Education coverage
Education
IT was a uniform-free day with a difference – a big difference. Last week, 120 students from Boggabilla Central School and Toomelah Public School attended a mini careers expo and dress-up day to explore their options when leaving the classroom and entering the workforce. Kindergarten to Year 12 students were asked to dress up in [...]
Our Community
THERE’S no rest at Bank Art Museum Moree, with a big line-up of exhibitions and programs scheduled for the coming months, including the Garage Barbershop program and Team Trampoline Project. BAMM director Rosie Dennis said the museum has been busy – and likely to get busier as the year progresses. “It’s been a fantastic month [...]
Our Community
MOREE Secondary College Year 7 and Year 8 Clontarf boys last week claimed victory in the inaugural Ed John Saunders Memorial Shield at Narrabri, with a come-from-behind 9-8 win against host team, Narrabri High School. Moree Clontarf Academy director Alex Barker said having ‘Moree Clontarf’ etched on the shield meant a lot to the Moree [...]
Our Community
A project more than two years in the making was officially opened on Thursday, when NSW Police Force Deputy Commissioner Paul Pisanos and Moree local Fred Pegus Junior proudly unveiled the Moree Aboriginal Tracker Wall at Moree Police Station. The honour wall, alongside the front doors of Moree Police Station, recognises all Aboriginal trackers who [...]
Regional Education
THE University of New England has officially welcomed new Chancellor, Dr Sarah Pearson, at the first stand-alone Chancellor installation ceremony for the University in thirty years. Dr Pearson was this week installed by Governor of New South Wales, Margaret Beazley, at an event attended by staff, students, indigenous leaders and dignitaries on the lawns of [...]
Regional Health
A pioneering research project addressing a devastating heart condition has received funding recognition, with NSW Cardiovascular Research Network awarding its inaugural Rural, Regional, Remote Project Grant to Dr Rukshan Rafeek of the University of New England in Armidale. Dr Rafeek, working within the UNE program on Immune Complications of Post-Streptococcal Complications, is spearheading innovative research [...]
Education
MOREE Christian School will this month conduct Kindergarten and Year 7 information sessions for the 2026 school year. Parents and carers are invited to attend the sessions and learn about Moree Christian School enrolments for next year. An information session about 2026 Kindergarten enrolments will be held on May 14 at 3.15pm, with hands-on activities, [...]
Education and Arts
PULSE Alive returns to Moree this week, with more than 400 students from 14 schools across the region participating in the three-day event. Moree Secondary College arts co-ordination officer for the New England and north-west region, Leigh Carroll, said students will perform at the school Multi-Purpose Centre on Frome Street. “Pulse Moree returns for the second [...]
Education
Inspiration can come in all shapes and forms. And for a group of Moree Secondary College students, there was no better platform to listen to inspiring stories from a diverse group of keynote speakers than the Youth Leadership Conference at the International Convention Centre in Sydney’s Darling Harbour last term. Moree Secondary College’s Year 12 [...]
Regional Education
MORE than 1000 future students have signed up to experience life at the University of New England’s Armidale campus ahead of Open Day 2025 on Friday, May 2. With 26 tours, sessions and events confirmed across the day, the annual event will showcase UNE’s courses, campus life, support services and accommodation options to school leavers. [...]
