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EDUCATION Week was celebrated last week in Myall Coast Schools with a mass of activities showcasing the variety of opportunities available to local students. The packed programs around the region included a range of sporting, cultural and academic highlights reflecting the achievements of students and the efforts of many dedicated staff. These included snow trips to Jindabyne, an excursion to Canberra, public speaking competitions, performances, displays, Grandparents Day
TRUMPET: Tea Gardens Primary School student Lewis Smith playing the trumpet.
and special assemblies. Open Days once again proved popular and gave students the chance to share their learning experiences with their family members. This year’s Education Week theme, ‘Shared stories, better learning, stronger communities,’ acknowledged the role of public schools in their community. Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli said better learning is a shared goal across the board.
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GOLD MEDALIST HEATH FRANCIS
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record for the 400 metres despite retiring from elite competition in 2010. Heath will be part of the Broadcast Commentary Team for 2016 Paralympics. Heath tragically lost his right arm at the age of seven after it was caught in a meat
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These include a TickerTape Parade in Stroud organised by the community and watching Heath run in the Bulahdelah leg of the Olympic Torch Relay in 2000. CONTINUED Page 2
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mincer on the family farm. His mother Margaret said the accident did not hold him back. “He never once complained or whinged,” she said. “He had a go at everything and there was nothing he
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WITH the world’s attention focused on the Olympics in Rio, Heath Francis personally knows the years of dedicated training behind every medal winning performance. The three-time
Paralympian grew up in Booral and represented Australia at the Sydney, Beijing and Athens games winning a total of six gold, four silver and three bronze medals. He competed in the 100m, 200m, 400m and relay events and still holds the Paralympic
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