Wee Waa
  • School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships

Wee Waa students master new skills in apprenticeship and trainee roles

Wee Waa High has a proud history of a highly successful School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships program, also known as its abbreviation SBAT. More than just part-time jobs, school-based apprenticeships and traineeships are a great way for students to set themselves up for the career they want while completing their HSC. This year, 12 WWHS students are participating in the popular program. Future editions of The Courier will feature more stories from students about their experiences. Lydia Moon Certificate III in Health Services Assistance at Wee Waa Hospital With a shortage of health care professionals in rural Australia, Year 12 student […]

Sep 14, 2021

  • Coronavirus

Community praises superhero health workers

Healthcare workers have been praised for their ongoing professionalism, resourcefulness, compassion, and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. “They’re superheroes, the frontline workers,” said Wee Waa Local Aboriginal Land Council chair Clifford Toomey on Saturday at the pop-up vaccination clinic. “They’re marvellous, they put themselves at risk every day to come to communities like ours. “All the frontline workers are awesome, I just want to say – keep up the awesome work, stand up and be counted because it needs to be done.” Nurses from the Wee Waa Community Hospital joined forces with the Royal Flying Doctor Service to deliver more […]

Sep 7, 2021

  • Jeans for Genes Day

Wee Waa High students mark Jeans for Genes Day

Earlier this term Wee Waa High School’s Representative Council staged a fundraiser for Jeans for Genes Day. SRC members, Thomas Eldridge, Billy Shearin and Caitlyn Coutts-Smith delivered a presentation about genetic disorders, the incredible research work of the Children’s Medical Research Institute and how much has been raised by their foundation to support vital research. Students also watched an emotional video presentation by a mother who was diagnosed with a Yolk Sac Tumour as a newborn and how their family coped, and the support they received from the foundation. The SRC also discussed the best way for Wee Waa High […]

Sep 1, 2021

  • Police news

Police investigating home invasion after elderly resident awakes to two intruders

Police are investigating a home invasion in Wee Waa. About 1.20 am on Monday, August 30, police were called to a home on Warrior Street, Wee Waa, following reports of a home invasion. Police were told an 81-year-old male resident awoke to find two unknown men in his bedroom. When the man got out of bed, one of the men allegedly assaulted him, before the pair fled the scene. Officers from Oxley Police District attended and conducted an extensive search of the area; however, the men were not located. During a search of the home, police seized a number of […]

Aug 31, 2021

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