I congratulate the great teachers in the Cessnock electorate who last week received recognition at the 2014 Cessnock Community of Great Public Schools Education Week Awards. The Excellence in Teaching award recipients were: Janine Robertson and Teresa Sheldon from Abermain Public School; Carolyne Deal from Bellbird Public School; Deborah Falconer from Cessnock High School; Sally Eagleton from Cessnock Public School; Alanna Black from Cessnock East Public School; Anne Barry from Cessnock West Public School; Anna O’Brien from Ellalong Public School; Rebecca Munday from Kitchener Public School; Simone Smith from Laguna Public School; Nathan Russell and Mavis Godber from Mount View High School; Amy Hill from Nulkaba Public School; and Beth Thompson from Paxton Public School.