By JESSE GRAHAM
YERING Primary School marked 145 years of history last week with a bush dance and a dress-up day for students.
On Tuesday 16 September some of the students at the school donned period costumes and spent the day playing old-fashioned games such as knuckles and taking part in activities like finger-knitting.
The event was to tie-in with the celebrations for the school’s 145th birthday in October and a Bush Dinner Dance event held on Friday 19 September at the Yarra Glen Memorial Hall.
Rori, Tallyn and Shanae were three of the school’s students who dressed up on the day, with Tallyn borrowing his pop’s hat and an old bag to fit the bill for the day.
Meanwhile, visitors to the dance enjoyed a spit-roast dinner while listening to bush band Shearers Tally play some songs.
Principal Deanna Cole said that she was thrilled to be working at the school during the celebration period.
“I am extremely honoured to be part of the school that is still educating students from the local and surrounding areas and hope to continue to do so well into the future,” she said.
The school opened in October 1869 before a new site – where the school now sits – was found in 1877.
