Local schools have over $3.4m maintenance work done
Only one school in the former Wyong LGA made the list of 10 schools that topped the Central Coast’s school maintenance blitz that took place over the holidays. Wadalba Community…
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Traineeship program while still at school
A group of 42 local students will gain practical, hands-on experience in the health industry, thanks to the collaboration between the Central Coast Local Health District and TAFE NSW. Two…
Library wants children for ‘some creative building’
Woy Woy library is calling on children from the age of 5 to12 to come along on Wednesday, February 28, for some creative building with interlocking plastic bricks. This workshop…
Rotary club pays for three Ugandan classrooms
The Rotary Club of Woy Woy has successfully raised funds to complete three new classrooms for a primary school in Buwampa, Uganda. “The classrooms for the Divine Mercy school are…
Free ethics teacher training in Ourimbah
Free ethics teacher training will be available in Ourimbah on the last weekend in February. Ethics teachers are members of the public who receive free training to be able to…
Rotary provide computers for hearing impaired children
Gosford Rotary Club has supplied 17 new computers to Chertsey Primary School to aid the school’s children with additional needs. When anxious mum Ms Amanda Harvey contacted the Rotary Club…
New mentor program for organic market gardeners
Expressions of interest are open for a new mentor program designed to support up and coming organic market gardeners on the Central Coast. Part of the Central Coast Sustainable Farming…
Donated truck already put to use
The farm of Brisbane Water Secondary College, Umina Campus, has taken delivery of a donated new cattle truck, which has already been put to use for recent agricultural shows. The…
Simple solution to lack of school playground space
Member for The Entrance, Mr David Mehan, joined the Tuggerah Public School P & C to share their concerns regarding the failure by Education Minister, Mr Rob Stokes, to address…
University and businesses join together to support Wyong students
Business leaders, Mars Food Australia, Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing, and the University of Newcastle, are joining together to support Year 10 students at Wyong High School in a mentoring program…
Coding controls NASA robots inside the International Space Station
Students from Gosford High School and four other NSW high schools gathered with family and friends to watch as computer coding they had written was used to control NASA robots…
$100 voucher for active kids
From January 31, parents, carers and guardians of children residing and participating in sport and other approved physical activities in NSW, will be able to apply for a $100 voucher…
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….
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…