Education coverage
Employment
A comprehensive review of the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act 2001 is underway. The Review begins with a statewide Have Your Say survey, inviting apprentices, trainees, employers, and training providers to share their experiences and shape improvements to the system. The aim is to strengthen the apprenticeship and traineeship framework by making it easier to navigate, [...]
Healthy Living
HUNDREDS of children – and their parents and carers – did plenty of after-school laps with Healthy Harold at Jellicoe Park on Tuesday as part of Life Ed NSW’s annual festival of health and colour run. Life Ed NSW is Australia’s largest non-government provider of drug and health education to children and young people, and [...]
Healthy Choices
JELLICOE Park will come alive today with vibrant colours and community spirit as Healthy Harold makes his long-awaited return to Moree. The lovable character will be at Jellicoe Park from 3.30pm until 5pm as Healthy Harold’s Colour Run returns for its second year, launching the 2025 Healthy Harold Moree Festival of Health. Running from June [...]
Education
A careers education program with a unique difference was rolled out in Moree this week, with 100 school students from Moree Secondary College and Boggabilla Central School venturing out in the community for some real, hands-on experience. Rather than making careers education all about chatting with exhibitors on school grounds, students this week engaged with [...]
Remarkable
AFTER months of extensive statewide auditions, the spotlight is set to shine on 52 of the state’s most gifted student performers, who will lead a cast of more than 5500 New South Wales public school students – including Moree’s very own Kyla-Belle Roberts – at the NSW Schools Spectacular arena show on November 28-28. Kyla-Belle [...]
School Safety
SCHOOL zones return to operation across New South Wales today, as students begin Term 3 this week. Students at Moree Secondary College, Moree Public School and Moree East Public School head back to the classrooms tomorrow, Tuesday, July 22, with Moree Christian School students returning today. School zones, with 40kph limits, will be active from [...]
Youth News
THE Youth Booth in Glen Innes has been named a finalist in the 2025 Local Government Week Awards for delivering one of the most outstanding Youth Week programs in New South Wales. The recognition follows the success of this year’s Youth Week celebrations, which brought together young people from across the Glen Innes Severn to [...]
Pally School
THERE are 13 families with 21 children – and between them, they’re on the hunt for $28,000. Staff, families, students and supporters of Pallamallawa Public School have been brainstorming ideas to raise enough capital to install new playground equipment at the school. It’s a fundraiser done the old-fashioned way, where everyone in the village chips [...]
MACT Presents
THE hills will indeed come alive when Moree Arts Community Theatre presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music at Moree Uniting Church Hall on Frome Street later this month. The MACT production of this timeless classic, expertly directed by Moree Secondary College deputy principal, Stevie Drenkhahn and co-directed by Tim Barklay, features David Powell [...]
Regional Education
TAMWORTH, Quirindi and Gunnedah are embracing NAIDOC Week 2025 with a dual investment in culture and skills, as TAFE NSW delivers infrastructure upgrades and the long-awaited return of Aboriginal language training to the region. After more than five years, the Certificate I in Aboriginal Languages for Everyday Use will be offered at TAFE NSW Tamworth, [...]
