Flashback photos of what it was like in school in 2014

The uniforms may not have changed but plenty of other things have since these kids were at school a decade ago. See if you’re in our mega gallery.

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January 29, 2024 - 3:27PM

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Caley Hood and Tess Runting from Woodleigh School with Tomy & Timmy lambs at the Royal Melbourne Show.

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Frayed denim, one earring and head-to-toe knits were the fashions of 2014 but most of these school kids were still wearing uniforms.

As school goes back, we’ve taken a look through the archives at all the old photos from a decade ago.

Alex Buchanan, from the cast of Thriller, performs the moonwalk for St Kilda Primary School students Oscar, Wayne Robinson, Emily, Melinda Tzambazakis, Maggie, J Rome and Eden watch on. Emily Picture: Andrew Batsch

Anh, 10 and Adrian, 9, from Stevensville Primary School take part in an Arts Centre project called Home. Picture: Kris Reichl

Melbourne City Mission received funding to run the Communities for Children initiative at three Hume schools, including Coolaroo South Primary School with kids like Dean 10, Ethem 10, Israa 10, Grace 10 and Shyanne, 10. Picture: Adam Elwood

Port Melbourne Primary School principal Peter Martin and students celebrate Leader's Build Our School campaign success. Picture: Derrick den Hollander

Whitefriars College student Adam Bardrick was chosen to attend the Australian mathematical Olympiad Committee's Mathematics School of Excellence. Picture: Lawrence Pinder

Port Melbourne's huge Christmas street festival returned, with The Voice finalist Jackson Thomas singing with choristers from Port Melbourne Specialist School, including Veronica, 13, and Taylor, 18. Picture: Janine Eastgate

A young student was overcome before Katy Perry arrived at Mandeville Hall Girls School. Picture: Alex Coppel

Katy Perry visits Mandeville Hall Girls School in Melbourne. Picture: Alex Coppel

In less than a year after trying out for the Greater Melbourne Volleyball Academy, Ivanhoe 15-year-old Dominic Andrews is already proving to be one stellar volleyballer to watch, wining a Sports Star Award. Picture: Sarah Matray

Soccer Catholic Regional College student Joshua Napolitano plays soccer with the School Sport Victoria under-19 boys' team. Picture: Sarah Matray

Hockey Clifton Hill's Olivia Bell has been a lock for the Victorian underage hockey teams since she was 10-years-old. She plays with Camberwell Hockey Club and Carey Baptist Grammar School. Picture: Sarah Matray

Enrolment numbers at schools including St Kilda Primary were rising too fast, because there aren't enough schools in Port Phillip to keep up with population growth. Picture: Tim Carrafa

Schoolchildren lay wreaths on the steps of the Shrine for Remembrance Day. Picture: Alex Coppel.

Corey, Angus Barrie, Vic Pilch and Nash mark the 10 year partnership between Thomas Chirnside Primary School and the Melbourne West Vietnam Veterans Association.

Good Counsel College junior hospitality students Alicia Payne, Bianca O’Connor, Nikita Di Palma and Alana Anderson served at the St Rita's School Melbourne Cup luncheon in the Shire Hall.

Thomas Chirnside Primary School marked its celebrating its 10 year partnership with the Melbourne West Vietnam Veterans Association.

Thomas Chirnside Primary School marked its 10 year partnership with the Melbourne West Vietnam Veterans Association.

Jasper and Dylan of St Kilda Park Primary School. Picture: David Smith

St Kilda Park Primary School students. Picture: David Smith

Together with her grandpa, Noel Stonehouse, Grade 2 student Sierra has written a book which has been published. The book is called "Sierra Goes Hunting for Lamingtons" and takes Sierra around the sights of Melbourne before she is successful in her quest to find the world's biggest lamington. Picture: Lawrence Pinder

Mijs, Coco and Matilda. Picture: David Smith

St Kilda Park Primary School students. Picture: David Smith

The Postcards to Port project, on the Spirit of Tasmania ferry terminal fence at Station Pier, consists of a series of postcards created by Port Melbourne Primary School, including co-captains Ruby, 11, and Tess, 5.

Melbourne City FC footballer Tom King takes Moreland Primary School students through the ropes.

Holy Name Primary School Reservoir students Mitchell, Terence and Luke with the Melbourne Cup. Picture: Eugene Hyland

Seymour College students Grace Manifold, Poppy Clark, Minnie Clark and Saskia Rogers at their school with Fenwick Jester the shetland pony in preparation for the Melbourne Cup. Picture: Calum Robertson

The Postcards to Port project, on the Spirit of Tasmania ferry terminal fence at Station Pier, consists of a series of postcards created by Port Melbourne Primary School.

Students from Albert Park Primary School get a look at ' Romance Was Born' kids exhibition at the NGV in Melbourne.

