Giralang Primary School students and staff had a couple of unexpected visitors last week.
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16 May 2019
Last week the Science Mentors ACT program was launched at Melrose High School.
10 May 2019
Paige Rule, 5, is just starting to trace letters, play with new friends and learn about the world in her first year of school. Last October, just a few months before she started Kindergarten, Paige was diagnosed with leukaemia, a blood cancer affecting thousands of children across Australia.
09 May 2019
When Gungahlin College languages teacher Angela Rega started writing short stories more than 10 years ago, they were for her eyes only – she never imagined she would get national attention for them.
24 Apr 2019
High Schools and Colleges are holding information nights for prospective students and their families in May and June. The details are available here.
10 Apr 2019
Hawker hosts female students for Engineering and Computer Science Day
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