Education coverage
Education and Training
EDUCATION, employment and training will be key elements at a newly-formed career hub at the Aboriginal Employment Strategy in Moree. In July last year the AES secured funding from the National Indigenous Australians Agency to provide young Aboriginal people aged between 15 and 30 additional support, training and mentoring. Moree AES team leader and career [...]
Festive Season
HUNDREDS of kids around Moree – and just as many big kids at heart – were greeted by the big man in red on Saturday afternoon when Moree Rural Fire Brigade toured town as part of the annual NSW Rural Fire Service Santa Run. Volunteers and brigade members distributed lollies and treats as they visited [...]
Our Community
GRADUATING HSC students are urged to consider how apprenticeships and traineeships could be the stepping stone to a successful and secure future. With the release of HSC results today, Apprenticeship Support Australia regional manager, NSW north, Jeffrey Cooke, said apprenticeships and traineeships offer a hands-on alternative to university that allows young people the option to [...]
Feature Story
HIDDEN gem, the Euraba Paper Company, is tucked away on Merriwa Street in Boggabilla on the northern tip of the Moree Plains Shire. Boggabilla, 10 kilometres south of border town Goondiwindi, and nearby Toomelah have in recent months made headlines for all the wrong reasons. Paul West, one of the founders of Euraba Paper, says [...]
Our Community
TICKETS are available for Moree Public School’s 2025 Supporting the Now, Paving the Future Long Lunch, and the groundswell of support for the innovative fundraiser has overwhelmed organisers. The long lunch, an initiative of Moree Public School P&C Association, will be served on Saturday, March 1 – traditionally the first day of autumn – at [...]
Education
MOREE RSL Regional Military Museum broke new ground on Monday when the first school excursion was hosted at the recently-opened facility. Students from St Philomena’s School were guided through the museum by Moree RSL Sub-Branch president John Williams, military trustee John Tramby and committee members Darry Brady, Eric Taylor and Lila Fisher. “This is the [...]
Junior Sport
MOREE junior athlete Kate McDonald will head to the Australian All Schools Championships in Brisbane in December after this week collecting bronze and silver at the NSWPSSA Primary Athletics Championships in Sydney. Kate finished third behind Charlotte James and Kyah Ryals in the 1500m girls 12-13 years’ final on Wednesday and went one better for [...]
Girls on Fire
AS summer approaches and the threat of bushfires in regional and rural New South Wales grows, Girls on Fire, a not-for-profit organisation founded by firefighter and advocate Bronnie Mackintosh, is taking action to help communities prepare. And the Fire-UP Girls on Fire Roadshow will be in Moree next week to empower the next generation of [...]
Education
IT IS one year since mobile phones were banned from all New South Wales public schools. According to a new survey by the NSW Department of Education, the decision to ban mobile phones has improved student learning, concentration, and encouraged young people to socialise more. One year on from the change, a survey of almost [...]
Junior Sport
KIDS across the Moree Plains are encouraged to “try before they buy” when Moree Little Athletics stages a games night on Wednesday, October 23 to launch the 2024-2025 junior athletics’ season. Little As club president, Kelly James, invites families to come along and try it out before committing to the entire season. “If kids are [...]
