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Gallery | Young in age, old at heart: Preps celebrate 100 days

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St Augustine’s College Prep students Marlee Schultz, Evah Sellick, Dixie Nicholas, Lienke Olivier and Lexie Clarke giggling and dancing along to Count to 100. Photo by Jemma Jones

As they say, with old age comes wisdom, and these young students have the grey hairs to prove it.

With hair rollers, wide-rimmed glasses and walking canes, our youngest school students celebrated their 100 days of learning, showing off their ‘old age’ in front of teachers and parents.

At Kyabram P-12 College, the celebration for the first-year students came in the form of a day filled with activities centred around the number 100, including literacy and numeracy fun, craft, music and dancing.

The 3ft tall students, in all their grey-haired glory, paraded in front of parents and teachers, strutting and channelling their inner old-person.

The little ones of Lancaster Primary School celebrated their 100 days of school by making a crown, playing pin the tail on the donkey and eating fairy bread with hundreds and thousands.

And while a bit of bad weather postponed outdoors games, they didn’t let a bit of rain tip their crowns, instead enjoying their celebration by staying warm and dry inside.

At St Augustine’s College in Kyabram, the Prep students showed off their counting and dancing skills at the same time, singing the catchy educational kids’ song Counting to 100.

Then, in front of parents and teachers, they crossed the stage, receiving a certificate and a sweet treat — fittingly in the form of Smarties — to recognise the hard work they have put into the past 100 days of school.

The youngest students of Tongala Primary School celebrated their first 100 days of school by dressing up as 100-year-olds and wrote down what they thought they would be doing when they were 100.

They also enjoyed maths activities focusing on the number 100, decorated biscuits and made fairy bread.

Congratulations to all the little ones on reaching this landmark milestone.

St Augustine’s College Prep students Dixie Nicholas, Lienke Olivier and Lexie Clarke dressed in their ‘old person’ attire. Photo by Jemma Jones
All smiles for St Augustine's College Prep students Darcy O’Shea and Giuseppe Sciacca. Photo by Jemma Jones
St Augustine’s Prep student Lexie Clarke stretches her neck to find her parent in the crowd. Photo by Jemma Jones
St Augustine’s Prep student Isla Sherriff struts her way across the stage after receiving her certificate. Photo by Jemma Jones
St Augustine’s Prep student and resident joker Harrison McMahon channels his inner ‘old person’, shaking hands with his teacher. Photo by Jemma Jones
St Augustine’s Prep student Harley Chambers uses his walking cane to limp across the stage to receive his award. Photo by Jemma Jones
St Augustine’s Prep student Rosalea Jeffers politely shakes hands with her teacher. Photo by Jemma Jones
St Augustine’s Prep Maya Phelan and her impressive ‘old person’ costume. Photo by Jemma Jones
St Augustine’s Prep Selena Savran is pleased to receive her Smarties. Photo by Jemma Jones
Cheeky St Augustine’s Prep Oliver Pertzel doesn’t break character when receiving his award. Photo by Jemma Jones
St Augustine’s Prep Leo Wearden uses his cane to help him across the stage. Photo by Jemma Jones
St Augustine’s Prep Emma Nisbet, pearls and all, collects her award and Smarties. Photo by Jemma Jones
St Augustine’s prep Scarlett Mallon’s costume channels Cleopatra, beating out everyone else in the room as the oldest Prep student. Photo by Jemma Jones
Kyabram P-12 College Prep boys celebrating their 100th day of learning. Photo by Contributed
Kyabram P-12 College Prep girls celebrating their 100th day of learning. Photo by Contributed
Mason Woods from Lancaster Primary School, enjoying fairy bread in celebration of 100 days of school. Photo by Contributed
Lancaster Primary’s Matilda-Ivy Findlay with her crown and her delicious treat. Photo by Contributed
Lancaster Primary Prep Jasper Dennis makes a masterpiece out of his fairy bread. Photo by Contributed
Lancaster Primary Preps Ryder Cameron, Matilda-Ivy Findley, Noah Ryan, Mason Woods and Jasper Dennis celebrate 100 days by dressing up as people 100 years old. Photo by Contributed
Lancaster Primary Preps and friends (back) Leila Barber and Samantha Woods (Year 2) and (front) Matilda-Ivy Findley, Noah Ryan and Mason Woods. Photo by Contributed
Tongala Primary Prep and ‘old lady’ Georgia Robinson makes her fairy bread. Photo by Contributed
Tongala Primary Prep Sophie Gledhill decorated her cookie with her favourite treats to celebrate 100 days of learning. Photo by Contributed
Tongala Primary Prep Barney Souter already has smile lines from being so happy about celebrating 100 days of school. Photo by Contributed
Tongala Primary Prep student and ‘old man’ Blake Gillie is happy with his fairy bread. Photo by Contributed
Nothing to see here — just a group of ‘old people’ from Tongala Primary School gathered together for a photo. Photo by Contributed
From the looks of things, the average age of the Prep students at Tongala Primary School is somewhat higher than usual. Photo by Contributed