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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...

Trafalgar students celebrated at awards night

The Trafalgar High School community recently came together to celebrate 212 students who received awards across a number of categories. Recognising students’ endeavour, leadership and academic excellence, the school’s awards night was opened by...

Student-made blankets warmly welcomed at hospital

Visits to hospital for treatments and for those in longer term aged care at West Gippsland Hospital will be more comfortable thanks to the efforts of Warragul Primary School students. Student representatives arrived at the hospital carrying armfuls...

Mavis cuts hair in a show of heart

Embracing St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School’s core values of wisdom, integrity, compassion and respect, year five student Mavis Parke has had her long locks cut off to donate to Hair With Heart. With the cheers of her peers supporting her, Mavis sat...

Student’s artistic talents on display

Gippsland’s finest young students have taken over the West Gippsland Arts Centre’s community exhibition space with their incredible works created during their VCE art classes. Until Friday, February 28, visitors can discover the creativity and...

St Paul’s bikes with Brenton

Over the course of two weeks, students at St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School’s Warragul junior school built their cycling skills with former professional racing cyclist and class of 2009 alumnus Brenton Jones. Students were excited to be able to bring...

Sports stars visit St Paul’s

Several sports stars recently took time out of their busy schedules to visit St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School and speak with High Performance Program (HPP) students during their annual HPP seminar day. Organised by program co-ordinator Scott Armour...

Sounds of Summer success

Eight talented bands from Drouin Secondary College took to the stage at Drouin’s Civic Park at Baw Baw Shire Council’s recent Sounds of Summer event. About 200 people of all ages attended the event, enjoying live music, giant lawn games, food...

Grandparents take centre stage at Willow Grove

Grandparentstake centrestage atWillow GroveStudents at Willow Grove Primary School recently celebrated national Grandparents Day with their grandparents or a special person in their lives. The school, which has 68 students, was flooded with more than...

A garden of books

Warragul and District Specialist School hosted a book fair during November. It was a great opportunity for students and their families and friends to go along to the school and look at all the new books available. Mason McGuire and Jacob Clarke were...

Plants create special memorial garden

A special memorial garden in honour of former student Rose McMahon has been created at St Ita’s Primary School, Drouin. Supported by the Warragul Toyota team as part of its annual support for National Tree Day events, the garden in Rose’s honour was...

Students bombed with colour

Studentsbombedwith colourThe oval at St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School was transformed into a vibrant course of obstacles for the junior school’s inaugural Colour Fun Run recently. Students from prep to year six leapt over hay bales, raced through...

Mission to make a difference

An afternoon of fun at a Warragul school recently raised more than $2100 for underprivileged people in Mongolia. St Joseph’s Primary School held its annual “Mission Market”, with grade five and six students displaying great creativity to plan stalls...

Being creative in STEM

Creativein STEMGrade four to six students at Ellinbank Primary School had the chance to flex their creative muscles recently as they designed, planned and built bird houses as part of the school’s STEM program. The school’s specialised STEM -...

Schools expand respect resources

Schools expandrespectresourcesStudents will learn to recognise and respond to toxic masculinity, hate speech and coercive control online – with new Respectful Relationships resources being rolled out to schools across the state. The new resources...

Celebration day at St Paul’s

Before they knuckle down to study for their final exams, year 12 students at St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School celebrated their official last day of secondary school dressed in costumes, playing games and reminiscing about the year they’ve had. The...

New kindergartens needed

Significant numbers of children will be unable to access kindergarten in Baw Baw Shire unless further infrastructure is made available, a new report has warned. The report, sharing outcomes of council’s feasibility assessment on early years...