St Kilda Primary School’s Lachlan Pratt thinks there should be more school, as part of a campaign with Leader. Picture: Tim Carrafa

Build Our School campaign at St Kilda Primary School. Picture: Tim Carrafa

Tian, 5, Robert Koren and Nal, 8, for Walk to School Month at Brighton Grammar. Picture: Kris Reichl

Leader of the Opposition, Labor MP Bill Shorten, visits the Furlong Park School for Deaf Children, in Sunshine, Melbourne.

Walk to School month, featuring former professional soccer player and now Melbourne City assistant coach Ivan Jolic and his three daughters Ivanka, Alannah, and Mia. Picture: Janine Eastgate

Dana Flahavin of Mirboo North Secondary College is a young leader who launched a Change Your World Day at her school. She asked people such as Aaron Wood a councillor for the City of Melbourne, a winner of the United Nations Individual Award for Outstanding Service to the Environment and the 2001 Young Australian for the Year for the Environment. Tim Cope, well-known author, adventurer, film maker and public speaker and Kirstie Marshall Australian Olympic Skier and Victorian state politician also took part in Dana's day.

Dance crews Jnr Crew Hellraizers and Varsity Crew Relentless. Picture: Craig Wilson

Build Our School campaign at St Kilda Primary School. Picture: Tim Carrafa

Melbourne school kids are getting a buzz from above through a new program. A dozen students at Kingswood Primary School in Dingley Village, including Daniel Korolov, Tim Scott and Blai Kampl, are learning to fly drones as part of the aero initiative. The quadcopter club even includes a flight simulator before the kids step up to the real thing.

Olivia Bolton from Congupan, Goulburn Valley Grammar School.

A few kids who have made the Victorian Futsal State Schools Team. Picture: Lawrence Pinder

Jack Wallace and classmates at Lilydale High School have achieved great success in shooting. They train on Wednesdays at the Melbourne Gun Club in Yering. Picture: Steve Tanner

Caley Hood and Tess Runting from Woodleigh School with Tomy & Timmy lambs at the Royal Melbourne Show.

Rabbi Smukler with prep student Eitan and other students from Yeshivah Beth Rivkah college near Melbourne. The school is becoming the first one to cap its fees, and charge differential fees according to parents' income.

Bianca Harvey in her ballet get up at Flashdance performing arts school Sunbury.

Katie Archer from Finley High School who won first prize in the dairy youth classic junior heifer 9-12 months class with her Holstein heifer named Waltopso Atlee Connie at the Royal Melbourne Show. Picture: Zoe Phillips

Low-income families at Port Melbourne Primary School are disappointed about the State Government's decision to cancel the school's Education Maintenance Allowance funding of $150-200 per child. Single mum Rachel Lederman relies on the allowance for her kids Lucinda and Quincy. Picture: Lawrence Pinder

Qiara, 5, cooking up a storm as part of a new school holiday program. Picture: Kris Reichl

Kids in Port Melbourne cooking up a storm as part of a new school holiday program by a Melbourne business called Itsy Bitsy Chef which is promoting healthy eating in kids. They teach the kids to cook all types of foods from Moroccan to Italian. Picture: Kris Reichl

Tess Runting from Woodleigh School at the Royal Melbourne Show.

Bernie Vince will be king of the kids when an AFL Grand Final live site is turned over to schoolchildren. Picture: Lawrence Pinder

Miles, 5 and Sophie, 10, cook up a storm. Picture: Kris Reichl

Melbourne jazz identity Steve Sedergreen is Artist in Residence at Blackburn High School for Term 3. Picture: Valeriu Campan

Spotswood Primary School students have made a video for a Melbourne Water students' conference entitled From Spotti to the Sea, about the journey water makes from stormwater to the ocean. Two of the students involved pictured, Bradley, 12, and Yasmin, 10. Picture: Sarah Matray

Year 10 students Elyse, Nathan, Fei, Aaron, Matthew with Tiarne from The Knox School science club are building a rube goldberg machine to take part in Melbourne University's Great Spaghetti Machine Competition.

Former Richmond captain Chris Newman has a bit of fun with students from Warrnambool Primary school. Picture: Colleen Petch.

NRL Bryan Norrie, Dayne Weston and Travis Robinson players visit students Robert, 11, and Emilia, 11, at Cranbourne West Primary School to deliver a no-bullying message through sport.

Marie Walters and her two boys Bryce, 4, and Jack, 6. Marie is hoping that open space will be in the plans for the promised new "vertical" South Melbourne primary school. Picture: Sarah Matray

Port Phillip Leader has been campaigning for a primary school in South Melbourne, the proposed site in Albert Park. Miranda, 7, and Jeremy, 5, outside the proposed site.

