Her family has walked through the school’s halls for three generations, from her father and siblings to her own children.
Jenny has many fond memories from her time as a student, attending between 1955 and 1961.
“We used to have a school concert every year,” she said.
“It was a dress up event, like fancy dress, and we’d do a play.”
She holds many memories from her time as a student close to her heart, so much so that she sent her own children to the school, and when a position opened up, she applied for one.
“For a few years I worked in the office,” Jenny said.
“Then I worked in the classrooms with students.
“My last year [teaching] I did cooking classes with the students.”
Jenny worked as an education support in the school for 25 years, finishing up at the end of 2023.
Some of her favourite times as an education support were going on excursions with the students, like all the school camps.
“They were very tiring, but the kids loved it,” she said.
While some things may have changed since she was a student, the school concert is still put on by the students every year, just in a different format.
“They’re totally different,” Jenny said.
“When I was here, we just did it down at the old hall, and it was normally a play or something.
“But now the students sing and it’s quite a thing.”
While Jenny has officially hung up her boots and closed the chapter of her time at Mooroopna Primary School, she will always hold this school very close to her heart.
BY Georgia Tacey
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