- 1874: William H Oram wrote to the Minister of Public Instruction asking for a State School in the Pine Lodge District.
- 1875: A 5-acre site on Benalla – Shepparton Road had been allocated.
- 1875: William Baker’s tender of 325 pounds for a pine and iron building was accepted.
- 1876: The building was finished in February 1876, school number 1713, with an enrolment of 56 students.
- 1880: Thomas Kittle & Son quote of 19 pounds, 17 shillings and 6 pence was accepted to line the school roof due to excessive heat and work was completed in June 1880.
- 1884: In July, head teacher Frank A Cronk, offered to put up a two-rail fence for 10 pounds which the department accepted, however 12 pounds was the final cost.
- 1887: The school was ‘on an island’ (caused by floods).
- 1890: The toilets were changed from pits to pans and the school was painted.
- 1912: A veranda was erected on the north side of the building as shelter for the students.
- 1914: 427 pounds approved to remodel and enlarge the school and residence.
- 1918: Single room schoolhouse finished and used for the first time.
- 1926: A shelter shed was erected.
- 1927: Second room added to the school building – 75 students enrolled.
- 1930: A special meeting was called to decide whether a Christmas tree should be held owing to the serious depression the fruit growers were experiencing.
- 1932: No yearly grant for repairs to the school and residence.
- 1933: It was resolved that a committee do the work of clearing, grading and draining the southern portion of the school ground, by means of a working bee.
- 1935: A reference library was first established and permission sought from the department to install 1 light convenience of the Committee and the Young Farmers Club.
- 1939: An electric motor and centrifugal pump were purchased to improve the water supply to the school and residence. The windmill was sold.
- 1941: Four electric lights and two power points were installed
- 1942: With the co-operation of other local bodies, a wireless set was purchased.
- 1947: At the request of the Committee another schoolroom (Army Hut) was moved to the school.
- 1957: Approval for installation of septic tanks at the school.
- 1958: The first motor mower was purchased by the committee.
- 1965: A modern building of 6 classrooms was built.
- 1966: Committee members installed a concrete cricket pitch.
- 1968: 220 students were enrolled at the school.
- 1970: A watering system was installed for the school grounds.
- 1973: A shelter was built for the convenience of students travelling on the school bus.
- 1976: An adventure playground was erected in memory of Mrs Knox and family who were killed in Darwin during Cyclone Tracey, in December 1975.
- 1980s: An off-street carpark was erected. Many of the trees on the school site were planted. The Caniambo School site was inherited providing a place for school camps. A shower shed was built and trees planted so the site could be used for overnight camps. After many meetings and lots of discussion, council purchased the first computers for classroom use, with commitment of an ongoing program. Cricket nets were built in the north-west corner of the school and malthoid pitch was laid. Betty Jeffery (former parent and Mother’s Club president) designs the current school logo
- 1986: The most profitable attractions at the school fete were the horse drawn carriage rides and ‘Dunk the Skunk’ with principal Bernard O’Shea being the ‘skunk’.
- 1994: A cooperative was formed by Russell Guppy for school council to raise funds for a multi-purpose room, to provide space for special occasions.
- 1995: Improvements made to the school including the installation of concrete courts, paving, upgrading of air conditioners and heating systems and a new office and storeroom.
- 2000: A new playground was built.
- 2001: Installation of the Shepparton East War memorial after being relocated.
- 2010: A new school building on the Midland Hwy built consisting of 4 classrooms, open learning area, offices, toilets, sick bay and toilets. Portables installed at the school.
- 2013-14: School adopts a School Wide Positive Behaviour approach with mascots, values and expectations created.
- 2018: Donations called for to create the Peter Copulos Sporting Pavilion to cover the basketball court area.
- 2019: Peter Copulos Sporting Pavilion built.
- 2020-2022: Covid 19 period with most students learning remotely offsite for large periods of time.
- 2022: Memorial Gardens completed around the war memorial after it was to the school site in 2001.
- 2022: Extension to main building including new principal office and staffroom extension – highest enrolment of 276 students. Opening of the Peter Copulos Sporting Pavilion due to delays caused by Covid 19
- 2023: New garden at front entrance completed. Accessibility ramps installed around the school. Parents and Friends install new cubbies for students in junior yard.
- 2024: New 5/6 playground, back oval football and soccer goals installed, new sheds installed.
- 2025: Installation of the digital sign on the Midland Hwy.
- 2026: Installation of new 3/4 inclusive playground, garden outside the Sporting Pavilion created and opening of the Peter Copulos Trade Shed.
- 2026: Shepparton East Primary School celebrates 150 years.
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