Melbourne Storm players visited Wantirna Primary School as part of a program to help spread anti-bullying message. Pictured are Shannon, 10, and Zoe, 9.

Ryan Walker from Melbourne Storm teaches Melton South Primary School students Rylee and Jonathan how to play rubgy.

Melbourne High School students Roy, Peter, Alan, Daniel, and Nanveet are getting involved in the 40 Hour Famine this year. At 3.30pm on Friday August 15, more than 100 students will give up transport and will walk home from the school’s grounds in South Yarra. Picture: Janine Eastgate

Clara Law at her school, Shelford Girls Grammar. Photo: Hamish Blair

Melbourne Cup winning horse Sub Zero, with trainer Graham Salisbury, visits children Frankie Willson and Oscar Kattwinkle at South Geelong Primary School. Picture: Mitch Bear.

The fourth Australian Teenage Expo will be held at the Melbourne Showgrounds and is designed specifically to educate young people on building positive self esteem and body image, safe partying habits and keeping safe online while chasing their dreams. Essendon Keilor College students Hayley, 15, Jordi, 15, Casey, 17, Isobel, 17, Abby, 15, Joeli, 16, Lucas, 15, Luke, 16, Lauren, 16, and Jordan, 16.

Students at Melbourne High School are getting involved in the 40 Hour Famine. Picture: Janine Eastgate

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conductors Diego Matheuz and Ray Chen with Meadows Primary School students Houda Khaled, Myra El Halwani, Samamtha Barnes.

Chris, 17, Grace, 10, Tina, 10, and Hamish, 16, at Melbourne Grammar School. Picture: Josie Hayden

National Wool Museum LEGO workshops during the school holidays where kids like Hamish Stone will great a Lego version of Geelong.

Kylie Minogue took some time out to visit her old high school in Melbourne. "Thanks beautiful ladies from Camberwell High School!! Such fun to visit!" Picture: Instagram

Melbourne School of Rock concerts at Epping’s Greenvale Primary School.

Port Melbourne music school Musical Directions is offering free music lessons to a local child from a low income family, through the charity Music for Change. Imogen, 14, pictured at the school with her flute.

Winner of the 2000 Melbourne Cup, Brew, visited the Mt Waverley North Primary School.

Year 11 Lauriston Girls' School student Beattie Goad is playing for Melbourne Victory in the W-League grand final this Sunday. She's youngest ever Victory player to play in a W-League grand final. Picture: Mark Stewart

Williamstown High School student Michael Gibbon, 17, has had his lamp design chosen for Melbourne Museum's Top Design exhibition. Picture: Kris Reichl

The City of Casey and the Melbourne Stars cricketers host the Melbourne Stars Mega Clinic. Students from Cardinia Primary School have a go. Picture: Susan Windmiller

Melbourne School of Rock concerts at Epping’s Lalor Gardens Primary School.

Pupils from Sydenham Hillside Primary School, Jessie, 10, Madison, 10 and Jenny, 11, will be decorating miniature wheelbarrow for the Royal Melbourne Show. Picture Sarah Matray

Miranda, 7, and Jeremy, 5, advocate for a new school in Albert Park.

Fitzroy High School, including students Sasha, Zoey, Levi and Marley, is holding a big breakfast fundraiser for the Feed Melbourne appeal.

The City of Casey and the Melbourne Stars cricketers host the Melbourne Stars Mega Clinic. Students from Cardinia Primary School have a go. Picture: Susan Windmiller

Melbourne School of Rock concerts at Epping’s Gladstone Park Primary School.

Schools are being encouraged to hold a big breakfast to raise money for the Feed Melbourne appeal. Richmond Primary school students Claudia and Audrey tuck into breakfast. Picture: Ian Currie.

Melbourne schoolboy Jessie Smyth who scored an unbeaten 238 said he was inspired by the tragic death of fellow cricketer Luke Batty. He wore a black armband and observed a minute's silence in tribute.

Lilydale High School student Gavin has won an award in the Victorian Science Talent Search in 2013 for his plasma cutter. Picture: Janine Eastgate

Reservoir High School has hosted a breakfast to raise money for the Feed Melbourne campaign. Students Michael and Latisha with some hot cross buns that were for sale. Picture: Angie Basdekis

Melbourne School of Rock concerts at Epping’s Gladstone Park Primary School.

Last Tear Poa is a junior state basketball player and is elated to be chosen as Melbourne Leader's sports star. Picture: Janine Eastgate

The Bully Zero Australia Foundation is launching its 48-hour Digital Detox, which coincides with the National Day of Action Against Bullying. Melbourne Victory's Adrian Leijer with students at Pascoe Vale Primary School Isobelle, Charlotte, Jack and Jackson. Picture: Angie Basdekis

Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten with schoolchildren at a launch in Melbourne for Zero Bullying Australia.

