A whole lot of learning going on

May 14, 2026

Oberon Public School

Mother's Day Breakfast

On May 7, we celebrated the wonderful women in the lives of our students. Families enjoyed chatting over a bacon and egg roll prepared by OPS staff. We appreciate everything these special women do for us on a daily basis. Thank you to the P & C for organising a wonderful gift stall. We wish all of our mum's a happy Mother's Day for Sunday 10th May.

Jo'elle Frampton | Principal

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Beyond the Bin: Inspiring Creative Recycling

A group of our talented students took creativity to new heights by turning materials that were headed for the landfill into stunning works of art! By recycling, repurposing and reusing these items, they not only demonstrated their artistic talents but also highlighted the importance of sustainability and giving new purpose to discarded materials. These incredible artworks have been featured at the local Waste 2 Art exhibition where the following artworks were successful. Winning artworks will now head to the Regional Exhibition in Broken Hill.

Winners:

Primary = 1st - Whale of a time – 1/2S,
HC - Twinkle bright - Kindergarten
Lower Primary = 1st - Cultural Kaleidoscope -3/4,
2nd - Plastic Petals – 1/2,
3rd – Going down of the sun – K-4F
Upper Primary – 1st – The Cork Crew – 5/6,
HC – Mache Masterpieces - 5/6T
Functional – 1st - Eco Expression 5/6W
Individual – 1st - UFO – Billy Diamond,
HC- Robot – Oscar Gordon

Kelly Sheppard | Coordinator

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Voices of Excellence

Congratulations to Tegfatehyab Singh and Ava Thompson who have progressed to the next round of the CWA Public Speaking competition. These students will travel to Orange to compete against the representatives from other schools in the district. We wish them the best of luck and can’t wait to hear about their experiences.

Cameron Wright | Public Speaking Coordinator

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Fabulous Friday Attendance

Congratulations to our attendance raffle winner, Della Gilmore who came to school 90% or more of the time last fortnight, and it paid off. Della received a voucher from The Cave Pizza to share with her family.

Jo'elle Frampton | Principal

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World Time-Zones

Our lovely SLSO Miss Jo is heading on an awesome holiday across the world! This got us thinking. What time will it be for Miss Jo when we are at school? This prompted a fun investigation into the world and time-zones. We got our thinking caps on and explored further countries and the changes in time and even seasons!

Zoe Finn | Classroom Teacher

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Homework Raffle

Congratulations to Ashton Champman, Daisy Evans, Harry Austen and Catherine Hooper who won the raffle for handing in their homework. Also, congratulations to Arturo Cigola and Callie Kennedy for completing their homework all of term 1. The winners chose a variety of toys and stationery. Well done, students!

Jo'elle Frampton | Principal

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Creative Calculators

1/2 students are developing creative maths problem-solving skills at our school. We are proud to see so many young minds embracing challenges, thinking outside the box and building resilience through innovative approaches to mathematics. Maths is more than numbers - it’s about creativity and confidence!

Kelly Sheppard | Classroom Teacher

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St Joseph's Catholic School

Catholic Schools Week

Catholic Schools Week is a special time in our school community, and this year we celebrate under the theme Guided by Faith, Inspired by Hope, Committed to Learning. This theme reminds us of the strong foundations that shape our students each day and the bright future they are growing towards.

Throughout the week, our students have been involved in a wide range of engaging activities. Highlights have included Waste2Art class visits, infants fire safety talk, our school Spelling Bee and the CWA Speak Off, where students have had the opportunity to showcase their creativity, confidence, and communication skills. There were also opportunities to strengthen connections between students across year levels through buddy reading.

Catholic Schools Week provides a wonderful balance of faith, culture, sport, learning, and fun. It is a time to celebrate all that makes our school community so special and to recognise the gifts and talents of every student.

