Torchlight Tales Celebrate Book Week
Schools all over the South Burnett have been organising special activities to celebrate Book Week
Project Changes Lives In Two Countries
Six Kingaroy State High students have become trailblazers for a new type of excursion opportunity at the school … and along the way they changed their lives, and the lives of a poor Cambodian family.
Gayndah Takes Home Trophy
The fifth annual South Burnett Interschool Equestrian Competition attracted 68 riders when it was held at Kingaroy Showgrounds earlier this month.
Students Hit Top Note In Brisbane
Music students from St Mary’s Catholic College in Kingaroy returned victorious from the Queensland Catholic Music Festival at Villanova College, Brisbane, on Saturday.
‘Mrs Tingoora’ Wins State Award
Tingoora State School admin officer and teacher aide Robyn Broomhall has been dubbed “Mrs Tingoora” by her colleagues … but now she has an official trophy to go alongside her honorary title.
Apprenticeships Deadline Extended
People who would like to apply for one of eight positions at Stanwell now have an extra week
Kingaroy High Tops Art Competition
Kingaroy State High School walked away the winners of this year’s South Burnett High School Art Competition when the results were announced on Friday night.
Guests Enjoy A Super Time At Fete
A Friendship Fete last Saturday has helped Blackbutt’s C&K Community Kindergarten reach the half-way mark for its current fundraising campaign.
Greatest Gift Is Donating Life
Talking about organ donations can be tricky subject, especially when the people you’re talking to are in the prime of their life … but former Kingaroy resident Bianca Topp is an old hand at it now.
Students Show Out-Of-This-World Talent
Kingaroy State High School’s annual Flair concert – a fundraiser for the school’s Chaplaincy program – was truly out of this world on Friday evening.
Huge Day To Help Make Big Choices
The 2016 South Burnett Careers Market attracted more than 500 students from local high schools to TAFE South West’s Kingaroy campus on Thursday.
Students Rock It To Success
It’s that time of the year when South Burnett parents get bowled over by all the young talent on show on school stages … on Friday night, it was the turn of St Mary’s Catholic College in Kingaroy.
School Stamp Clubs
Lead To Membership Boom
Membership of the Nanango Stamp Club has boomed this year thanks to the club’s South Burnett Schools Stamp Education Program.
Uni Roadshow Coming To Murgon
A university roadshow will visit Murgon at the end of next month to help “demystify” higher education
Chris Wins NAIDOC Award
Former Cherbourg School principal Chris Sarra has been named “Person Of The Year” at the NAIDOC Awards
Try For 5 And A Football!
If the secret of success in rugby league is training, training, training … the secret to success at school is pretty much the same: make every day count.
Little Mermaid Launches Young Stars
St Mary’s Catholic College students embarked on a massive under-the-sea musical journey just five weeks ago
Students Profit From Business Experience
A bunch of Kingaroy State High School students now know a lot more about running a small business – and a fair bit about manufacturing and marketing coffee machines – after completing a three-day ECOMAN Program this week.
$5m Boost For Clontarf
The Clontarf Foundation – which is working with Indigenous youth at Cherbourg State School and Murgon and Kingaroy State High Schools – will receive $5 million under the latest round of funding from the Federal Government’s Indigenous Advancement Strategy.
Teachers Rough It During Sleepover
Thirty school principals had the opportunity to experience a brief taste of life in the old days on an Aboriginal Mission when they had a sleepover at Cherbourg this week.
