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St John’s School celebrates a very remarkable year
At last week’s St John’s School’s presentations day principal Renee Matheson described 2016 as being “remarkable year” for the school. “We had our highest student enrolments in over 15 years despite a mine retrenchment,” she said. Mrs Matheson said the school was committed to “21st Century Learning” and this year […]
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Students learn about sustainable landcare practices
The Buckwaroon Catchment Landcare Group ran a workshop last Thursday to teach Year 6 students from St John’s and Cobar Public School about local Landcare issues. The workshops, which are now an annual event, are run by volunteer members of the Buckwaroon Catchment Landcare Group. The group strives to adopt […]
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A special place to remember a much loved St John’s teacher
Students and staff of St John’s School will long be reminded of one of their favourite teachers with a lunch table at the school recently dedicated to the memory of Jan Harrison. Mrs Harrison, a teacher at the school, died suddenly in October last year with her death coming as […]
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Local swimmers ready for State swimming carnivals
Swimmers from Cobar’s three schools will be competing at Sydney Olympic Park over the next few weeks representing their schools at State swimming carnivals. St John’s Primary School has four students competing today at the Catholic Schools Polding and Mackillop Championships including: 12 year old Ruby-Belle Stingemore (50m Backstroke, 50m […]