Students star in Rosehaven

STUDENTS from Collinsvale Primary School will be glued to their screens when Tasmanian-made hit comedy Rosehaven makes its much-anticipated return.

The historic school and its students will feature in series two of Rosehaven on ABC TV, which was filmed in and around Hobart and the Huon Valley recently.

School principal Kel Innis said the show’s production team had been attracted to Collinsvale, on the rural fringe of Glenorchy, largely by the school’s 19th-century facade.

“It is one of the most beautiful schools in Tasmania, possibly Australia,” she said.

“It has a Little House on the Prairie look about it.”

Ms Innis said there was never going to be a shortage of volunteers when the students were asked to be extras, and Children’s University Tasmania school co-ordinator Rhonda Turner recognised the offer as a perfect fit for those involved in the Peter Underwood Centre program.

Children’s University participants are issued with a Passport to Learning from their school to record their hours of validated activity.

The activities are chosen by the children and the emphasis is on experience as a powerful learning tool.

Ms Innis said the children were dazzled by the bright lights and chance to meet the stars of Rosehaven, Celia Pacquola and Tasmanian comedian Luke McGregor.

Year 5 student Adella Jackson said the filming was a lot of fun.