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Haddon Primary dates back 152 years and was one of the original schools built in the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cStudents have made a timeline of Haddon history, from Traditional Owners, through to modern day,\u201d Ms Carrigan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHistory is part of the Victorian curriculum, so it acknowledges that children need to know about their past.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important the children understand the achievements and accomplishments of the past, and things that have happened to shape their society and community to be what it is today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pupil Misha chose to dress up as a girl from the 1850s, and said she liked giving ink calligraphy a go.<\/p>\n
\u201cI enjoyed that it was a different style to the normal way we write,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Haddon Primary has 265 students in 2022, and had between 35 and 50 when it first operated in the late-19th century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CHILDREN and staff at Haddon Primary School went back in time last week, marking one hundred and fifty years of Victorian public education with a family celebration day. Many members of the school community dressed up as pupils or teachers from an historic era of their choice, displayed old photographs and information, tried ink writing, […]<\/p>\n