St Patrick's Primary Swansea celebrates 70th anniversary with blast from the past

Each grade dressed according to a different decade. Picture: Marina Neil

Blast from past: Students Aiden Bowmake and Lara Windever, as the Queen, were the masters of ceremony. Students also made a time capsule. Picture: Marina Neil

Celebrate: The school's oldest student Emma Wilks and youngest student Viviane Chun cut the cake. "It's buzzing, the kids have been so excited for days," principal Lucy Harvey said. The school has 140 students. Picture: Marina Neil

Picture: Marina Neil

Picture: Marina Neil

Picture: Marina Neil

ST PATRICK'S Primary School Swansea students were "buzzing" to take a trip down memory lane for the school's 70^th anniversary.

Principal Lucy Harvey said the school invited past and present students, parents and staff to visit on Friday for a liturgy, barbecue and concert.

"Each class took on a different decade and reminisced on what were the main events and major happenings of that decade and did a song or mash up of songs from that decade," she said.

Students also played games from different eras.

"Schools are made from history and we're very proud of being a Catholic community and with our roots being with the Sisters of St Joseph," she said.

"I think it's important to acknowledge the foundations that have come before us and when you acknowledge those you can build on those.

"It's important for the kids to know their educational heritage."

The sisters opened the school on what is now the McDonald's site on January 29, 1952.

The school was relocated on trucks in 1977 and 1978 to its present site.