Heartbeats
“Thanks to the Local Community” Michelle from Michelle Riley Fitness and Performance Management is VERY excited to be nominated as a finalist in the “New Business” category for the Local Business Awards. This wouldn’t have been possible without the tremendous support and encouragement from not only the local Community but her amazing local ladies that […]
Galston Equestrian Club – So many varied activities!
Our Members Only Dressage Comp on 25th Feb broke the drought. We did a rain dance on the dressage arenas and the drizzle started during the last classes for the day, and by the time we packed up we had proper rain. We had 44 happy members doing 78 tests. Congratulations to Anne-Katrin Liebe on […]
Trapping and Tracking to Tackle Tabbies
Hornsby Shire Council will expand its feral cat trapping efforts and join the Cat Tracker Australia program, in an attempt to reduce the impact of cats on our local native wildlife. Only feral cats will be targeted by the traps, which have been carefully designed to cause no harm to the animals. “If a domestic cat is […]
Galston Public School
A delicious morning tea of hot cross buns and gingerbread bunnies eaten under the school’s beautiful leafy trees was an especially fitting end for Term 1. Earlier in the morning a visit from a very happy and energetic ‘Easter Bunny’, as well as a colourful Easter hat parade, was enjoyed by Galston Public School students. […]
News from Galston High School
Galston High School Leadership Camp Prefects, house leaders and the SRC recently attended a fun-filled and productive leadership camp at Vision Valley. The main purpose of the camp was to plan and organise the events for the year and to build leadership capacity while developing the bonds between the leadership teams. Highlights of the camp […]
Northholm Students Support The World’s Greatest Shave
Every year, a handful of Northholm students choose to cut or shave their hair as participants in The World’s Greatest Shave – but not this year. This year, 13 students and a teacher braved the scissors or clippers for this great cause. In its 20th year, the World’s Greatest Shave raises money for The Leukaemia […]
Arcadia Public School Team Spirit
Arcadia Public School has had a brilliant start to 2018 with every class already immersed in learning! Years 2 to 6 had a day away from the classroom and into the pool for the much anticipated swimming carnival which was a huge success. The cheering and chanting could be heard from outside the pool as […]
Hills Grammar’s World’s Greatest Shave Record
Congratulations to Hills Grammar Year 12 students! Exceeding their $20,000 goal by a huge $14,000 for the Leukaemia Foundation. This is the 15th year that Year 12 has been raising funds for cancer research and this year all records were broken as they became the 2nd highest fundraising school in NSW and 5th in the […]
KU Galston Preschool
This month we celebrated Chinese New Year with the children helping to paint and collage a dragon head for our dragon dance. The children made drums to use as percussion as we danced in the playground with our dragon head. We enjoyed stories about celebrations and how different cultures celebrate special occasions. We made fried […]
Kookaburra Cottage Family Day Care
Early Childhood Teacher Janine Frost is the creator and founder of ‘Kookaburra Cottage Family Day Care’ which is a new and innovative childcare service situated in the heart of Galston. Traditionally, family day care is based in an educator’s home. However, Kookaburra Cottage is a free standing, purpose built service situated on 1.7 acres. The […]
