A new way of doing school

Cobar Public School was buzzing on Monday when local beekeeper, Lil Garbutt, called in to speak to the students about bees. Lil and her husband Mick run Garbamir Honey, a small family-owned apiary here in Cobar. The students had been learning about bees at the school and one of the […]

  Cobar High School principal Shane Carter is looking forward to welcoming students back to the school this week and he has a couple of surprises in store for them. “Kids make the school, they are the heart and soul of it. “It’s definitely been a very different place without […]

Cobar parents are suddenly facing a whole new world of homeschooling in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. While Cobar’s three schools are still open for business, parents have been encouraged to keep their children home where possible. For the past couple of weeks, Leah Le Lievre has been homeschooling […]