Education coverage
Education
MOREE Christian School this year has for the first time welcomed students to Year 11 – an increase in student roll-call numbers that will see the school sit its first High School Certificate in 2026. The Stage 6 extension to Year 11 – and Year 12 next year – has been on the table for [...]
Dr Hunter Scholarships
HealthWISE and Gwydir Cotton Growers Association have awarded three students – two from Moree and one from Bingara – with $22,000 to support their university studies, strengthening the push to bring health professionals back to the bush. For two decades, the Dr William Hunter Scholarship and a variety of Gwydir CGA scholarships have helped health [...]
Our Community
MOREE Country Universities Centre welcomed 2025 with an open day at its Auburn Street headquarters on Tuesday. The Moree hub, an affiliate of the Country Universities Centre network, is a dedicated learning and study space designed by regional people, for regional people. The centre gives students the option to study online, and stay and work [...]
Anzac Memorial
Up to 20 students from across New South Wales will be selected to participate in the annual Premier’s Anzac Memorial Scholarship study tour that will visit historic sites relating to Australia’s military history in the Republic of Korea and Singapore. Tour locations in the Republic of Korea include the site of the Battle of Kapyong, [...]
Education
AS the summer holidays wrap-up and children gear up for a return to school after a long break, many parents are searching for ways to help kids shift focus from hours of screen time to more structured, productive routines. Reset Moves, a groundbreaking app developed in Western Australia, offers parents expert advice and innovative tools [...]
Our Community
MOREE Public School P&C Association president Casey O’Hara is overwhelmed by community response and support from sponsors as the countdown for the school’s first long lunch fundraiser begins in earnest. The 2025 Supporting the Now, Paving the Future Long Lunch will be served on Saturday, March 1 – the first day of autumn – at [...]
Education
AS children in the New South Wales Western Division prepare for a return to school next week, the Federation of Canteens in Schools will host a national roundtable later this month to discuss the critical future of school canteens across Australia. With school canteens playing an essential role in supporting children’s health, wellbeing, and sense [...]
Back to School
AS kids across the north-west and New England get ready to return to school, Asthma Australia urges parents to update their children’s Asthma Action Plan. Just like packing a school hat, this simple step helps ensure a child’s asthma is well-managed and helps teachers, coaches, and caregivers know exactly what to do if a flare-up [...]
Survival Day
MOREE Aboriginal Elder Darryl French knows what it’s like to survive. Mr French joined hundreds of community members and visitors at Jellicoe Park on Sunday to commemorate Survival Day, following a memorial walk from Moree Court House to remember the Waterloo Creek massacre, which tragically took place 187 years ago on January 26. “Our culture [...]
Education and Training
IT’S been going for more than 20 years, has awarded 516 scholarships and is a hugely successful partnership between the community and Gunnedah Shire Council. The Gunnedah Community Scholarship Fund celebrated another year of community support for the Shire’s young people at the annual presentation on Wednesday. Eighteen students from Gunnedah Shire were awarded scholarships [...]
