanent Primary School Mathematics Competition…
Budget boost to recover lost learning time
Central Coast students will now have the option of a free tutor and parents will receive childcare funding support, as part of the State Budget released on Tuesday, November 17….