Member for Eden-Monaro Peter Hendy was joined by Bega Valley Shire Deputy Mayor Liz Seckold in untying rather than cutting the “finger-knitted ribbon” to open the access point to the school’s hall and library complex.

“You do need a pathway to get to a destination,” education manager James Wishart said to open the day’s proceedings.

“An entrance and a path don’t seem grandiose but it’s an important development at this school.”

Dr Hendy said the project was an accomplishment for the small independent school as it integrates further into the community as a shared space.

“Parents need to be proud and the students and teachers need to be proud,” he said.

The school's business manager Hallie Fernandez said after the event, which also drew a healthy number of parents and community members, that it meant a lot to the pupils of the school to have a parliamentarian visit on the day.

“One of the students was so surprised we had a parliamentarian coming for the morning,” she said.

“We wanted to share with the minister the importance of our school,” she said.

“He [Dr Hendy] was impressed with the school when we took him on a tour of the facilities.

“He was quite taken by the specialness of Mumbulla School.”

The entrance to the school and the path that winds through the playground to the hall and library complex, which includes disabled access, was completed in January this year using the skills and labour of local builders.

The hall and library complex is open to the community and is often hired by community organisations, including the Quakers, Rotary, Magpie Music, Heartsong Choir and the annual South Coast Music Camp as a venue for their events.