School

Building Resilience To
Make ‘Better’ Brains

Building Resilience To<br> Make  ‘Better’  Brains

The brain is a wonderful thing, but it’s also a source of mystery to most people, full of hidden thoughts and impulses.

Kilkivan’s Song Unveiled

Kilkivan’s Song Unveiled

Kilkivan and its residents have been immortalised in song by country music singer Josh Arnold

TAFE Open Night Draws Crowd

TAFE Open Night Draws Crowd

An Open Night at the Kingaroy TAFE College on Wednesday drew a good crowd of potential new students eager to find out what the South Burnett’s leading vocational training centre has to offer.

Hands-On Look At Uni Life

Hands-On Look At Uni Life

Kingaroy State High School Year 11 student Cortney Sonter wants a career in engineering so she jumped at the chance to take a trip across to Toowoomba today for a hands-on look at the University of Southern Queensland’s programs.

School Plans An Historic Weekend

School Plans An Historic Weekend

Organisers of the Combined Anniversary Celebrations at St Mary’s Catholic College – to be held at the end of this month – have dug out some historic photographs during their research ahead of the big weekend.

Road Safety Becomes Real

Road Safety Becomes Real

In 2009, two 18-year-old girls were killed in a head-on crash in the Yarra Valley in Victoria … the ripple effect of their deaths is still being felt today, even as far away as Kingaroy.

Extra Funding For Dist Ed

Extra Funding For Dist Ed

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced extra funding for Queensland’s Schools of Distance Education to help relieve the financial pressures faced by drought-affected families.

Learning Can Be Fun

Learning Can Be Fun

Kingaroy State High School students have been visiting the South Burnett Child Care Centre in Kingaroy recently as part of their Early Childhood course.

PCYC School Camp Gives Inspiration

PCYC School Camp Gives Inspiration

Murgon State High School students got a buzz from showcasing their talent, culture and hanging out with others doing their best at school.

Kilkivan Wins Song Competition

Kilkivan Wins Song Competition

Kilkivan has won country music singer Josh Arnold’s Small Town Culture project – and will now have a song and video made about the town.

School First … And Then Football

School First … And Then Football

Cherbourg Hornets’ rugby league player Dennis Sandow says education should always come before footy.

Education Gap Starts To Close

Education Gap Starts To Close

A record number of Cherbourg children are graduating from Year 12 and going onto further study

Students Tour Sewage Plant

Students Tour Sewage Plant

Year 7 students from Nanango State High School visited the Nanango Sewage Treatment Plant recently.

Students ‘Adopt-a-Cop’

Students ‘Adopt-a-Cop’

The students at Tanduringie State School near Maidenwell have a new “Adopt-a-Cop”

Former Principal Dies

Former Principal Dies

Former Kingaroy State High School principal Alan Whitmee died in Brisbane on Wednesday.

Marathon Weekend At Easter

Marathon Weekend At Easter

Maidenwell is about to go marathon crazy with the inaugural Maidenwell Marathon Weekend next month.

What A Cracking Good Effort!

What A Cracking Good Effort!

St Mary’s students whipped the opposition into shape at the recent Queensland Whipcracking Titles held at Clifton.

School Reaches Out To Families

School Reaches Out To Families

A local school has created a new staff role this year to get families more engaged in their school community.

Banquet Serves Up Dollars For Library

Banquet Serves Up Dollars For Library

The Wondai Hotel was packed on Friday night with South Burnett residents eager to help raise money to equip a new Wondai P-9 school library.