MORDIALLOC’S new shared community and school gymnasium is one step closer to reality after receiving $750,000 for the upgrade of sporting facilities. Mordialloc Labor MP Tim Richardson visited the school on Friday (7 October) to announce the upgrade, as a part of the state government’s School Pride and Sports Fund $10.2 million grants program Design work on the competition standard gym is expected to begin soon. Mr Richardson said investing in school infrastructure and upgrades across the state would ensure that students are educated in the best possible school environments. “Mordialloc College is at the heart of our local community,…
Author: Bayside News
A CHELSEA woman heard banging on her front door and ran to fetch her husband before three men burst into their house, 4pm, Thursday 6 October. Police said the men had jumped over the side fence to the Ella Grove property and smashed a glass panel in a sunroom door before reaching through and turning the knob on the deadlock to gain entry. Her husband confronted the men – two in the kitchen and another in the foyer – who demanded his Holden car keys. In a scuffle that ended in the front garden, the husband was punched to the…
A couple sitting in their car in Edithvale last week were dumfounded when a man approached saying he had a gun and demanding they hand over their vehicle. The brother and sister, aged in their 50s, were at the Station St servo, 9.30pm, Tuesday 4 October, when the man casually walked up and asked for the time. As the driver was replying the man demanded he hand over the car’s keys and then dragged him out and assaulted him. The driver managed to throw the keys away from the car without his attacker seeing. When the man got in and…
IT’S time to hit the trail again. Longbeach PLACE’s annual storybook yarn art trail, that is. Several art works created with yarn will be on display throughout October at various school and community centre locations. Families are invited to follow the trail and see the sights of The Jungle Book, The Paper Bag Princess, Where The Wild Things Are, The Bat and The Crocodile, Jonah and the Whale, Three Hens and a Peacock and The Magic Faraway Tree and more. Carrum Girl Guides, 1st Edithvale Scouts, Chelsea Primary School, Bonbeach Primary School, uniting churches, Nepean Special School, Naranga Special School,…
THE city was the inspiration for Parkdale Primary School children who used the iconic sights and high-rise skylines as creative inspiration for their biennial Parkdale Art & Craft Exhibition. The event will feature nearly 1000 pieces, including masks inspired by the look of the Luna Park entrance, pastel cityscapes in a homage to Kandinsky, spray-painted skateboard decks with a ‘street-art’ theme, and many other works to be showcased in an industrial-styled exhibition. As well as art and craft completed in class, children also have the opportunity to exhibit their work from outside school. “We are thrilled with the enthusiastic response…