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August 14, 2025

Oberon High School

Western Region Athletics Carnival

On Friday 1st August, 15 enthusiastic Oberon High students made the early 5am start to represent our school at the Western Region Athletics Carnival in Dubbo. The students behaved wonderfully and performed outstanding on the day.\

Our team: Noah Blofield, Jorja Taylor, Auron Filewood, Charlie Christie-Johnston, Ashleigh McKenzie, Cattleya Maloney, Sherlyn Kerubo, Shania Kelly, Rose Christie-Johnston, Bentley Armstrong, Lukas Wall-Da Silva, Sam Shaw, Mason Christie-Johnston, Marshall Taylor and Gracie Lewis. Every student gave it their all in both track and field events and showed amazing sportsmanship, teamwork, and positive attitudes throughout the day. You were all a credit to Oberon High.

Congratulations to all our competitors, we're so proud of you! Special congratulations to our State Athletics qualifiers:

14 Years Girls 4x100m Relay - 1st Place (59.55 sec) Cattleya Maloney, Sherlyn Kerubo, Rose Christie-Johnston, Shania Kelly
13 Years Girls Long Jump 1st - Cattleya Maloney (4.35m) 2nd - Sherlyn Kerubo (3.81m)
13 Years Girls 100m Sprint - 1st Place (14.17 sec) Sherlyn Kerubo

Well done to all, you represented Oberon High with pride!

Ray Sargent | PD/H/PE Teacher

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YES Program at Bathurst TAFE

Last Friday, our students attended the YES program at Bathurst TAFE. Students explored their interests with taster lessons from the Welding and Beauty faculties. It was a great opportunity for them to get hands-on experience and discover new skills in a supportive environment. We can't wait to see where these new passions lead our students in the future.

Tristan Goodwin | Principal

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AECG Meeting

We hosted the Junior and Senior Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG) meetings. Regan Shaw delivered the Acknowledgement of Country during the Senior meeting. Our students engaged with other students from multiple schools to discuss issues and upcoming events. All the schools had the opportunity to showcase the work they do supporting Aboriginal Education.

Tim Graham | Aboriginal Education Coordinator

See all 25 photos from the day (2:05). Photos supplied

Kitchen Challenge

Stage 5 Food Technology students prepared and cooked fried rice, putting their culinary skills to the test. The challenge? They had to use ingredients that were already available in the kitchen - no buying new ingredients allowed. This hands-on lesson not only sharpened their cooking skills but also connected to their assessment on resourcefulness and creativity in the kitchen.

Laura Young | TAS Teacher

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Hampton Public School

Hampton Public School joyously commemorated Public Education Week with an array of engaging activities, including open classrooms, shared reading sessions, and a collaborative learning experience. The event fostered intergenerational connections as students, parents, grandparents, and community members collectively crafted scarecrows for the school's kitchen gardens and chicken run. We extend our gratitude to all attendees for making this occasion a resounding success.

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Last week we had the privilege of celebrating Australian Primary Principals Day. Our student Leader Niamh presented Mrs Arkley-Smith with a lovely bouquet of flowers and a small gift to thank her for her hard work and commitment to seeing each and every student learn, grow and achieve at Hampton Public School.

Thank you to all principals who genuinely care for your students, staff and the communities around you.

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St Joseph's Catholic School

Kindergarten has had a flying start to Term 3 and have been super busy with learning and lots of fun activities. Some things we have been working on include:

Our Eisteddfod item
Our Fundamental Movement Skills at the Gym and in our PE lessons
Playing hopscotch and handball in the playground
Attending the Town Library for a wonderful Book Week lesson
Learning all about digraphs in our Spelling and Reading lessons
Using different objects from around our school to engage in imaginary play experiences
Counting beyond 10 and 20 and representing number sentences and additive sums

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Oberon Public School

Book an Adventure!

We celebrated our annual book-week parade with our families. Our school was overflowing with amazing characters and costumes. Students enjoyed participating in our parade and showcasing their creations. Thank you to our families for coming along and arranging such creative outfits.

Jo'elle Frampton | Principal

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Premier's Spelling Bee

Eli Ayres and Tegfatehyab Singh are representing our school in the Regional Spelling Bee finals. They will join a Zoom call with other spelling champions across the region. Good luck, Eli and Tegfatehyab!

Chloe Killen | Coordinator

Champion spellers. Photo supplied

Veolia Mulwaree Trust

I am very excited to tell you that we have been successful in our funding application grant from Veolia Mulwaree Trust. They are very kindly giving us $12 100 towards our new PA system. The installation of this brand new system started today and should be completed in about a week or two.

THANK YOU, VEOLIA MULWAREE TRUST!

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Black Springs Public School

Kids in Space Day

Our students joined their small schools friends from Neville Public School, Rockley Public School, Carcoar Public School, Trunkey Public School, and Lyndhurst Public School for a wonderful day of space exploration! A big thank you to the staff and students of Neville Public School for making this opportunity possible. Our students enjoyed the VR Immersion Experience, learning about all the planets in our solar system. The Planetarium Session was magical, learning about different constellations and listening to Aboriginal Dreamtime stories. They also enjoyed the Rocket Launching STEM activity and Ping Pong Planet craft. Our students look forward to their next learning adventure with their small school friends.

Black Springs Public School staff.