2020 Youth For Youth team members announced
Central Coast Council has announced the11 members of the Y4Y (Youth For Youth) action team to represent young people around the Coast in 2020. The newly appointed members, aged 14…
Education
Backpacks Full of Hope donated to fire ravaged school communities
[Warnervale] To ensure that every child has the opportunity to start the new school year off on the right note, a local teacher has launched a school supplies collection drive…
Info on fee-free traineeships and apprenticeships
TAFE NSW Regional General Manager, Marie Larkings, is encouraging school leavers to explore their vocational education options at TAFE NSW Gosford, Wyong and Ourimbah InfoFests, which kick off from January…
Students visit science circus
Pretty Beach Public School visited the Questacon Science Circus during its recent stop on the Central Coast. Principal Ms Karren Wardlaw said the Questacon presenters were kind enough to hold…
Students to restore remnant native bushland
Umina Beach Public School students will undertake a bush regeneration project in a small area of Umina Coastal Sandplain Woodland adjacent to the school next year. Deputy principal Mr Chad…
School choir entertains shoppers
Green Point Christian College’s Primary Choir entertained shoppers at Erina Fair on December 4, when they performed a medley of Christmas carols in the atrium. “Our primary school students sung…
2019 HSC results are in
The 2019 HSC results are in and students across the Central Coast have performed exceptionally well. The Coast’s Selective High School, Gosford High School, was by far and away the…
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…
Students performed at Big Gig event
Gwandalan Public School students have performed at Lake Munmorah High School’s annual Big Gig event. The Big Gig is an end of year celebration of student talents with students from…
Students have artworks selected for international exhibition
Three Northlakes High School students have had artworks selected for The Nagoya Sister City Art Exchange. The Nagoya is an annual, international art event held in the Japanese city of…
Ella to attend the National Schools’ Constitutional Convention
Kincumber High School’s Ella Avni has been selected to attend the National Schools’ Constitutional Convention in Canberra. The three day event will be held in March,2020, with Avni one of…
2019 Schools Spectacular
Hundreds of students from the Central Coast returned to school on November 25 with stars in their eyes after triumphant performances during the Schools Spectacular over the last weekend in…
Plaque honours memory of school rooster
Ettalong Public School has unveiled a plaque honouring the memory of the school rooster, Braith, which was killed in a dog attack in September. The plaque, situated in the school’s…
Discussions to start regarding a performing arts high school
One of the Coast’s leading youth arts organisations wants to see a performing arts high school established in the region. Gary Jackson is the Director of YIPA (Youth In Performing…
Girls’ touch football a winner at Central Coast Grammar
Central Coast Grammar School (CCGS) has introduced girls’ touch football with 49 girls signing up for the inaugural year. The numbers indicate that CCCGS could be on to its most…
$8,000 scholarship for BuiltSmart Garden Design
Narara Valley High School student, Bree Akhurst, has been awarded a BuiltSmart Scholarship. BuiltSmart Group CEO, Sean O’Hara, announced Akhurst as the successful scholarship winner following the results of their…
Schoolies Alternative Group goes to Vanuatu
A group of school leavers from Gosford’s St Philip’s Christian College has forgone the boozy beach parties and night club crawls that Schoolies is famous for and instead embarked on…
TAFE Foundation Scholarships awarded
Several Central Coast residents have been honoured with 2019 Semester 2 Hunter TAFE Foundation Scholarships. Marking its 20th year of operation, the Hunter TAFE Foundation granted 32 students from TAFE…
Kokoda Youth Leadership Challenge completed
The latest crop of Central Coast Kokoda Youth Leaders has returned from Papua New Guinea after successfully completing the Kokoda Trail. This year, Henry Kendall High School’s Adrian Crnalic, St…
College drawn in the Premier’s ANZAC Memorial Scholarship ballot
Green Point Christian College has been announced as a Premier’s ANZAC Memorial Scholarship School for 2020. “We are delighted to announce that the College has been drawn in the Memorial…