Education coverage
Moree Arts
A powerful and tender documentary-style exhibition featuring young people of Moree will open at Bank Art Museum Moree on Thursday, October 30. Garage Barbershop, by award-winning Australian photographer, Joshua Morris, is a powerful exhibition that will run until January 24, 2026. Earlier this year, BAMM’s garage was transformed into a pop-up barbershop for the Garage [...]
Education
NEARLY 75,000 HSC students will put pen to paper over the next 16 test days, with written exams officially getting underway yesterday. HSC written exams mark the conclusion of 13 years of schooling for students, providing them with an opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned during their education. Students have already completed language oral [...]
Our Community
MOREE again opened its heart – and collective wallets – when more than $75,000 was raised at the Moree Public School P&C Association Supporting the Now, Paving the Future Long Lunch on Saturday. A big crowd attended the Moree racecourse fundraiser, where patrons socialised, wined and dined, and were entertained by Kyla-Belle Roberts, Rachel Cubis, [...]
Education
TWO students from the Moree district will next year help set the tone and spirit at The Armidale School, with Heidi Cannington and Sam Kelly inducted to key leadership roles. Heidi, from Moree, has been named Tyrrell House captain as well as captain of swimming. Sam, from Pallamallawa, has been named athletics captain. Heidi and [...]
Health and Education
APPLICATIONS are now open for two long-running $10,000 scholarships supporting rural health students from the Moree and Gwydir regions. Supported by HealthWISE and the Gwydir Cotton Growers Association, the Dr William Hunter and Healthy Communities scholarships provide financial support for local students studying medicine, nursing or allied health. Last year’s recipient, Madelyn Johnson, said the [...]
Regional News
TOWN libraries at Wee Waa and Narrabri will bring curiosity to life, with the launch of an innovative program designed to spark learning, celebrate diversity and bring people together. From this week, Narrabri and Wee Waa Libraries will feature Citizen Science Corners – STEM hubs that make science accessible for everyone. Thanks to grant funding [...]
Moree Secondary College
IT’s been a tough few years for Moree Secondary College’s cohort of Year 12 students, who graduated at a special final assembly at the school’s multi-purpose centre on Friday. In recent years, MSC students navigated the transition from the Carol Avenue campus and battled their way through the COVID-19 pandemic – all while achieving high [...]
Education
ALL public school students from years 5 to 12 will soon have access to the NSW Department of Education’s purpose-built, state-of-the-art generative AI app following a successful trial in 50 schools. NSWEduChat will be rolled out to all schools from the start of Term 4. As the sophistication and use of generative artificial intelligence rapidly [...]
Education
A $140,000 gift from the Country Women’s Association Armidale Branch to the University of New England has established a new medical scholarship for women from regional, rural and remote communities. The endowed fund will support the CWA of NSW Armidale Branch Medical Scholarship, providing $5,000 each year to a female student in their 3rd, 4th [...]
Run the Plains
FOR 115 years, Toowoomba Anglican School has forged a strong connection with the Moree Plains region – and aims to strengthen that connection at the Moree Run the Plains festival on September 26-27. The school’s proud tradition as Australia’s only independent, co-educational, K-12 day and boarding school, offering boarding from Years 1-12, has helped shape [...]