Students Sarah and Nathan took part in Feed Melbourne big breakfast at Casey Grammar School

Melbourne School of Rock concerts at Epping. Diamond Creek East Primary School’s Bethany, Bella, Aimee and Sarah.

Melbourne School of Rock concerts at Epping. Lalor Gardens Primary School.

Melbourne School of Rock concerts at Epping. Gladstone Park Primary School.

Naomi and Jackson at Greensborough Primary School. You don’t need to go far in Australia to embark on a journey of wildlife discovery – it’s there in your own backyard. Literally. Experts believe there are so many Australian insect species yet to be identified that the average suburban garden, even in major cities like Sydney or Melbourne. Picture: Josie Hayden

Flat chat families are turning to the school canteen for their nightly feed. Several Melbourne schools are offering take-home dinners so busy parents can spend more quality time with kids. Mum Rita Gattoni, whose son Zac is at Coburg West Primary School, said the meals were as good as home made. Picture: David Caird.

Grade 5 and 6 students Nia, Corey and Hans at Coolaroo South Primary School are taking part in a Kids Teaching Kids conference at the end of the month, funded by Melbourne Water. They have the chance to teach each other about groundwater, the water cycle and pollution.

Grade 5 and 6 students Brodie and Shamus at Coolaroo South Primary School are taking part in a Kids Teaching Kids conference at the end of the month, funded by Melbourne Water. They have the chance to teach each other about groundwater, the water cycle and pollution.

Port Melbourne Primary School parents have calculated that the population density of students at PMPS is eight times the maximum allowable density for free range chickens (based on a body weight to square metre ratio). Picture: Richard Serong

Melbourne School of Rock concerts at Epping. Greenvale Primary School.

Melbourne School of Rock concerts at Epping. Gladstone Park Primary School.

Eva Mooney-Smith, Kinda Einsiedel, Joe Stimson from Melbourne Storm and Carmen Guajardo take part in fancy hat day at Sunshine Harvester Primary School. Picture: Andrew Henshaw

Grade 5 and 6 students Kamar, Fatima and Aleyna at Coolaroo South Primary School are taking part in a Kids Teaching Kids conference at the end of the month, funded by Melbourne Water. They have the chance to teach each other about groundwater, the water cycle and pollution.

11 year old artist Jesslyn Wijaya is running school holiday painting classes at the Des Renford Leisure Centre, she had her first solo exhibition 3 years ago at Darlinghurst and Melbourne 2011 and published her book and DVD ‘Paint like a pro with Jesslyn’.

Christadelphian Heritage College Melbourne at The Basin received a grant to purchase iPads to help students with their Auslan classes. School Principal Jon Fry with Grade 3 students Aidan and Sophie showing off their sign language skills and the iPads.

Thornbury High School is one of only two in Melbourne to get a Nutrition Australia tick of approval for it's canteen. Year 12 school captain Michelle Lopez with a healthy serve of food from the canteen. Picture: Steve Tanner.

Port Melbourne Football Club Lahiff Cup at north port oval between Middle Park Primary school and Port Melbourne Primary School. Picture: Susan Windmiller

Melbourne comedy duo Sammy J and Randy visited Fitzroy Community School and students Holly, Gracie and Coco, to say thanks to the students who have just raised an impressive $6000 for Oxfam.

Schoolteacher Shauna Donnelly teaching Ruby and Yasmin in the classroom at Port Melbourne for a job feature about top 10 jobs that need applicants.

Melbourne comedy duo Sammy J and Randy visited Fitzroy Community School to say thanks to the students who have just raised an impressive $6000 for Oxfam. Picture: Paul Loughnan

Former Richmond captain Chris Newman has a bit of fun with students from Warrnambool Primary school. Picture: Colleen Petch.

Melbourne Cheer Academy is running a school holiday program for children to learn dance and cheer skills. Ariana, Ella, Jasper, Isla, and Fletcher get to grips on some moves with help from Danelle Cooney at the Bill Sewart Athletics Track in Burwood East. Picture: Steve Tanner.

Warrandyte High School student Claire Kopietz was one of the Top Arts students for 2013, and will display displaying her multimedia work at the Melbourne Art Centre. Picture: Ellen Smith

Principal of Spotswood Primary School Jackie Green will run a marathon in Paris on April 6th to raise money for a fence to surround the school on busy Melbourne Rd. Jackie with students Gale, Wes, and Siena.

Federal Opposition leader Bill Shorten poses for photos with school students at Melbourne University High.

Port Melbourne Football Club Lahiff Cup at north port oval between Middle Park Primary school and Port Melbourne Primary School. Picture: Susan Windmiller