Sisters: (From left) Violet Church, 8, in Grade 2, Lola Church, 11, in Grade 5, and Ruby Church, 9, in Grade 4. Photos by Rechelle Zammit.
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Grahamvale Primary School celebrated the first day of Education Week by inviting its students to dress up in olden-days themed attire.
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The theme of Education Week this year is 150 years of public education.
Old-timey: Adelina Crupi, 7, in Grade 2.
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Up until lunchtime on Monday the kids participated in activities such as learning copperplate writing and playing games of marbles.
Education Week: Ella Balfour, 8, in Grade 2.
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Principal Simone Higgins said they were giving the kids a fun day while learning about the past; and there was not a screen to be seen!
“Giving our students the experience of what it was like going to school back in the days before technology,” she said.
Blast from the past: Felicity Crifo, 10, in Grade 5.
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“Even just the little things, back when they went to school they had to stand to answer a question.”
At lunchtime the students participated in activities involving rhymes and songs from years gone by and played games their grandparents would have recognised, such as elastics, jacks, marbles, egg and spoon races and large rope skipping.
Egg and spoon: Cara Ibbotson, 7.
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Strapping young man: Jack Barton, 10, in Grade 4.
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Sisters: Lucy Hemming, 11, in Grade 6, and Evie Hemming, 6, in Foundation.
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Handy: Emma Cook, 6, in Grade 1 and Melah Jeffrey, 7, in Grade 2.
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Hoops: Jayda Dagger, 12, in Grade 6, and Kira McCutcheon, 9, in Grade 4, playing a game of quoits.
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Inseparable: Brodie Mitchell, 6, in Foundation, and Quinn James, 5, in Foundation.
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Cheeky smile: Caleb Wellman, 7, in Grade 1.
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