5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (396+ words) Goroke’s Nikiesha Pilgrim is this year’s Australian Swim Schools Association, ASSA, National Gold Water Safety Champion, named for her drive to enable children to access swimming lessons. Ms Pilgrim, who manages West Wimmera’s Edenhope and Goroke swimming pools and teaches…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (748+ words) Horsham West and Haven Primary School and Dimboola Memorial Secondary College are among schools celebrating their annual National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy, NAPLAN, test results – and the practices that help achieve those results. Horsham West campus assistant principal Cam…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (362+ words) Rural Northwest Health’s Hopetoun aged-care residents were treated to multiple visits from some of the community’s youngest members last week, as part of ongoing intergenerational programs at the campus. Hopetoun Pre-School returned to the campus for a special visit filled…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (368+ words) Victoria State Emergency Service, VICSES, last week honoured Wimmera volunteer Nola Smith for her decades of dedication and contribution to the community. Wimmera operations manager Ryan Leffler presented Ms Smith with a certificate of appreciation for her contributions across decades…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (255+ words) Horsham’s St Brigid’s College is the first school in the region to use virtual reality, VR, as a permanent part of its curriculum in a classroom setting. Teacher and VR co-ordinator Tamika Burdett said it gave the school’s students from…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (507+ words) More than 130 people including past and present Woorak residents and their families and friends gathered to celebrate the centenary of Woorak Hall on August 8. People travelled from across the region and beyond, including Melbourne, Sydney and South Australia to visit…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (928+ words) Ararat’s tourism drawcard Aradale has been closed to the public, with leaseholder Melbourne Polytechnic suspending tours due to safety concerns. Friends of J Ward volunteers host historical daytime tours of the government-owned former psychiatric hospital, while Eerie Tours gives night-time,…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (217+ words) A new kindergarten will be built at Edenhope College as part of the State Government’s Best Start, Best Life reforms. Providing additional kindergarten places for families in Edenhope and surrounding communities, the new centre is expected to be a one-room…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (280+ words) St Brigid’s College Horsham students are state finalists in a science and engineering challenge and will compete for a national spot in Geelong next month. The challenge promotes STEM – science, technology, engineering and maths – nationwide to students in years nine…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (419+ words) Mal Hayes has returned to his hometown of Horsham as CFA District 17’s newly appointed acting assistant chief fire officer. Covering an area of more than 200 kilometres from one end to the other, Mr Hayes said he was looking to…...