Member for Wide Bay Warren Truss has blasted a speech given by Prime Minister Julia Gillard yesterday on the proposed Gonski reforms to education, saying the Government doesn’t have the money to meet its promises.
More than 1200 South Burnett students were wowed by Queensland’s top theatre company earlier this month
Murgon State High School this evening hosted the official launch of MRAEL’s new Indigenous Employment and Training Project.
Almost $3.4 million could be ripped out of some South Burnett State School budgets if proposed Gonski reforms to school funding were introduced, according to a recent media report.
Students from St John’s Lutheran School have been participating in a new sport during PE lessons recently.
Kingaroy State High School vice-captains Scott Barry and Amy Harch, and school captain Berni Bunker, presented a cheque for $1500 to School Chaplain Ruth Wright at the school assembly this morning.
Moffatdale School celebrated Harmony Day on Thursday … a day to bring cultures together.
The South Burnett’s second annual combined schools NAIDOC Day celebration – a celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture – was hosted by St Mary’s Catholic College in Kingaroy last Friday.
Maylene Saltner and Clayton Weazel ensure their children get up each morning, have breakfast and head to Cherbourg State School.
Kingaroy State High School student Amy Harch was named Quota International’s Student of The Year at the District finals held in Murgon on Saturday.
Riders from St Mary’s Catholic College took out second place at the Fraser Coast Equestrian Challenge
High school students from across the South Burnett, eager to find out more information on their future job options, flocked to Kingaroy today to attend the annual South Burnett Careers Expo.
Cherbourg State School students took part in a two-day sports carnival recently
Cherbourg State School student Tyreece Gyemore earned a week of free school lunches by setting a new 11-year-old boys’ high jump record at the school’s two-day sports carnival held this week.
St Mary’s Catholic College’s Maryknoll Centre in Kingaroy was transformed into a winter wonderland on Saturday night as more than 70 staff members and parents celebrated “Christmas in July”.
Popular school music program Fanfare will continue, thanks to a $150,000 donation from businessman Harvey Lister
Kingaroy State High School’s Concert Band bowed out of the 2012 Fanfare competition at the State finals held at the Old Museum in Brisbane last night.
Award-winning Australian author James Moloney will be visiting Kingaroy tomorrow (July 31) to speak to students at Kingaroy State High School and to meet residents at the Kingaroy Library.
Queensland Theatre Company will perform “Stradbroke Dreamtime” for more than 1200 students in August, thanks to sponsorship from Stanwell Corporation.
If you see some odd-looking vehicles in the South Burnett this week don’t panic … the 2012 XXXX Gold Variety Bash will be passing through the region.
