Tjannaya Abela and Ashley Price never thought they would move to Wagga from Sydney, but now say they wouldn't want to be anywhere else.

They both teach at Ashmont's Holy Trinity Primary School.

"Personally, I just love the kids and the teachers. It's such a great little community and they've all been so welcoming," Ms Price said.

"Seeing the kids, just love having me as a teacher, coming to school every day with a smile on my face. No matter what they've been through, no matter what postcode they're from, they always just give me their full selves.

"I just love being rewarded with their achievements and their love of learning, basically."

Former ACU students, the pair moved to Wagga in August last year to complete a placement with National Exceptional Teaching for Disadvantaged Schools (NETDS), an invitation-only program for some of Australia's top education students.

They were both offered jobs after their placements at Holy Trinity, where they began as fully-fledged teachers earlier this year.

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"It's been an amazing experience. I definitely have been very blessed with the way that my first year has gone and with the school that I'm at. So I'm very happy," Ms Abela said.

"I wouldn't have asked for a different school or a different place to do it in."

Ms Abela said she and Ms Price felt instantly welcomed by the Wagga community.

"We didn't feel out of place at all. We definitely felt like they wanted us there and it was just such a lovely feeling," she said.

"The school is beautiful. It upholds the Catholic values and it's a lovely community to be a part of. We're just very grateful that we've had this opportunity."

The NETDS program aims to recruit the best pre-service teachers and prepare them to work in the schools that need them most: those located in regional or low socio-economic communities.

NETDS is supported by the Origin Energy Foundation, established by Origin Energy in 2010 to fund educational projects around Australia.