Two schools receive over $600,000 for maintenance works
Henry Kendall High School and Valley View Public School have been named as two of the nine schools to receive a portion of $2m maintenance funding over these summer holidays….
Education
Learn the Skills of Surf Life Saving
A promotional video campaign by Central Coast Surf Life Saving appealing to locals to learn how to save a life this Summer is gaining a broad local appeal. The promotional…
More than $20,000 raised at Woy Woy
Woy Woy Public School’s Parents and Citizens association has raised more than $20,000 in the past year. P and C president Ms Gillian Graf said: “I have been lucky to…
School in limbo awaiting Crown Land decision
The Tuggerah Public School community has been let down by the NSW Government, according to the Member for The Entrance, Mr David Mehan. “When I first got elected, one of…
New 5,000 litre rainwater tank to help preschool
The Wallarah 2 Coal Project is helping Toukley Preschool Kindergarten in their “Kids Being Water Wise” project, with a community foundation grant to purchase and install a new 5,000 litre…
Songlines Summer Appeal launched
NAISDA has launched their Songlines Summer Appeal for 2017. Songlines is NAISDA’s annual fundraising campaign and aligns itself with their November performance season. The season embodies the creative culmination of…
Local students participate in Regional Youth Orchestra
Two students from the Central Coast Conservatorium participated in the Regional Youth Orchestra (RYO) Lismore camp and concert in November. Representing Central Coast Conservatorium were 18-year-old trombonist, Riley Smith, and…
Budding entrepreneurs win awards
Three local girls won first, second and third place for their entrepreneurial submissions in the fifth Wild Fig Young Entrepreneur Support Awards. Winning student, Sophia Walcott, from Central Coast Grammar…
Scholarships benefit Peninsula youth
Applications are being invited from Peninsula students for a new scholarship program that will cover their study costs in their first year of higher education. Successful scholarship applicants will initially…
Ethics classes for all levels
Ethics classes were delivered to 120 students at Umina Beach Public School this year, making it the first year ethics has been available to all year levels from Kindergarten to…
Principal receives award
Umina Beach Public School principal Ms Lyn Davis has received the John Laing award for her contribution to the professional development of colleague principals and aspiring school leaders. The annual…
Local participants in Schools’ Spectacular 2017 to be on TV
The 2017 schools’ spectacular has featured a variety of Central Coast schools which participated in the event held in Sydney. Schools from the Wyong region that performed in the 2017…
IT students enjoy hi-tech visit to IBM
Wyong High School students, ranging from Year 9 to Year 12, and teachers, travelled to IBM Sydney for a day of coding, 360 degree virtual reality video, robotics and game…
New $100 Active Kids Rebate for sporting and fitness related costs
Parents of school children have been encouraged to take advantage of the new $100 Active Kids Rebate for sporting and fitness related costs. Member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch, welcomed…
Conservatorium holds Allen Family Scholarship Finals
Teenager, Mr Min Ahn, has become successful in gaining $5,000 worth of scholarships, after achieving a first place win at the Central Coast Conservatorium’s Allen Family Scholarship Finals, on Sunday,…
School raises issue of ‘inappropriate cyber interactions’
Woy Woy Public School has spoken to a number of parents and children following “inappropriate cyber interactions” on internet-based social media. “We are increasingly finding children of primary school age…
New furniture and equipment
Woy Woy South Public School has taken delivery of some new furniture with a future-focused design. This furniture is currently in the learning centre and provides students with an alternate…
Students write for Christmas exchange
Students in class 3K at Umina Beach Public School is preparing for a Christmas Exchange. “We have prepared 30 gifts and written letters that will be sent to 30 schools…
School celebrates 90th birthday
Pretty Beach Public School’s 90th birthday celebrations were a great chance to celebrate the history of the school, according to assistant principal Ms Kate Keyes. “The 1920s theme and professional…
Students help collect soil for memorial
Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch met with six school leaders from Ettalong Public School on November 19 to collect a soil sample from the Woy Woy War Memorial. They…