Richmond Primary School will be 100 years old on 21 March 2021.
There will be some celebratory events.
Main event: P&C Centenary Fair 20 March, 2.00pm – 8.00pm
PLEASE could everyone try to walk to the fair as parking around the school is very limited. Buses stop on Canning highway near Osborne and Windsor Roads and it is a 5 minute walk up to the school.
To get involved in any way please email: richmondcentenary@gmail.com All volunteers will need to go to the information stand on arrival to get their lanyard.
Some of the key features of the Centenary Fair will be:
- Licensed bar
- Stalls
- Cafe in the quad
- ‘Reunion’ meeting point
- Story telling booth to record your memories
- Rides
- Raffle (basket of themed prizes to be donated by each year group)
- Food and drink
- Dunk tank
- Stage with singers, dancers and musicians
- Silent disco
- Student craft stall (classes will be making craft items to sell).
- A ‘walk through the decades’ (see below)
Facebook page
The Centenary Fair committee has a dedicated Facebook page: Richmond Primary Centenary Fair 2021
Walk Through the Decades
Students are decorating their classroom as a specific decade. On the Centenary Fair day (Saturday), the school will open classrooms to create a ‘walk through the decades’ around the veranda. Students will be the guides.
Each class is collecting memorabilia from all the decades since the school opened. We do prefer photocopies of photographs rather than originals. If you have anything we could use in a display please contact the relevant classroom, or call us on 9438 8700 or email Richmond.PS@education.wa.edu.au
1900-1919 rooms 12 and 13
1920-1929 room 11 Richmond PS opening!
1930-1939 room 10
1940-1949 room 9
1950-1959 room 8
1960-1969 room 7
1970-1979 room 6
1980-1989 room 5
1990-1999 room 4
2000-2010 room 3
2010-2020 room 2
2021 Happy 100th birthday! rooms 1 and 0
Reunions
A number of former students and teachers have been in touch, keen to attend the Centenary Fair and to meet up with their classmates. We will use the library as an alumni reunion meeting point. A number of alumni groups have reserved a time-slot for their year group as below. After you meet, students will show you around the classrooms and you are very welcome to gather afterwards in the quadrangle cafe or elsewhere at the fair. If your group is very large you may also use the front lawn. The cafe in the quad is next to the library for groups to also gather for a cup of tea together.
Here are the library bookings according to year of graduation. No need to register, just come along!
1930s/40s: 2.00pm – 2.30pm
1950s: 3.00pm – 3.30pm
1960s: 4.00pm – 4.30pm
1970s: 5.00pm – 5.30pm
1980s: 6.00pm – 6.30pm
1990s: 7.00pm – 7.30pm
2000s: 7.30pm – 8.00pm
Story telling booth
Calling all #alumni!
While you’re at the Fair this Saturday, please drop into the Library to tell us your memories of Richmond Primary.
It could be about life in the classroom, a game you used to play, a special friendship you formed, a particular teacher that stands out in your mind – anything you like, really 🙂
We’ll share your stories with today’s Richmond students through Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) classes, and use them as input to the Centenary book.
If you have special photos or other memorabilia you’d like to accompany your stories, please bring them along. We’ll take photos of them while you’re there (no need to leave them behind).
No appointment needed, just turn up 🙂 See you there!
Drone photograph
The school is creating an aerial photo and video.
Art works and song
Our arts teachers are engaging students in creating large-scale centenary art works in conjunction with artist, Virginia Ward; and we have composed a new school centenary song with Eskimo Joe musician, Kav Temperley.
Centenary logo
We held a competition for students to create a centenary logo. This will adorn merchandise items.
Centenary Magazine
Two parents and a staff member are coordinating a commemorative magazine written by students.
Centenary book
A parent is organising a commemorative book.
Assembly
The school will hold an assembly for students on Friday 19 March 2021. We anticipate performances by students and some speeches. Audience numbers may be restricted due to COVID restrictions and we await the Premier’s instructions closer to the time about seated event capacity and physical distancing requirements.