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Students sew seeds of empathy

STUDENTS at Red Cliffs East Primary School created an Empathy Garden as part of a school-wide undertaking of the Resilience Project. Centered on four principles of empathy, gratitude, mindfulness and emotional literacy, the Resilience Project has...

05 Apr 2025
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Bunny bonnets hop to it

THE Easter Bunny made a special visit to Nichols Point Primary School for the annual Easter bonnet parade on Thursday. Prep, grade one and two students took part in the parade, high-fiving fellow students and showing off their hats to invited...

06 Apr 2025
Community

Helping make the world work

LA Trobe University’s Mildura campus’ students and staff marked World Social Work Day with a tree planting project that’s aiming to represent different groups including older adults, youth, First Nations peoples, those with disabilities, and from...

30 Mar 2025
Education

Students backed by MFC support

TWENTY-eight young people undertaking higher education or following their sporting dreams have been announced as recipients of this year’s Chances for Children scholarships. First offered 25 years ago, the program is run by Mallee Family Care and...

31 Mar 2025
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13 Feb 2020
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Good to grow at TAFE farm

THE continuing redevelopment of the SuniTAFE teaching farm at Irymple reached another major milestone on Wednesday, with the Victorian Minister for TAFE touring the facility and officially unveiling a plaque to mark the occasion. Works at the site on...

28 Mar 2025
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Nichols Point shelter opens

THE now Victorian Heritage listed shelter shed in Nichols Point was officially reopened on Saturday after 10 years of advocacy. First constructed as a rotunda in 1910 next to the original Nichols Point school building on the corner of Fifth Street...

25 Mar 2025
News

Schools in perfect harmony

SCHOOLS across Sunraysia celebrated Harmony Day yesterday with activities, traditional attire and performances in recognition of Australia’s cultural diversity. Mildura West Primary School took part in the festivities with an...

23 Mar 2025
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Shade thrown on grants program

THE Koorlong Primary community wants few things more than shade sails over the school’s basketball court, but repeated funding rejections have left students exposed to the sun. The small school, located in a bushfire-prone area and designated an...

17 Mar 2025
Education

Student leaders in their element

FUTURE and emerging leaders at Mildura West Primary School were awarded badges at a special ceremony on Friday. Mildura Mayor Cr Helen Healy was invited along to speak and meet with the student representatives, which she said was quite the honour...

11 Mar 2025
Education

Class of 2024 graduates celebrate

ANOTHER cohort of SuniTAFE graduates celebrated their achievements at last week’s graduation and awards ceremony. The Mildura campus graduates gathered at the Mildura Arts Centre to mark the milestone alongside families, teachers and...

10 Mar 2025
Education

Future leaders focus on helping out

WENTWORTH Shire Council hosted a Youth Leaders program earlier this week for Year 12 school captains from Coomealla High School as well as St Joseph and Red Cliffs secondary colleges. The opportunity came through the Spontaneous Volunteers Support...

08 Mar 2025
News

La Trobe to back pay $10m

LA Trobe University has been ordered to back pay workers for underpayment, including superannuation contributions, by the Commonwealth’s Fair Work Ombudsman. Known as an enforceable undertaking running to $10.77 million, the order...

07 Mar 2025
Education

Undergrad awarded prestigious scholarship

A FORMER Mildura Senior College student has been awarded a Charles Allan Seymour Hawker Scholarship for contributions made to school and community, as well as her academic ability and future leadership potential. Evelyn Cirillo, who graduated with...

06 Mar 2025
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Speaker makes historic visit

SPEAKER of the Australian Parliament’s House of Representatives, Milton Dick, visited several schools in the Mallee electorate last week, as part of his last educational visit for the Parliamentary term. Stopping by schools at Horsham, Birchip...

03 Mar 2025
Education

Student to help out in Sweden

A LA Trobe University nursing and midwifery student will be travelling to Sweden next week to take part in an international placement program. Pyper Dalla Santa will be undertaking a major birth suite placement which will allow her to complete the...

01 Mar 2025
Education

MSC alumni pens page-turning talk

A MILDURA Senior College alumni and storyteller returned to her old school on Wednesday to speak with current Year 12 students. Lardil and Yangkaal artist Maya Hodge has worked as an assistant curator at the Koorie Heritage Trust and Blak Dot...

28 Feb 2025