Point Clare PS has several new facilities
A new library, 11 new classrooms and a covered outdoor learning area have now been completed as part of a $10 million upgrade at Point Clare Public School. The new…
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Valuable job skills on offer
With unemployment on the Central Coast sitting alarmingly above the state and national averages, Gosford Regional Community Services is helping jobseekers develop valuable job skills while caring for the local…
Subsidised road safety education program at the Wyong Racecourse
Learner drivers at Central Coast high schools will now be able to participate in the RYDA Road Safety Education program at the Wyong Racecourse for $10. The reduced price is…
Workshops at Kariong
A variety of community workshops and gatherings are planned at Kariong Neighbourhood Centre in the weeks ahead. A ‘Transition to School’ workshop has been designed for children who are preparing…
School receives $8,000 grant
Our Lady of the Rosary, Wyoming, has successfully secured an $8,000 grant through the NSW Government’s Community Grant Scheme and the efforts of Ms Tanya Chalker-Holz. The grant will be…
Terminated vocational education providers named and shamed
According to the Shadow Minister for Skills, Ms Pru Car, the Berejiklian-Barilaro Government is jeopardising the future of Central Coast students by refusing to name the vocational education providers that…
Lauren is Trainee of the Year
Lauren Hughes, a Narara Valley High School student, has been awarded Central Coast Group Training’s School Based Trainee of the Year Award. Hughes, is studying a Certificate III in Allied…
Welcome BBQ at Our Lady of the Rosary
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Wyoming, will host a welcome barbecue on February 10. The BBQ will be held on the school’s grass area and will feature…
Reading competition entrants invited to awards ceremony
Over 160 Central Coast children who entered a Council reading competition have been invited to attend an awards ceremony at Erina Library on February 14. The ‘book worms’ are to…
Education on the Central Coast rivals the best in Sydney
Speak to any successful adult and they will name a teacher who inspired them to become a better version of themselves. Ms Robin Balcomb, of Mannering Park Public School, is…
$1,000 scholarships available for students
Local students from disadvantaged families have been urged to apply for new scholarships worth $1,000 to support their education. NSW Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald, said…
School maintenance work undertaken during holiday period
Member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch, said $1.7 million landscaping and internal fi t out work was underway at Terrigal High School while the student body was on summer break….
Year 12 students achieve top results
Year 12 students across the Central Coast have received their HSC results, with several schools from the region landing students in the top percentile of the state. In the Wyong…
Point Clare PS traffic problems remain unresolved
The residents of Point Clare remain perplexed about the reluctance of NSW Roads and Maritime Services to heed their concerns about the dangerous traffic conditions around Point Clare Public School….
Mathematics programs pay off in competition
Kincumber Public School again received sensational results in this year’s Newcastle Permanent Mathematics Competition, with 84 per cent of students who entered, receiving either a High Distinction, Distinction or Merit…
Chertsey wins School Environment Awards
The winners of the 2016 School Environment Awards for the former Gosford Local Government Area (LGA) were announced on November 25 at Laycock Street Community Theatre. Chertsey Public School won…
Schools Spectacular broke Guinness Record
Students from Wamberal and Kincumber Public Schools, and Narara Valley and Terrigal High School, returned home still on a high, after their final performance in the 2016 Schools Spectacular, on…
School maintenance backlog highlighted
Senator for NSW, Deborah O’Neill, and NSW Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, Mr David Harris, said children at schools in the state electorate of Terrigal were being forced to…
Children’s Festival of Moving Stories to visit Gosford
Sydney Writers’ Festival’s Children’s Festival of Moving Stories will be visiting Gosford for the first time on December 8 and 9. Russ the Story Bus, adorned with Shaun Tan’s distinctive…
School holds Remembrance Day Service
A Remembrance Day Service was held at the Point Clare Community Hall to commemorate 98 years since the signing of the Armistice to end World War One. The captains of…