Looking Back at Elwood Central School Days

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Recollections of my time at Elwood Central School in the ‘30s.

Posted by Dick Morgan on Friday, October 20, 2017, In : 1930s 
I was born in April 1927. I attended the Elwood Central School from 1932 to 1940.

My father enrolled me in the ‘little school’ which was known as the 'bubs’ at the beginning of the school year.  The school building was in Mitford Street opposite the ‘big school’ building, which fronted Scott Street. In those days Mitford Street separated the two schools. To progress from the ‘bubs’ to the ‘big’ school was considered then to be the real start to your education.


My famil...


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The Big School at Elwood - Early 1940s

Posted by Ädmin: This is part 2 of 3 by NRW on Saturday, October 31, 2015, In : 1940s 
The Big School – 1940 to 1943

1940 saw me in the "big school" where Grade 3s were taught by

Miss Quirk and Mr Winkle. Grade 4s had Miss Opie and Miss Tynan. 

Mr Mc Donald and Miss Oulton taught Grade 5s. In Grade 6, 

Mr Lester taught the boys and Miss Wall taught the girls. 

Whilst at the Big School, my teachers were Miss Quirk, Miss Tynan, 
Mr McDonald and Mr Lester. 

 
The 3rd grade was the beginning of a good grounding in the three 
"R's".  Miss Quirk seemed to be obsessed with multiplication...

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