Cobar High School held an Employment & Community Services Expo at the school yesterday with 30 exhibitors from a wide variety of career (and volunteer) vocations taking part. Staff from local businesses, Cobar Shire Council, mining companies, Tradies, the Commonwealth Bank, TAFE, the University of Sydney, Australian Defence Force, the Royal Flying Doctor Service, emergency services, childcare services and the agriculture industry were joined by volunteers from local community services to talk to students about their future pathways. A number of exhibitors were ex-Cobar High School students including Occupational Therapist (OT), Nicola Harbison (a Year 12 graduate from 2012), pictured in main photo above. Nicola offered a number of interactive activities to students to demonstrate how she assesses movement and fine motor skills. She also offered some challenges which gave students an insight into what it’s like to have a disability and how an OT can be of help.
Related Articles
Regional Australia Bank donates $48,000 to community
The Cobar community has benefited from a donation of more than $48,000 from the Regional Australia Bank as part of this year’s Community Partnership Program. A large group of recipients from Cobar’s local sporting, community and charity organi-sations were presented with their donations last Tuesday night at the Services Club. […]
VIEW Club’s committee line-up is mostly unchanged
Cobar VIEW Club has begun its 39th year with 16 ladies attending the club’s annual general meeting at the Empire last Tuesday. Phyllis Budd chaired the meeting resulting in the re-election of Enid English as president, Lillian Simpson (treasurer), Kate Winders (zone delegate and vice president) and Bev Anderson (publicity). […]
Community support for local STEM students
Generous community support will help a group of Cobar High School students to compete at the Science and Engineering Challenge Regional Championships in New-castle. Funding from the Peak Gold Mine and the Rotary Club of Cobar, along with the NSW Department of Education (Regional Industry Education Partnerships program), will help […]