The community at Sacred Heart Primary School, Pearce, celebrated 50 years of nurturing hearts, minds and spirits with a 70’s theme dress-up day and disco.

Students and staff came to school decked out in 70’s attire including wigs, headbands, tie-dye clothing and colourful jewellery. It was an opportunity for fun and celebrations after a challenging start to the year.

The anniversary aligned with the beginning of National Science Week. In the ACT, the Australian National University organised a ‘Satellite Selfie’ to capture a special image of Canberra to be placed in a time capsule. ABC and WIN News Canberra were on hand to capture the event, interviewing students and staff about the anniversary.

Sacred Heart formed a love heart and the number 50 on their school oval for the satellite to capture from space. On the ground, there was lots of laughter and enjoyment as students and staff danced along to 70’s music.

“With everything that has been happening, it has been really difficult to do some things that the children would enjoy,” said Anne Staines, Principal of Sacred Heart.

“It was wonderful to see the bright costumes and smiling faces on the students as we marked our 50th anniversary. Science is a very important part of our curriculum and the satellite project gave the kids something to celebrate. We were very lucky that the dates aligned.”