175 years - celebrating Albury Public School

As our 175 Year Anniversary celebrations rapidly approach and the excitement builds, the following information details the events we have planned for Education Week Monday 4 August to Saturday 9 August.

Following is also a list of 175 Year Anniversary merchandise and prices. Merchandise can be purchased every day during office hours at the Administration Office, every lunchtime during Education Week and on our Open Day, Saturday 9 August.

We are looking forward to sharing our celebrations with you.

Order of Events

Monday 4 August:

Merchandise sales at lunchtime in front of the Gym. Bring your pocket money.

Tuesday 5 August:

9am Year 2000 Time Capsule exhumed.

Elder Darren Wighton will do a Blessing of the Land/didgeridoo ceremony followed by capsule exhumation in front of whole school. Media will also be attending, Border Mail, Channel 9 and Prime.

Amy Byrne (nee Allen) - year 2000 Captain - short speech

Allan McMaster -year 2000 Principal, Rosie Miles (nee Waters) - year 2000 Vice-Captain will be attending.

Merchandise sales at lunchtime in front of the Gym. Bring your pocket money.

Wednesday 6 August:

1850’s Dress up day. Old fashioned games during lunch and recess e.g. Hopscotch.

Merchandise sales at lunchtime in front of the Gym. Bring your pocket money

Thursday 7 & Friday 8 August:

All classes to walk past and view the contents of the year 2000 time capsule in the Hall.

Merchandise sales at lunchtime in front of the Gym. Bring your pocket money.

Open Day Saturday 9 August:

11am

Opening Ceremony/Assembly:

Darren Wighton Welcome to Country and Smoking ceremony

APS Dance Troupe x 2 dances

Dignitary speeches

APS Choir x 1 performance then National Anthem

School Captain closing speech

Burial of 2025 time capsule - 2025 School Captains & Lianne Singleton

Following Opening ceremony:

Open classrooms/art displays

History display in the Hall

View Year 2000 Time Capsule contents in the Hall

P & C BBQ and drinks stall

Merchandise and 175 Year lolly bags sale

Coffee van

Other stalls

6.30-8.30pm

Reunion Cocktail Evening at Library Museum for those who have purchased tickets.

Complimentary welcome drink on arrival

175 Year Anniversary Cake tea and coffee Speeches Canapes APS History video

Please note:

175 Year Anniversary Lolly bags $2 on sale on Open day only (Saturday 9 August 11am-2.30pm after Opening Ceremony)

Calico Bag with whole school photo $10 on sale on Open day only (Saturday 9 August 11am-2.30pm after Opening Ceremony)

Cocktail Evening Invitation

We are very excited to launch ticket sales for our Cocktail Evening, celebrating our 175 year Anniversary.

175 years is a very significant achievement that we are extremely proud of and wish to extend an invitation to past and current Albury Public School Community Members to our event to celebrate.

Information on the Evening, including RSVP details can be found on our invitation.

Hope to see you there.

Albury Public School 175 Years Cocktail Evening Tickets, Albury Library Museum, Albury | TryBooking Australia

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Celebrating 175 years of education at Albury Public School

Our planning is underway for this momentous celebration and achievement this year. A huge thank you to Monika Boldogh who has donated her expertise in graphic arts and created our amazing logos, banners and artwork to commemorate our special occasion of 175 years. You will see Monika’s amazing work on our website, Facebook and other forms of communication from now until the end of our celebrations.

We are organising a series of events and celebrations for Week 3 of Term 3 2025 to coincide with Education Week 2025. We will be hosting an art show, historical memorabilia, open classrooms and dress up days/family picnic, amongst other events. We will also have an Open day at APS followed by a Cocktail Evening on Saturday 9th August. Please keep an eye on Facebook and our school website for updates, events and happenings.

We are now reaching out to families and friends who attended Albury PS to assist with the planning, memorabilia and special research projects.

If you have a connection with an advertising, printing, local business etc, that can assist with organising our 175 Year celebrations, we would love to hear from you.

Also, if you know of past Albury Public School students or APS community members, please feel free to pass on information regarding our exciting celebrations.