An innovative parent of a Coorabell Public School student has found a novel way, or should I say the way of a novel, to draw attention to the school's fete. It worked for me!

What makes a small school special? Why do some parents opt to drive out of their way to take their children up into the hills to schools like Coorabell and Main Arm Upper Public School and why is the education department so keen to keep their numbers low?

Coorabell Public School is facing being cut from 125 students to 47 under recent legislation implemented by the NSW Department of Education who claim there are nine classrooms within 15km of the school to take students.

Bye Bye Plastic Bags began in 2013 in Bali and came to Coorabell Public School last Wednesday to continue putting the message out to young people that we need to reduce our dependence on plastic, especially single use plastics.

Two buses, 93 kids and an 18- hour drive were just the beginning of a wild week away as the kids from The Pocket, Coorabell, Goonengerry, Main Arm and Durrumbul went for a trip they will never forget

The north coast's 'biggest little' public school celebrated the era that fashion forgot with a funky fete on Saturday. Watch the video