Peranbin Primary College Baddaginnie Campus celebrated its 150th birthday on Tuesday, June 2. Back row: Past parent Mrs Julie Flack, past student Ms Beverley Cook, Current principal Angela Holleran, past student Mrs Rosslyn Heaney (née Cook). Front row: Current students Elijah Turvey, Maverick Dowell, Scarlett Kearns and past student Ms Kim Flack.
With many smaller, regional schools disappearing in the past few decades, it’s important to celebrate the ones which remain.
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Peranbin Primary College has several campuses, and one of those, in Baddaginnie just celebrated its 150th birthday.
Memories: Past staff member David Sweet, Campus manager Dianne Fitzpatrick, current staff member Barb Jennings, past staff member Pat Cherry, school counsellor Robbie Rae, current staff member Lynda Burley and principal Angela Holleran.
To celebrate, staff and students put on a morning tea on Monday, June 3–150 years to the day it first opened its doors.
Campus manager, Diane Fitzpatrick, said as part of the celebration, former staff and students were invited along for some reminiscing.
“Despite the cool weather conditions, we had a number of visitors come to our college,” she said.
“We had a morning tea for our special visitors.
Current Peranbin Primary College students Scarlett and Maverick enjoyed learning the traditional game of marbles to celebrate the Baddaginnie campuses 150th birthday.
“That included some ex-students, some ex-parents, and we had some ex-staff come along.”
As part of the celebrations, students played some fun traditional games, including marbles and twister.
It was a day of celebration at Peranbin Primary College's Baddaginnie campus on Monday, June 3 as it celebrated its 150th birthday. This part of the school building dates back to 1876.
"It was a really, really lovely time because we had a lot of old photos up, and a lot of people remembered different aspects of the school,“ Ms Fitzpatrick said.
“There were balloons along the fence, there were balloons outside, we had balloons with 150 on them.
“We were showing lots of people around, and they were talking to us about their memories.
“It was really special.”
Ms Fitzpatrick said the visitors loved looking at the old photos, many sparking forgotten memories.
“We had some former students who would have been in their 60s.
Past Baddaginnie campus student Kim Flack with a school banner made in 1960’s.
“We had the Cook sisters come along. Their family was one of the original settlers in Baddaginnie.
“They have roads named after their family around here.”
Ms Fitzpatrick said it would be nice if some of todays students were taking a tour of the campus on its 200th birthday.
“I won’t be there for that,” she said.
“But fingers crossed this campus continues on for many years to come.”
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