Give what you can, when you can
Monday 20 May is the start of National Volunteer Week, an annual celebration, recognising and honouring the invaluable contributions of our nation's volunteers. The theme...
Watheroo Primary School’s final ringing of the bell
Jan Millsteed
More than 250 people from across the state gathered at Watheroo Primary School on 6 April 2024 to commemorate the final ringing of...
Camryn’s Camp Hero journey
The April school holidays were a little different this year for 15-year-old Camryn Bennett, who attended Camp Hero — a 5-day camp that gives...
Bullsbrook College evacuated as fire engulfs bushland
Just a week into the new school year and nearly 1000 students at Bullsbrook College were evacuated from their classrooms on Wednesday 7 February...
Review: Black Cockatoo Crisis
I am briefly stepping into the Screen Time role this month to bring you a review of the award-winning documentary film project Black Cockatoo...
Bindoon Primary School’s Six Seasons Garden
It was perfect Djilba morning at Bindoon Primary School for the official opening of their Six Seasons Garden on Monday 11 September.
Two years in...
Struggling with screen time? Join the club!
Does anyone else find boundaries around screen time and gaming slip as we slide into school holidays? I know we have – as a...
44 years, 18,500 journeys and generations of school kids
It was an emotional afternoon on Friday 19 May when Bindoon Primary School students, staff and parents celebrated local school bus driver Andy Gomersall’s...
Central Midlands students cook up a storm at Djinda Ngardak
Back in March, six students from Central Midlands Senior High School — Charlee Taylor, Bob Warrell, Gus and Jack Crawford, Diesal Burman and Veeda...
Swan Home School kids bring a sustainable Christmas spirit to town!
Lois Pearson
Just six days out from the Kingsford Christmas Light event registration, the President of Bullsbrook Resident and Ratepayers Association, Anne Janes, contacted me...
A bird in the hand
With a friendly face beaming with enthusiasm, often with a large black cockatoo perched on his shoulder, Carnaby’s Crusader Dean Arthurell has become a...
Decades of milestones for Immaculate Heart College
8 September marked a day of milestones for the Northern Valley’s only Catholic combined primary and secondary school, Immaculate Heart College (IHC). The community...
