Students dressed up in colonial wear for the day and were part of a parade in the school hall before enjoying old-time games and a spot of bush dancing.

School principal Sue Guilfoyle said she was ecstatic with the way the day unfolded and said students, teachers and parents had a ball.

“I’ve never seen such high student and community involvement, it was really good,” she said.

The bicentenary celebrations kicked off with a book fair in the school library where families could purchase books for themselves, or make a purchase to donate to the school library.

Every book that was donated had a special plaque inside acknowledging the donation from each family during the city’s bicentennial year.

Afterwards the students attended a welcome to country, by Aunty Gloria [Rogers], who also blessed the school’s new executive team of Sue Guilfoyle, Catherine Connor and David Maher.

But, the highlight of the day was the parade through the school hall, with the students embracing the chance to show off their costumes they’d prepared especially for the day.

Mrs Guilfoyle said the students benefited enormously from the day.

“I think it’s very important to live the history,” she said.

“The students got dressed up and played old time games, it was a great day.”