Snapshots at Oakenden State School

Our next date this morning was with our smallest school, Oakenden State School. Oakenden State School is gorgeously relaxed school, with 14 students and south-west of Mackay.



Lots of parents and grandparents turned up for the opening of the exhibition. The Year 7s opened the exhibition with a speech.

Then we all moved upstairs to the gallery and I was given the special task of cutting the ribbon to officially open the exhibition!


The exhibition was beautifully displayed using train tracks to 'frame' the photographs - trains are still an integral part of the Oakenden community, carting the sugar cane to working mills in the region.

I was quite impressed with their use of Smartboards too... The students had created a special film that looked at the history of Oakenden and the rise of the sugar cane industry. The students also told stories about different parts of history.



The students had also created a diorama of Oakenden and written stories about their homes and favourite things.