Head of the primary department Mel Winter said it was pleasing to see so many grandparents make the effort to attend and spend time in their grandchild’s classroom.

“It’s amazing how far people have come - from South Australia, Queensland and even one grandparent from Colombia,” she said.

“At the start of the year the grandparents just put it into their diary - it is a very important day for families.”

To start the special day, grandparents were treated to performances in the assembly hall, culminating in a performance of Revolting Children to music from the musical Matilda.

Several children of all ages also read to the crowd several of their creative writing pieces.

Grandparents enjoyed morning tea following the classroom tour and time spent with the children.

For grandmothers Judi Foreman of Orange and Judy Gleeson of Sydney, it was a special experience to be with their grandson, Blake Gleeson, who is in year 1.

“It is absolutely incredibly the way the computer images all come up on the classroom screen,” Mrs Foreman said.

“There’s no such thing as chalk and a board the way we knew it at school.”

“It’s so lovely that the children’s classrooms are just so bright with all their artwork displayed,” Mrs Gleeson said.

In the primary section of the school, Orange Anglican Grammar has 300 children enrolled from transition to year 6.

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