Production was not an area of the professional performing arts industry that Peta-Louise Rixom initially considered pursuing, but the Advanced Diploma NAISDA graduate is finding her behind-the-scenes role and on-the-job…
The Federal Government’s successful Connected Beginnings program is set to expand to the Central Coast. Minister for Early Childhood Education and Care Anne Aly recently announced $3.8M for Barang Regional…
Words on the Waves Writers Festival’ schools’ program, Ripples, a short story competition for budding writers and dreamers proved to be very popular. With two categories, school Year 4 to…
Avoca Beach Public School P&C has received $2,300 from the Federal Labor Government’s 2023/24 Volunteer Grants Program. P&C President Laura Day said the funds would be used to enhance the…
Students at Central Coast Adventist School gained first-hand knowledge on law-making in Australia when they met recently with Federal Member for Robertson Gordon Reid. Reid visited the school to address…
Annalise Van Donk of Narara is a true Girl of Steel, having secured a machinery fitter apprenticeship with UGL Engineering after graduating from the Skill Engineer’s Girls of Steel program….
A new animal studies building is currently under construction at the Wyong TAFE campus. Member for Wyong David Harris said the project involved demolition of existing structures and constructing of…
The Gosford Sister City Association has welcomed 20 students and two leaders from Edogawa, Japan, for their 26th annual youth exchange to Narara Valley High School. The annual exchange is…
AUSTSWIM is on the lookout for more people to become swimming teachers on the Central Coast. The not-for-profit registered training organisation is the approved provider of the Teacher of Swimming…
Thousands of school students from across the Central Coast are set to put their maths skills to the test in the annual Newcastle Permanent Primary School Mathematics Competition. Starting on…
All young wordsmiths on the Central Coast are being encouraged to enter this year’s Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee. The free online competition is for Australian school students in Years 3…
The chambers of the Legislative Assembly in Sydney were ringing with the sound of young voices this week, and among them was that of 18-year-old Lian Sequeira of Gosford. Almost…
Kooloora Preschool at Toukley will be giving its much-loved bush tucker garden a spruce up, after being named the latest winner in the #GreaterCentralCoast Community Funding Program. This latest round…
NAISDA, Australia’s leading performing arts training organisation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, recently celebrated the remarkable achievements of its talented graduates from the Class of 2023 at a…
A Central Coast mother of three has put aside the pain of personal tragedy to make a commitment to train the next generation of audiometrists. While most locals were celebrating…
Woy Woy local Isabel Purser has taken top honours across three categories in the recent TAFE NSW Gili Awards and the TAFE NSW Student Excellence Awards. The proud Aboriginal woman,…
Central Coast schools have been invited to access the Greater Bank Finance Academy’s High School Financial Literacy Program. The free program allows teachers to deliver the full course curriculum in…
More than 400 of the Central Coast’s brightest students took part in the annual Science and Engineering Challenge at St Edward’s College on June 18-19. Started in Gosford in 2000…
The Royal Agricultural Society of NSW (RAS) Foundation has selected a record 91 students for its 2024 Rural Scholarship program with Kariong local Jesse Emery named in this year’s cohort. …
With Australia’s Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) workforce set to grow by a staggering 22 per cent by 2026, TAFE NSW is providing a pipeline of skilled ECEC workers,…