Galston High School
By Luke Cosgrove Galston High School Community has lost a much-loved teacher and long-standing member of the school and wider community, Jill Gray. Her teaching spans two generations of the Galston High School community. In over forty one years as a teacher with the Department of Education, with most of those years being at Galston […]
A Year to be Thankful
By Craig Hingston Although 2021 will be remembered as a challenging year, because of the COVID pandemic and lockdown, New Hope School at Dural had plenty to be thankful for. One reason to celebrate was the largest cohort of final year graduates. There was six Year 12 students in the Class of 2021 and most […]
Hills Grammar School
Hills Grammar introduced the Entrepreneurship program to their Senior School curriculum this year which has proven to encourage students to think about life beyond the school gates. The new program is part of the Deeper Water, Deeper Learning framework, aimed at developing Deep Learning Competencies of Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Citizenship and Character. Each […]
Celebrated – Hills Grammar Graduates
‘Fostering each student’s potential for greatness’ is a lofty goal set for Hills Grammar staff. However, it is fundamental to School’s mission, and as such, makes it most gratifying to follow the varied paths of its alumni, whose ‘greatness’ is exhibited in so many creative and significant ways. Hills Grammar has been privileged to tap […]
Making the Move to Retirement Living
OUR TOP 3 REASONS FOR DOWNSIZING 1. COMMUNITY AND COMPANIONSHIP Moving to a Uniting retirement village gives you an instant neighbourhood of like-minded residents in a welcoming community. Sharing garden space and entertaining areas, and taking part in village activities, leads to friendships and looking out for each other. “Take the leap – you’ll find […]
Catholic Healthcare’s Leadership Team – Get A Taste Of Mackillop House Norwest!
Food is such an important part of our residents’ daily lives, and in November the Catholic Healthcare leadership team had an opportunity to sample a beautiful home-cooked dinner at the newlyopened MacKillop House Norwest. The leadership team spent the night at the Home, in a once-in-a-lifetime experience which included sampling a taste of the new […]
Technology Tips for Seniors
Technology is incredibly helpful in the lives of many senior Australians, but developing the skills and confidence to master their smart devices can prove challenging. Here are some helpful tips: 1 Be Password Smart. When using the internet, choose a strong password that only you will know. Use special characters and symbols and consider using longer […]
Is “Independence” in your List?
Tech companies know more about us than we do about ourselves these days. Ask Google, Apple or Amazon. They know where we shop, what we eat, what we like etc better than our family or friends. It’s the thought that makes the difference. In every gift, we also pack our time, our thoughtfulness, our consideration […]
News from History Cottage
What a joy it was for some fifty members and visitors to meet on the 13th of November. Our guest speaker, Jo Hambrett, told the story of her family, the Bests. Six generations have farmed in the Dural district for over two hundred years, making it the most prolonged continuous family agricultural enterprise in Australia. […]
$400,000 Christmas “Boost” to Community
By Ray Williams The Castle Hill electorate secured $400,000 in funding for a total of 26 projects through the NSW Government’s 2021 Community Building Partnership Program. This funding will help deliver improvements to local facilities and help create a more vibrant and inclusive local community. Congratulations to the successful applicants. 1st Castle Hill Scouts, 1st […]
