04 May 2016
The celebration on Sunday the 1st of May was a great success with as many as 200 braving the rain! We had the old and the new time capsules on display for past students to peruse. The old capsule had a couple of newspapers of the day (1991), children's stories, a cassette of popular music and a book called "The Bark Hut" written by Doug Saxton about the history of the school. The new capsule will hold art work, USBs with videos and student's stories, a dollar coin from 2016, a mobile phone, pictures of the school and a mini iPod.
Three MPs here to help celebrate - Ms Jodie Harrison (Charlestown), Mr Joel Fitzgibbon (Hunter) and Mr Greg Piper (State member for Lake Mac). Mr Piper delivered a letter from the Education Minister, Mr Piccoli. Mr Bill Smith an Aboriginal elder, opened with a smoking ceremony and a wonderful acknowledgement of land owners.
Many past students, teachers and principals also attended. Our oldest living student managed to attend after a month in hospital. Her name is Sadie Williams and she is 98. She's never missed an event.
Letter From The Minister (pdf 415 KB)