Secondary

NSW Merino Challenge

On Monday seven students travelled to Dubbo to participate in the NSW Merino Schools Wether Challenge. This was a first-time event for Boorowa Central School, facing up against 70 other schools from across NSW, the culmination of five months preparation. Although they did not manage to win any major prizes the team was highly regarded for the way the sheep had adapted to the Boorowa conditions. A special thanks to Corkhill Agriculture for the donation of show halters and leads as well as to the Merriman family for their support and advice throughout the preparation period. We look forward to returning next year bigger and better!

Mr James McDonald l Ag Teacher

Batyr 

On Thursday 29 August, batyr visited Boorowa Central School to deliver a mental health program to Stage 5 and 6. 

batyr is a ‘for-purpose’ preventative mental health organisation, created and driven by young people, for young people. batyr provide a number of leading educational programs designed to build stigma free, supportive communities for young people and aim to keep young people from reaching the point of crisis through prevention and early intervention.

Students heard from young people who had struggled with their own mental health, discussed signs and symptoms of mental health illnesses and were made of aware of how to reach out and who to turn to when needing help. Students finished their session by making a pledge to themselves for how they can look after their own or others mental health.

Claire Cosgrove

Winning stories: Education Week

Delilah Cross and Mia Gibbons participated in Education Week's writing competition, run by the English/HSIE department. They were tasked with writing a piece based on the theme of 'Proud to Belong'.

Stage 5 Drama

Smart and Drama night is almost upon us and Stage 5 Drama are rehearsing for their upcoming play: Toy Store Murder. In collaboration with Mrs Dreverman students have created a script from scratch and have started to embody their characters and the space. Students are excited to perform their piece at Smart and Drama Night to a full house!