Cobar High School
Students visit the nation’s capital
A group of Year 9 and 10 students and their teachers from Cobar High School had the opportunity to visit Canberra last week. As part of the excursion, students re-enacted a debate in Old Parliament House, met with our local Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton, at Parliament House and […]
Local students invited to join Sydney service
Cobar High School students and teachers were invited to perform at the St Marys RSL Sub Branch Remembrance Day service in Sydney on Friday. The invitation came after the Cobar group’s live recording of their performance on Anzac Day this year of a very moving ‘Hallelujah Veterans Version’, went viral. […]
CSA digs deep to help students
The CSA Mine recently made a donation to Cobar High School to help fund the school’s trip to Newcastle for students to participate in the Science & Engineering State Championships. As part of the excursion, the students were able to spend an extra day and gain trade experience by visiting […]
Students and community collaborate to tell Silver Tank story
The memories and experiences of five local residents and music compositions from 17 students were shared at Cobar High School’s Sound and Stories Installa-tion Showcase on Monday night at the school. The Sounds and Stories Installation project, initiated by the school’s music teacher Laura Andrew, is a student-driven collaborative work […]
CHS students invited to take part in a mentoring program
Cobar High School (CHS) students had the opportunity last Wednesday to take part in a mentoring program that aims to give Indigenous high school students the skills and confidence to finish school and transi-tion into university, further education or employment. AIME (Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience) is a dynamic mentoring program […]
Students join the police line-up
Cobar High School’s Stage 5 Commerce class and their teacher Krystie Neale, visited the Cobar Police Station last week. The class is currently studying the topic of Law in Action and learning about laws and the rights and responsibilities of young people. Cobar Police Constable Tony Martin gave students an […]
CHS girls encouraged to try a trade
Cobar High School’s (CHS) female students were able to take part in a hands-on “tradie” experience last Thursday in a SALT (Supporting and Linking Tradeswomen) workshop. The SALT program is supported by the Australian Government’s National Careers Institute. Program coordinator Fi Shewring said the workshops are aimed at encouraging girls […]
Wonder what book everyone is reading at Cobar High?
Cobar High School is taking a brand new whole-of-school approach to teaching litera-cy with a goal to have all students and staff reading the same book. Front-lining the literacy pilot program is CHS’s head teacher of school improvement, Amie Hill who explained how the program works and how it came […]
Local arts students get behind-the-scenes tour of Hamilton
Three Cobar High School students had an amazing opportunity last week to go and see the Australian stage production of Hamilton and also get a behind the scenes look at how the show is made. Jordan Warren (Year 12), Ebony Aumua (Year 11) and Tiana Jones (Year 10) joined a […]