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Local artists

2. December 2009

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Georgia Garland, 8, from Emu Heights Public School and Jordan Lewis, 12, from Leonay Public School are both famous artists! They each have a painting in the 2009 Western Sydney Environment calendar. Jordan’s colourful wetlands design was chosen for the front cover and the background  at the award ceremony. Georgia’s cute platypuses are featured in December.

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Move Over Master Chef

2. December 2009

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There will be a couple of celebrity chefs looking over their shoulders when Emu Heights Public School Kindergarten children get older. Each week the children take part in a developmental activities program which focuses on language acquisition and social skills through a range of small group activities. This term the activities include computer tasks, craft, painting, creative [...]

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Local Achievers

17. November 2009

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Congratulations to the six local residents who have been honoured in the 2009 Wall of Achievement Awards. Karl  Preuss and Michael Soper are Sport nominees. The Community Services nominees are Catherine Craig, Bill Reeves and Sue Sewter. The local Business nominee is Gina Field from  Nepean Regional Security. Catherine Craig Catherine has been a volunteer coordinator of [...]

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Bushcare News

17. November 2009

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A Green Corps team has been working in Huntington Reserve, Emu Plains for 6 months and they have made a huge impact within the Reserve. A group of local residents are planning a new Bushcare group to work on the Nepean river bank and are looking for volunteers. A ‘Work for the Dole’ team are operating [...]

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McCarthy Catholic College Opens New Facilities

3. September 2009

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Students attending McCarthy Catholic College will benefit from the newly completed $2,282,000 hospitality, food technology, science and general learning facilities. “Along with the recently announced Trades Training Centre, these new facilities will allow students at McCarthy to begin their skills training,” said Federal Member for Lindsay, David Bradbury. “By the time these students have completed their [...]

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Proud To Read

10. August 2009

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Children at Emu Heights Public School are putting the finishing touches to their latest achievement. A challenge was put to the children early this year to complete the Premier’s Reading Challenge. This challenge called on children to read a series of selected books and complete a log of their reading with the goal of 25 books for [...]

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