Looking Back at Elwood Central School Days

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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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Happy Years at Elwood Central 1962 -1963

Posted by on Saturday, July 4, 2015, In : 1960s 

I started at Elwood Central in 1962 in form one. My previous school was Eltham Primary School, which was then regarded as being in the country. It took me a while to adjust to the difference between city and county life. I was in forms 1A and 2A. My form teacher was Mrs Stent. There were between 40 and 50 children in our form, which was one of four for our year level. Only 16 pupils in our form had been born in Australia and during the year three or four new pupils came from overseas. They ha...


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