My Life in WW2 until Easter 1940
I was ten years old when the Second World War was declared by Britain and France against Germany on 3rd September 1939, but for my family and me the war really began somewhat earlier.
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Kangaroo Valley Voice Book Club
PSSA NSW State Tennis Championships
In term 1 earlier this year, the PSSA South Coast Tennis Trials were held in Bomaderry. 26 boys and 15 girls attended the trials after already successfully making it through previous District Tennis Trials. 5…
Australians don’t know enough about dementia, and that’s a problem
We all know about dementia as a concept, but do we really know that much about dementia in reality? The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has recently conducted a Dementia Awareness Survey, the largest national…
Preschool News
Our Mothers’ Day Raffle was drawn on the 8th of May – and the lucky winners are Tuneil Mackechnie and Louise Wakefield. We hope you enjoy your goodie baskets! The preschool has a new home…
KV Kids! Raffle – Raising money for new Jiu-Jitsu Mats
Local jiu-jitsu instructor Mike Hole has been building a jiu-jitsu program in Kangaroo Valley in recent years and now provides after-school group classes for over 30 school children. The program is one of the few after-school…
KVPS News
Mother’s Day Our students enjoyed purchasing items from the Mother’s Day Stall and making cards, creating artworks and writing letters to their mums in the lead-up to Mother’s Day. Thank you to everyone who donated…
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams
The author’s first book, The Dictionary of Lost Words, was a great success, both in Australia and overseas, and The Bookbinder of Jericho was marketed as a companion piece. I haven’t read the first, but…