Australia’s biggest and brightest Annual Show, the Sydney Royal, invited some special guests this year to enjoy a four-day trip to Homebush, where the show is based.

Narromine High School was fortunate enough to have 35 students and five teachers invited as the special beneficiaries of the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW Youth Group’s “All Roads to the Royal” promotion.

Thousands of school students from across country NSW made their way to the Show which wrapped up on Tuesday, April 22.

One of Australia’s most endearing public displays and one of the largest ticketed events in the world, the Sydney Royal Easter Show marked its 203rd year, returning to the Sydney Showground at Olympic Park.

NSW public schools’ long tradition with The Show continued with dozens of schools from across the state getting hands-on with agriculture, artisan foods and amusements.

More than 150 students from 17 country schools operated the Rural Students Café, cooking and serving high tea and drinks to show-goers. The students are completing their Certificate II in Hospitality or Certificate II in Cookery, with the Show experience counting towards their work placement for these qualifications, NSW Department of Education Secretary Murat Dizdar said.

Mr Dizdar, who visited competitions involving school students as well as the teachers and staff supporting them, said he was impressed to see the breadth of entries by public schools. He praised them for being "passionate about competing and getting real-life experience of what working in agricultural industries will entail.