St John’s School – The Cobar Weekly

Footy Fever at St John’s School

June 17, 2022 tcwadmin

St John’s School held their annual Footy Fever Day last week which pays tribute to a much loved former teacher, Mrs Paula Potter, who loved her footy. Students organised and ran the day. Pictured are some of the students, Aiden Hyland, Ryder Anderson, Cohen Nicholson and Talas Burke. ▪ Photo […]

Face-to-face learning resumes for all school students

September 15, 2021 tcwadmin

There’s lots of smiling faces on students, teachers and parents this week as all local schools resumed face-to-face learning on Monday after lockdown restrictions in Co-bar ended on Saturday. Local schools have returned under Level 3 Guidelines set down by the NSW Department of Education. While schools are permitted to […]

Success for St John’s swimming squad

February 24, 2021 tcwadmin

A squad of 13 swimmers from St John’s School have qualified to compete at the 2021 Wilcannia/Forbes Diocesan Swimming Car-nival next week in Condobolin. The 13 qualifiers were part of a team of 21 St John’s swimmers who competed at the Cluster swimming carnival last Tuesday in Nyngan. Among the […]

Students contract footy fever

June 17, 2020 tcwadmin

Fun at the bazaar

September 25, 2019 tcwadmin

Sideshow alley was popular again this year at the St John’s School bazaar with school parent Lauren Lamond kept busy on the plaster stall. The school’s biggest fundraiser was held on Friday night in the school grounds and was very well attended.

Local students given a look at a rare historical collection

July 31, 2019 tcwadmin

Explorer Matthew Flinders’ equipment list and a portrait of Bungaree, the first Australian to circumnavigate the continent with Flinders, are among the extraordinary items from the State Library’s collection that will be on display in Cobar today. State Librarian John Vallance said it was great that these rare pieces of […]

St John’s bows out in second round

July 10, 2019 tcwadmin

St John’s shine in Peachey Shield

May 15, 2019 tcwadmin

The David Peachey and Russell Richardson football gala day was held in Cobar last Wednesday. Cobar hosted the Peachey Shield (Year 5 and 6) and Richardson Cup (Years 3 and 4) matches at Ward Oval. The St John’s School Year 5/6 team won their three pool games against Nyngan Public […]

Removing rubbish

March 6, 2019 tcwadmin

St John’s School students and staff participated in a school Clean Up Australia Day on Friday, tidying around the school grounds and outside boundary areas. The day was also a learning opportunity led by the school’s Stage 3 Environmental Group. Students learnt about the impacts of rubbish on their environment […]

Community recognises the varied contributions of Sr Trish

February 27, 2019 tcwadmin

The Cobar community has this past week farewelled Sr Trish Vagg who is returning to Ballarat following her retirement. A Sisters of Mercy nun, Sr Trish came to serve the St Lawrence O’Toole Catholic parish in Cobar 11 years ago. In addition to her church duties (and in the absence […]