Start of school year smiles

By Emily Donohoe

Feb 7, 2025

Elmore Primary School students (back row) Thomas Lonsdale, Genevieve Messfeldt and Ruby Pierson, and (front row) Isla Maber, Charlie Dwyer, Aiden Lonsdale and Tommy Hodgens are part of a 150-year school history. Photo: Emily Donohoe. Photo by Emily Donohoe

Students across the region are into the swing of the school year, with classes returning over the past two weeks.

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While preps took their first steps into the gates, the Year 12 class of 2025 had one of many ‘lasts’ - the last first day.

St Joseph’s Primary School, Rochester and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Elmore began the Magnify Sandhurst program, launched across the diocese on Tuesday, January 28.

Elmore Primary School student Ruby Pierson gains air time during a game of hopscotch. Photo by Emily Donohoe

At Elmore Primary School, the 26 students followed a long line of first days, entering the 150th anniversary year of the school.

Sesquicentenary celebrations are planned, including an in-school, official ceremony and a fair day set for late March.

The 150-year anniversary event will take place on Saturday, March 29, with current and former students and staff, as well as the wider Elmore and school community, invited to join.