PLAYTIME FOR HORNSBY HOSPITAL
Sick children at Hornsby Hospital will benefit from a new and improved play area as part of a NSW State Government initiative to make hospital stays easier on the younger patients. Member for Hornsby, Matt Kean MP said the funding will be used to make a hospital stay for children and their families a little […]
RURAL ROUND UP
I was delighted to join the members of the Arcadia Galston Residents Association (AGRA) for their recent meeting at Galston Club. High on the agenda was the landmark Galston village Public Domain Strategy. Our first speaker was Fiona Robbe, local resident and landscape architect, who presented past design ideas with traffic and pedestrian solutions with […]
Arcadia rural fire brigade – How Fire Proof is your Fire Plan
Arcadia rural fire brigade By Peta Gormly How Fire Proof is your Fire Plan The brigade went to Vision Valley to discuss with 145 year 5 students from Waverly College Arcadia’s operational readiness, how we tackle bush fires, what other incidents we attend (which can be odd and varied), the training we partake in all […]
Middle Dural Fire Brigade News
Recently all the volunteer fire brigades in The Hills Shire went through an exercise known as The Readiness Check. One Saturday every year at the start of the fire season, our District Office in Annangrove Road organises an inspection of almost every single piece of equipment that could possibly be used in a bush fire. […]
Galston Rural Fire Brigade News
New Members The Galston Rural Fire Brigade would like to congratulate the 12 new members who recently signed up in our recruitment drive for finishing their Bush Firefighter (BF) training course and officially becoming qualified. It’s great to see so many enthusiastic members join the team. A big thank you also goes out to all […]
Glenorie Rural Fire Brigade News
2018 Glenorie Santa Run Each year Glenorie and Hillside Brigades take Santa around Glenorie Village to see all the kids before he needs to go and deliver presents. The Santa Run will start at Timaru Street at 4:00pm and slowly move through the Eastern then Western side of Glenorie Village before ending at Glenorie Woolworths […]
Arcadia Pony Club 2019 Registration & Open Day – Come meet and ride with the stars from Tinney Eventing!
Come ride with us – join us for fun, friendship and competitions! If you think Pony Club looks like a lot of fun but were not sure if it is for you, why don’t you come along to our 2019 Registration & Open Day on Sunday, 3rd February to find out more. Arcadia Pony Club […]
Galston Equestrian Club the end of a very successful 2018 – Merry Christmas!
At the November Horse Agility Day on 14 October, we had a lovely day challenging ourselves and our horses with Instructor Suzanne Bellette. There were many new obstacles for our horses to navigate and a jump off at the end of the morning, which kept everyone on their toes. Congratulations to the prize winners and […]
DOGS HELPING CHILDREN TO READ
Five 2nd grade pupils in Galston Public School are reading to Zoe, a Labrador bitch, every week and this is greatly improving their reading skills. The children love Zoe and enjoy reading to her because it makes reading fun. This helps them become confident, lifelong readers as their reading skills and confidence soar. Zoe listens, […]
Starting Big School Success
Enrolments are welcome anytime. If you would like a private tour of Arcadia please contact our office on (02) 9653-1207. Starting Big School sessions have been a huge success with pre-schoolers and their parents coming to see what Kindergarten is all about at our wonderful school. Thank you very much to our parent helpers who […]