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Our K–2 students recently enjoyed a very informative visit from our local Fire Brigade. Students learnt important fire safety awareness tips, including what to do in an emergency, how firefighters help our community, and ways to stay safe at home and at school. A big thank you to the local Fire Brigade for taking the time to visit and share their knowledge and experiences with our students. We greatly appreciate their ongoing support of our St. Joseph’s school community!

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CWA Public Speaking - Speak Off

Congratulations to all 16 students who participated in the CWA Public Speaking Speak Off today! We are incredibly proud of the effort, preparation and confidence shown by each student. Standing up and speaking in front of others takes courage, and every student did a wonderful job representing our school. We wish all participants the very best of luck and congratulate them on their fantastic achievements. Well done to everyone involved! The students who spoke were:

Year 3: Bonnie Hine, Cobie Allen, Harry Bailey, Grayson Holmes
Year 4: Nasiah Marino, Sam Wade, Jasmin Certoma, Lina Rattenbury
Year 5: Adam Attard, Charlotte Ballas, Harper Coughlan, Kaydence Holmes
Year 6: Bryan Norman, Halle Gilmore, Madden Armstrong, Cailyn Taylor
The successful students who were selected to represent our school at Orange are:
Year 3: Cobie Allen
Year 4: Nasiah Marino
Year 5: Charlotte Ballas
Year 6: Bryan Norman

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Spelling Bee

On Monday we held our annual Spelling Bee Competition. A big congratulations to all students who participated in our Spelling Bee! It was wonderful to see so many students showing confidence, persistence and enthusiasm as they challenged themselves with a range of spelling words and simply 'gave it a go'. Thank you to all staff who supported and encouraged our students throughout the event -well done to all involved!

Our stage 2 winners are: Levi Todoroski and Nasiah Marino
Our Stage 3 winners are: Bryan Norman and Katelyn Lewis

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Oberon High School

Camp Day 1

Year 7 arrived at Kincumber Great Aussie Bush camp just before lunch We spent the afternoon practicing our archery skills and jumping off the power fan platform. Tonight’s activity is Spotlight before a big day of activities tomorrow.

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Drone Workshop

Last Friday, 15 of our students enjoyed the opportunity to learn about drone use in rural industries.

We extend our appreciation to Jacqui Smith of Regional Industry Education Partnerships (RIEP) . RIEP designs and delivers bespoke opportunities for students to engage in immersive activities that facilitate learning about career pathways.

Brooke from BRALCA, along with Tom and Lisa from T.L. Rural, facilitated the training and flight sessions . Brooke was particularly generous during the Q&A session, sharing insights about her personal career pathway . Brooke was also interviewed by Elloura Taylor from Year 10.

Students identified agriculture, emergency services , and media/content generation as industries where they could envision future use of drones in their work and lives.

Susan Koeford | Careers Adviser

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Do It for Dolly Day

Last Friday, our SRC led an inspiring fundraiser and awareness campaign against bullying. Students wore blue to honour Dolly Everett's memory and stand united against bullying. Together, we raised $162.00 to donate to the Dolly's Dream foundation. Thank you to everyone who participated and showed their support!

School Representative Council

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Camp Day 2

It was a big day for Year 7 at the Kincumber Great Aussie Bush camp. We started early altogether with the giant swing. We conquered our fears and had a blast. Next up we visited "Lost Island" which was an intense obstacle course through the mud. We finished the day with the high ropes course and some team building at initiatives before a games and trivia night tonight. Tomorrow morning we are off canoeing and abseiling before heading home after lunch.

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Sweet Creations

Our Stage 5 Food Technology students have been busy in the kitchen preparing, baking and icing delicious gingerbread! They have explored different icing materials as part of their hands-on learning, getting ready for their cake decorating assessment later this term. We can’t wait to see their creativity and skills shine!

Laura Young | TAS Teacher

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Hampton Public School

We extend warm wishes to all the special women in our lives on Mother's Day, and are delighted to share that at Hampton School, we recently brought our students, mothers and grandmothers together for a special celebration, where we prepared a delicious morning tea using fresh produce from our kitchen garden.

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