Two sets of twins will begin Kindergarten at Young North Public in 2019.
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Aleaha and Alarah Charles and William and Olive Berry join five more sets of twins already enrolled at Young North Public School.
Other sets of twins at the school include Reghan and Macey Levell in Year 1, Zara and Zak Hamden and Savannah and Annabelle Dickson in Year 2, and Tim and Nick Slavin and Liam and Riley Carnell in Year 5.
All students from the school returned for one day this week to do their one-on-one interviews with their new respective teachers.
Regular classes started on Monday for the beginning of Term 1.
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In total, about 50 new Kindergarten students have enrolled to Young North, with the school population ballooning to more than 300 kids in total.
Principal Ange Gay said it’s the most kids the school has seen in a long time.
“It’s the largest number of students we’ve had in many years,” principal Ange Gay said.
St Mary’s Primary welcomed 37 new Kindergarten students on Thursday morning, after students from Years 1 to 6 returned on Wednesday.
New principal Andrew Casey said there’s 321 students enrolled at the school in 2019.
Young Public School’s Kindergarten students had a staggered start on Thursday to allow each of the 74 new students to meet their new teachers.
Principal Edwina Wymer said regular Kindergarten classes will begin on Friday with the Year group separating into four different classrooms.
In total, around 540 students are enrolled at Young Public School in 2019, which is a stable figure compared to previous years, Mrs Wymer said.
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Years 1 to 6 were back at Young Public School on Tuesday.
The school also welcomed new Deputy Principal Susan Kirkwood.
It was an exciting start of the year for Year 7 students beginning at Young High School on Wednesday morning, with firefighters attending an early morning blaze caused by an air conditioner.
Despite the distraction, classes began as normal with teachers welcoming 93 new Year 7 students to Young High School.
The remainder of the school returned on Thursday morning.
Elsewhere, 84 students started Year 7 at Hennessy Catholic College on Wednesday morning, along with students returning in Year 11 and Year 12.
In 2019, Hennessy Catholic College has 484 students enrolled throughout the entire school.