St John’s School held the finals of their Public Speaking competition at the school last Wednesday. Pictured above are Year 2’s finalists Sophia Le Lievre, Michael Rogers and Xavier Foster, whose topic was ‘Country life is better than city life’. Students in other classes were tasked with discussing the benefits/disadvantages of three day weekends, the pros and cons of shorter school days, gave their views on nets in the oceans and Kinders were required to recite a nursery rhyme. The competition’s judges were impressed with the students’ highly developed speaking skills.
St John’s School held the finals of their Public Speaking competition at the school last Wednesday. Pictured above are Year 2’s finalists Sophia Le Lievre, Michael Rogers and Xavier Foster, whose topic was ‘Country life is better than city life’. Students in other classes were tasked with discussing the benefits/disadvantages of three day weekends, the pros and cons of shorter school days, gave their views on nets in the oceans and Kinders were required to recite a nursery rhyme. The competition’s judges were impressed with the students’ highly developed speaking skills.
Cobar’s Lochlan Ford was one of 227 new firefighters who graduated from the Sydney Emergency Services Academy on Friday. ‘Lochy’ is one of three new recruits that Station 256 Cobar has taken on recently and the first to complete his initial training in Sydney. Deputy Fire Captain Alex Lennon said […]
Former Cobar golfer Ann Middleton and friend Gina Kenny (both from Coffin Bay SA) were the winners of the Vi McLaughlin Memorial ladies Golf Day on Sunday. The pair finished the Canadian game with a combined score of 68 and, after a countback, they edged out Karen Manns and Ann […]
An undermanned Castlereagh Cougars Under 19s side put in a valiant effort in their Women’s Rugby League grand final game up against Woodbridge on Sunday in Bath-urst. The Cougars were short on numbers, includ-ing losing their captain, Cobar’s Hannah Car-roll, during the match. Carroll tried to play through the pain […]
