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Wednesday, 11 December 2024
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Grandparents’ Day at St Joseph’s By Wendy BUSWELL ST Joseph's Primary School in Gloucester has unveiled its new Vision and Mission statement during Grandparents’ Day. It is: “'With Jesus, our companion, we learn, grow and wonder”. The Vision and Mission statement was developed over two years with input from the St Joseph’s community. "Grandparents Day was a wonderful occasion to launch our school's Vision and Mission Statement,"
said Principal Amy Maslen. The day featured a special morning tea for grandparents, where students performed a short play, read poems, and presented a video. The school, which is over 100-years-old, hosted several grandparents who had either attended or worked there. Year 2 student Milly Fulton shared with News Of The Area that her grandmother “worked at the school, and it was interesting for her to notice changes and talk to me about them." Georgia Morton, who
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Clarry Fulton, Barbara Fulton, Amelia (Milly) Fulton. Photo: supplied.
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WAUCHOPE’S Alison Penfold will contest the seat of Lyne for the National Party in the 2025 Federal Election. Ms Penfold’s opportunity comes after the announcement that incumbent MP Dr David
Alison Penfold to contest seat of Lyne for National Party
Gillespie is retiring from politics having served as the region’s federal representative since 2013. Her pre-selection as the Nationals candidate was announced at the Taree
Racecourse on Saturday. The 53-year-old Penfold grew up in Harrington and Hannam Vale and was educated in Taree. She has been involved with the National Party since her
teenage years, volunteering on polling booths in Hannam Vale in the mid to late 1980s. Penfold has also worked for the Nationals in Canberra, locally for Dr Gillespie, and
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Dr David GILLESPIE MP Federal Member for Lyne
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