Cobar High School (CHS) students have for the third year in a row won the Outback Science and Engineering Challenge. (Pictured are some of the CHS team members, Sosie Barton, Tom Francisco, Rhys Cull and Sophie Bennett.) They finished with 1,401.72 points (out of a possible maximum score of 1,600 points). St John’s Primary School were second on 1,125.02. CHS won seven of the 15 activities (including getting a huge score in Confounding Communications) and were also second in another four. The Outback Challenge is part of a nationwide STEM outreach program presented by the University of Newcastle in partnership with the community, the Rotary Club of Cobar, the mines and sponsors. Through the provision of hands-on experiences, the Challenge aims to inspire more young people to make a difference in the world by choosing a career in Science and Engineering.
Cobar High School (CHS) students have for the third year in a row won the Outback Science and Engineering Challenge. (Pictured are some of the CHS team members, Sosie Barton, Tom Francisco, Rhys Cull and Sophie Bennett.) They finished with 1,401.72 points (out of a possible maximum score of 1,600 points). St John’s Primary School were second on 1,125.02. CHS won seven of the 15 activities (including getting a huge score in Confounding Communications) and were also second in another four. The Outback Challenge is part of a nationwide STEM outreach program presented by the University of Newcastle in partnership with the community, the Rotary Club of Cobar, the mines and sponsors. Through the provision of hands-on experiences, the Challenge aims to inspire more young people to make a difference in the world by choosing a career in Science and Engineering.
Just five days was all it took for a group of Cobar High School students to devise a plot, write a script, compose music and lyrics, and design the props and staging for their own opera. These remarkable students then performed the opera they’d called ‘Cancel Culture’, for their parents, […]
Members of the Cobar Iron Ringer Committee, Cobar Shire Council staff and local contractors involved in the Iron Ring monument build, last Wednesday met on the site where the monument is to be located (adjacent to the Barrier Highway opposite the Great Cobar Museum). The group determined which direction the […]
The annual Polyfabrications sponsored three lady Ambrose golf event was played at an early starting time on Saturday with the 15 lady golfers taking part in the somewhat cooler conditions. In first place was the team of Karen Manns, Jannine Wilkin and Narelle Kriz who had 77 off the stick […]
