Cobar Public School – The Cobar Weekly

Cobar Public School (CPS) has welcomed lots of new faces to the school this year, including one very cute therapy dog. Alby, an almost two year old Labradoodle (half Labrador, half Poodle), has joined the CPS team after recently completing an intensive clinical training course with Therapy Dogs Australia. Research […]

Cobar Public School was buzzing last week at bee talk

December 21, 2022 tcwadmin

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 […]

CPS keen to welcome teaching students out to see the bush

November 9, 2022 tcwadmin

Cobar Public School’s assistant principal Silvana Lennon is one of the success stories to come out of the University of Newcastle’s ‘Beyond The Line’ (BTL) program which encourages teaching students to come and take a look at rural schools. “About 13 or so years ago, I participated in a BTL […]

CPS claim Nyngbar trophy … again!

August 31, 2022 tcwadmin

The Cobar Public School (CPS) athletics team brought home the Nyngbar trophy after winning the point score competition at the annual athletics carnival held in Nyngan on Friday. CPS has won the trophy for the past five consecutive years. Students who finished in first or second places in their respective […]

Learning about Landcare

August 24, 2022 tcwadmin

Year 6 students from Cobar Public School (CPS) and St John’s School spent two days last week learning about Landcare including invasive native scrub management, erosion control and measures to prevent erosion on farms, soil types, animal handling and pest management. They also learnt about native plants and introduced species […]

Students went cross country

June 2, 2022 tcwadmin

Cobar Public School students competed at the Nyngbar Cross Country event in Hermidale last Thursday. All students displayed great sportsmanship with a number of students qualifying to compete at the next level in Geurie later this month. ▪ Photo contributed

Sienna braved the shave

March 23, 2022 tcwadmin

Cobar Public School student Sienna Campbell has raised $3,658 for the Leukaemia Foundation’s Shave for a Cure, exceeding her initial goal of $3,000. Sienna lined up to get a close crop from local hairdresser Olivia Deighton last Thursday and the salon was buzzing with lots of Sienna’s school mates there […]

Great Cobar finishes on top at CPS swimming carnival

February 24, 2022 tcwadmin

Cobar Public School held their annual swimming carnival on Friday and, with a late reprieve from the NSW Premier on COVID restrictions, parents were able to attend the event. This year all students from Years 3-6 at-tended to compete and cheer on the compet-itors and there was also a range […]