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Zooming into fun and friendship

The mood at the annual Prep Grand Prix at St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School’s Drouin and Warragul campuses reached fever pitch recently with students and families coming together in friendly competition - all while driving some wildly imaginative...

Celebrating Japanese culture

Students at Longwarry Primary School participated in a vibrant celebration of Japanese culture recently in honour of world Pokémon Day. The event, which aimed to promote cultural awareness while having a bit of fun, featured a series of engaging...

Small schools show their stuff

Three of the region’s smaller schools got together recently to hold their annual small schools athletics day. Bona Vista, Ellinbank and Ripplebrook Primary Schools headed to Geoff Watt Memorial Track on Thursday March 6 to compete with and against...

Annual Catholic appeal launched

Catholic students, teachers, and guests from school and parish communities recently joined Diocese of Sale Bishop, the Most Reverend Greg Bennet to launch the 2025 Project Compassion appeal. This year’s launch of the annual Caritas fundraiser was...

Accelerating towards change

Trafalgar High School celebrated International Women’s Day with a focus on empowering each other. Students and staff took on the theme of ‘Accelerate Action’ every day by accelerating a ‘smoothie bike’ loaned from a local health service and making...

Pancakes kick-start school year

Pancakes kick-startschool yearThe Longwarry Primary School community came together recently to celebrate the start of the 2025 school year with a welcome breakfast. The event, which aimed to foster connection and a sense of community, saw students...

Syrup and smiles make fora flip-tacular Shrove Tuesday

Students at St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School’s Drouin Campus had a flip-tacular time celebrating Shrove Tuesday last week. Educators engaged students in lively discussions about the history and meaning of Shrove Tuesday before the fun really...

Breakfast club kicks off the school day

Kicking off the school day with a good breakfast is something Drouin Secondary College students have easy access to through the school’s breakfast club. A student welfare initiative, breakfast club is supported by Drouin Rotary and Lions Clubs to...

Students learn to be eSmart

Neerim South Primary School joined a global day of action to raise awareness of online safety recently. The school hosted Alannah and Madeline Foundation eSmart Schools advisors to host a parent presentation and lead workshops for all students. It ran...

New Live4Life crew inducted

Forty young people from seven local secondary schools and education settings across Baw Baw Shire were inducted as youth mental health ambassadors at the recent Baw Baw Shire Live4Life crew induction day. The group was made up of year nine and 10...

Chairo splashes down at swim sprots

Chairo Christian School recently held their senior school swimming carnival for students in years nine to 12 from the Drouin and Leongatha campuses at the Drouin outdoor pool. Flynn (named after the founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service) was...

Students singing at Valentine’s Day

Friendship is often regarded as the purest form of love and students at St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School welcomed the opportunity to celebrate it on Valentine’s Day. Aside from learning, one of the most special parts of going to school each day is...

Pies treat for Ellinbank

Students all around the region were in for a treat on Tuesday when Collingwood Football Club players visited Baw Baw schools as part of their Community Camp. The Magpies headed to 24 primary and secondary schools across the region, answering...

Storytime a hit at Drouin

Storytime ahit at DrouinStories, songs and craft were a featurewhen Storytime returned to Drouin Library in 2025. Aimed at pre-schoolers, the popular program is a great way to introduce youngsters to the library and reading in a fun and engaging...

Leaders of the future

Senior students at Nilma Primary School were presented with their student leadership badges at a special assembly marking the beginning of the new school year..The school community came together for the presentation, with Member for Narracan Wayne...

Back into the school groove

Back into theschool grooveSt Joseph’s Trafalgar school community welcomed back students and teachers after the school holidays with a party atmosphere. A group of fun loving students dressed in party hats and novelty glasses and danced to welcome...

Udderly magnificent art

There was little left to the imagination of what a dairy community represented when St Angela of the Cross, Warragul students put their creative talents to work in Dairy Australia’s Picasso Cows program. And the results were udderly magnificent -...

Competitive spirit to find Iron Chef

Competitivespirit to findIron ChefOnce a year at St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School, year six students are determined to be crowned as the next “Iron Chef.“Organised by Warragul Junior School Japanese teacher Kooloos Sensei, the students were tasked...

Bunyip newsletter sponsors four local student awards

Grade six students at Bunyip schools were recently presented with special awards. Daisy O’Loughlin and Sevanna Reid from Columba Catholic Primary School and Makenzie Straughair and Ryder Turra from Bunyip Primary School were thrilled to receive their...