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Students serve up connection for Kyabram Legacy

By Ryan Bellingham

Sep 10, 2025

Kyabram P-12 College’s Legacy luncheon was an opportunity for connection. Pictured are Isobel Attwood and Alwyn Drysdale. Photo by Ryan Bellingham

A recent event at Kyabram P-12 College brought the school and Kyabram Legacy together over a shared meal.

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Catered for by the Year 10 cooking class, the Legacy luncheon saw college staff, primary captains and legatees enjoy an afternoon of good company.

Year 10 cooking class students Kiara Crawford, Crystal Pye-Fasham, Olivia Liversidge, Mia Munro, Chantelle Brooking, Maddison Lamberton and Brooke O’Shanassy. Photo by Ryan Bellingham

Community connections co-ordinator Janine Kreymborg said the event was the first of its kind at the college.

Inspired by the annual Legacy lunch two weeks ago attended by captains, the school decided to host a similar event that included more students.

Kyabram P-12 College community connections co-ordinator Janine Kreymborg and college chaplain Liz Spicer. Photo by Ryan Bellingham

“We thought we’d bring it here and get more of our students involved, like the Year 10s cooking, our primary captains, and it is bridging that gap,” Ms Kreymborg said.

“We thought about doing this for our students to give back to Legacy, and acknowledge the ladies and what their husbands stood for.”

Dorothy Warren and college primary captain Chris Cheng. Photo by Ryan Bellingham

Kyabram Legacy’s John Neale, Peter Fitzgerald and John Lilford, and college primary captain Indianah Baumann. Photo by Ryan Bellingham

Cooking students prepared and served the food for the 40 or so attendees, which included the college’s principal team and chaplain Liz Spicer.

The food was purchased thanks to a donation by the chaplaincy, and the crockery was provided by the Kyabram Uniting Church.

Jackie Luker, Dorothy Miller, acting assistant principal Doreen Smider, primary captains Ivy Costa-Lowe and Marley Vernon, principal Marina Walsh, Bev Rogerson and Josephine Niehus. Photo by Ryan Bellingham

The college’s primary captains also greeted their guests at the front of the school, with some travelling by bus from Warramunda Village.

Ms Kreymborg said she hoped to make the luncheon an annual event, ensuring different students were involved each year.

Evelyn Cunningham and Janine Kreymborg. Photo by Ryan Bellingham

“There’ll be new Year 10s coming in, new captains. If we start now, especially with the younger captains in primary, they’ll carry it through with them,” she said.

“It’s good for the kids to speak to the older ladies and gentlemen, and vice versa. I think it’s great.”