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Hillside kids learning skills for life
For at least a few hours a week, these Hillside children drop the devices and get out the tools. More than 50 pupils from Sydenham-Hillside…
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Join the minions
To celebrate the launch of Despicable Me 3 this school holidays, Pacific Werribee will be hosting a Despicable Me 3 activity centre during week one of the school holidays…
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Melton South toddler’s drowning prompts coroner to call for action on backyard pool fences
The Victorian government has again been urged by a coroner to implement better pool safety measures following the drowning death of a two-year-old boy, who…
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Kids get cosy with Aussie wildlife
Melton youngsters cuddled an Aussie wildlife icon last Friday. As part of World Environment Day celebrations, mobile zoo Wild Action was at Melton library to…
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Reading sessions benefit young and old
Hunter and Hayley love books – but they need a bit of help with reading. Thanks to Melton council’s Let’s Read Together program, the youngsters…
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Great strides for Big Ben
When Benjamin McLean was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at the age of six weeks his parents couldn’t believe it. “We thought they’d made a mistake,”…
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New toys and books for Melton South playgroup
Melton’s Small Potatoes is finally getting a stock of new, state-of-the-art toys. The Melton South playgroup, founded by Rebecca Macmillan a few months ago, has…
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Myrniong primary school pupils walk the planks
Myrniong Primary School pupils have been sailing the high seas since the addition of a pirate ship playground. Scott Fisher, father of one pupil, volunteered…
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Halloween walking bus comes to Diggers Rest
Zombies, monsters and witches are out. Diggers Rest’s children will find themselves in a scary and not-so-scary world when the Halloween Walking ‘Bus’ comes to…
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Melton South tragedy highlights call for water safety
Parents are urged not to take their eyes off their children around water following the death of a toddler in a backyard pool at his…
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Chicks hatch at Kurunjang primary school
Squealing students and chirping chicks … it’s been an epic two weeks at Kurunjang primary school. As part of their life cycle studies, grade 1…
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Moorabool Literacy Trail leads to learning
The spirit of learning will inspire Ballan residents as they take to the Moorabool ‘Literacy Trail’ on September 4. The event, in it’s ninth year,…
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Storytime at Eynesbury
Eynesbury youngsters are getting a head-start in their education thanks to weekly storytime sessions. Story times for children aged between two and five run every…
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Diggers Rest dad named coach of the month
Footy isn’t just about night training and Saturday morning matches for coach Paul Davis … it’s a way of life. The Diggers Rest Auskick coach…
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Moorabool children remembering World War 1
Moorabool’s children are vowing to never forget their forefathers’ roles in World War I. The musical show Remembering World War I will star pupils from…
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