Fifty eager new students arrived at Bellingen Public School this morning for their very first day in Kindergarten.
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Here are a few photos of their bright, shining faces.
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New classrooms - and air conditioning - will greet some of the 810,000 NSW students starting school in 2019,including at Bellingen Public, Bellingen High, Dorrigo Public and Dorrigo High Schools.
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Across the state, eight new and nine renovated public schools will open for the first time, providing an extra 400 classrooms capable of housing thousands of students.
It is part of the NSW government's $6 billion education infrastructure blitz, with 170 schools to be built or revamped over four years.
Education Minister Rob Stokes said the coalition is responding to a "once-in-a-generation opportunity" to provide the facilities students need to succeed.
The government is spending $847 million on school maintenance and $500 million on air conditioning.