Teachers and parents in funding protest
Teachers and parents supporting Gonski needs-based education funding met at the Gosford Waterfront from 4pm on March 15 to discuss how local schools could benefit from additional Gonski funding as…
Education
Science experiments for Umina students
Students at Umina Beach Public School have been undertaking experiments during their classes recently. All classes have been watching crystals grow during their library time. Meanwhile students in 3A have…
Zane to debate in Parliament
Terrigal High School student, Zane Norris, is one of 120 Year 11 and 12 students selected to participate in the 22nd National Schools Constitutional Convention, being held at The Museum…
School students get on track
Toukley and North Lakes Public Schools will lead the region in trialling preventative disruptive behaviour program Getting on Track in Time (Got It). Got It is an early intervention program…
Premier launches ‘Getting on Track in Time’ Program in Gosford
NSW Premier, Ms Gladys Berejiklian, and Minister for Mental Health, Ms Tanya Davies, met with local health workers and principals from the two Central Coast schools to lead the region’s…
Stages 3 and 4 students receive ‘royal treatment’
Children in Stages 3 and 4 from St Philip’s Christian College met with Prime Minister, Mr Malcolm Turnbull, and Federal Member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks, during a visit to…
RMS blamed as the road block to establishing school speed zone
The parents and community of Point Clare Public School will hold a demonstration on Friday, March 10, to continue their campaign for a 40km per hour zone along Brisbane Water…
Fun Run to fund completion of multipurpose court
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Wyoming, will host a Fun Run at Alan Davidson Oval on March 6. Students have been given a sponsorship booklet to collect…
School appoints Anti-Racism Contact Officer
Ms Cate Pross has been appointed as Narara Public School’s Anti-Racism Contact Officer for 2017. The Department of Education is committed to anti-racism in each school. The NSW Department’s Anti-Racism…
Scholarship students, graduates and interns welcomed
Central Coast Council welcomed its 2017 scholarship students and celebrated its graduating 2016 scholarship students and interns at a special event on February 19. With the number of young Coast…
Henry Kendall High School achieved its highest ever HSC results
Henry Kendall High School achieved its highest ever HSC results through the 2016 Year 12 cohort, according to Principal, Mr Andrew Backhouse. The highest possible band, band 6, accounted for…
Coast schools stand to lose $79 million if Gonski funding not continued
Senator Deborah O’Neill said Central Coast schools stood to lose $79 million, or around $1,000 per child, as the Liberal Government withdrew the Gonski funding that created a level playing…
Valley View PS parents to take part in research
Valley View Public School has been selected to take part in research being carried out for the NSW Department of Education. Parents of children in Years 4 and 5 have…
Successful summer of vacation care at Wyoming
Gosford Regional Community Services have reflected on a successful summer of vacation care thanks to Wyoming Community OSHC. Fifty children took part in the 2016-17 vacation care program through the…
Full program of music education planned
Narara Public School has a full program of music education planned for students throughout 2017. Ms Kerryn Cooper has joined the staff as a new music teacher and the school’s…
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…
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…