Maths aces from an Endeavour Hills school have been taking on the nation’s top number-crunchers in the online Matific Math Games. St Paul Apostle South Catholic Primary School was national Matific champion in 2017, and placed top-10 in 2018. Maths teacher Nidhi Behl said the competition had sparked more student enthusiasm for maths. “They look […]

Students at Hallam Primary School have made a cow their canvas as part of a Picasso Cows program. Their painting of a large fibreglass cow, dubbed Mrs Cowington III, shows the journey of milk from farm to fridge. It was an element of a Dairy Australia course that also taught students on nutrition and the […]

A new-look Chalcot Lodge Childrens Centre in Endeavour Hills has moved with the times, expanding into a community hub for groups of all ages. The $782,000 upgrade includes a new multi-purpose community room, a flexible consulting room, a community kitchen, outdoor play area and an upgraded kindergarten. The 40-year-old building’s furnishings, fittings, equipment, facade, front […]

At first, Chantal George thought what there had been a loud crash out in the Eumemmerring street in the wet, early hours of Monday 3 June. Still awake at 1.30am, she ran to investigate – and then noticed her front lounge room. Poking through its shattered front windows was the nose of a white Volkswagen […]

Doveton’s spectacular new community hub opened to fanfare and sunshine at a celebration on Saturday 25 May. The $5.27 million Autumn Place Community Hub includes a redeveloped four-year-olds kindergarten with outdoor play spaces, two maternal and child health consulting rooms and a multi-purpose room, kitchen and courtyard. It also includes an improved outdoors park, playground […]

There is an absolute superstar of basketball currently plying her trade for the Dandenong Rangers in the NBL1 competition and it’s time to take note. Bec Cole has long been a guard with speed to burn and a real passion for the game. This season for the Rangers, Cole has taken her game to a […]