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MP Praises Cherbourg TV Campaign

MP Praises Cherbourg TV Campaign

The TV ads made by Cherbourg and South Burnett children to encourage parents to send them to school every day has won high praise from around the country.

Students Exercise Their Skills

Students Exercise Their Skills

Kingaroy State High School students – and teachers – have no excuse not to keep fit with the official opening of new fitness equipment in the school grounds on Thursday.

Kate Represents Lions In Gladstone

Kate Represents Lions In Gladstone

Kingaroy State High School student Kate McCormack represented the Kingaroy Lions Club and the local region at the District Finals of the Lions Youth of the Year competition held in Gladstone on March 29.

Police Go Back To School

Police Go Back To School

Taabinga State School “adopted” Kingaroy police officer Constable Chris Barron in a special ceremony during morning assembly today.

Student Is Cooking Up A Future

Student Is Cooking Up A Future

Sabastian Fisher is working to achieve two lifelong goals: he’d love to play in the NRL and become a top notch chef.

A Taste Of Farming Life At School

A Taste Of Farming Life At School

Prep students from four local schools enjoyed an opportunity yesterday to learn first-hand all about farm life (and where their food comes from), courtesy of Kingaroy State High School’s ag program.

Young Field Archers On Target

Young Field Archers On Target

Just 18 months ago, two young Nanango residents took up field archery as a sport … and already they’re on their way to competing at a national championship.

Cherbourg Experience Wins
Mum An International Award

Cherbourg Experience Wins<BR> Mum An International Award

A parenting skills trainer has won the Triple P International Presenter Of The Year award because of what she learned in Cherbourg over the past two years.

Parents To Get Together
To Help Children Learn

Parents To Get Together<br> To Help Children Learn

Parent Get Togethers are planned to be held in Cherbourg in April to help people get the best learning outcomes for their children.

Harmony And Hay Bales

Harmony And Hay Bales

St Mary’s Catholic College students in Kingaroy yesterday raised $900 towards hay bales for the region’s struggling farmers … while at the same time celebrating cultural diversity via Harmony Day.

Students Wax For A Cure

Students Wax For A Cure

When it came to The World’s Greatest Shave, four Kingaroy boys decided shaving their heads wasn’t going far enough.

Hats Off To Saint Patrick!

Hats Off To Saint Patrick!

You weren’t imagining it … there have been a lot more South Burnett citizens wearing green – and funny hats – around the place in the past few days than you’d normally see in the area.

Police Rangers Move Into New Era

Police Rangers Move Into New Era

Three St Mary’s Catholic College students return to their former primary school every Wednesday to become Cherbourg Junior Police Rangers.

TV Campaign Draws National Praise

TV Campaign Draws National Praise

A TV campaign featuring South Burnett schoolchildren has drawn nationwide praise.

St John’s Looks To The Future

St John’s Looks To The Future

Twenty-five years ago St John’s Lutheran School in Kingaroy opened with just 26 students and two staff members in the renovated (and relocated) Mannuem Creek school buildings.

Local Student Selected For Master Class

Local Student Selected For Master Class

Kingaroy State High School flautist, Yoko Henderson, was one of six students chosen from across the Toowoomba/South Burnett regions to attend a Master Class last Thursday with world-renowned flautist Jane Rutter.

School Celebrations Ready To Kick Off

St John’s Lutheran School’s big 25th anniversary celebrations will kick off at 10:00am tomorrow (March 8) with the ringing of the old school bell.

Students Ready To
Make A Difference

Students Ready To<BR> Make A Difference

Year 8 students from St John’s Lutheran School attended a special meeting in Brisbane on Monday.