East Gippsland primary and secondary students were recognised for their achievements and citizenship traits at a special East Gippsland-wide awards night at the Bairnsdale Sporting and Convention Centre last Tuesday with Far East Gippsland students well represented at the regional event.Bairnsdale Secondary College acting principal, Noel Creece, welcomed students, their families and staff...

A large contingent of Mallacoota students and supporters participated in last Friday’s school strike for climate.The strike was an international movement of school students who took time off from class to participate in demonstrations to demand action to prevent further global warming and climate change.Thirty-five Mallacoota P-12 College students walked from the school oval to the town’s...

Orbost Secondary College presented three performances of its production, Squad Room, last week at the St James Hall.Audiences were treated to an entertaining night when they met a squad of loony detectives who handled everything from burglary to fraud.Commander Rainwater (played by Henry Hammond) was in the running to become mayor so was leaning on Lieutenant Moot- fowl (Lokan Woerz) to clean up...

Since the first school day of 2019, staff from Orbost Secondary College and Orbost, Orbost North, Newmerella and Marlo primary schools have been meeting regularly to develop a shared understanding of the characteristics of effective learners.The intention is to help students build a better understanding of what it is that makes an effective learner. Learning doesn’t finish at the school gate and...

Log trucks will not be banned from Delegate River Road despite a petition from local residents presented to East Gippsland Shire Council (EGSC).However, Delegate River Road will undergo a gravel re-sheet, hopefully before Christmas.EGSC general manager assets and environment, Fiona Weigall, spoke to the officer’s report regarding the petition ‘Degradation of Delegate River Road and Bridges and...