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Elwood Central in the Early 1960s was a Good School.

Posted by Anon on Sunday, January 14, 2018, In : 1960s 

In 1961 and 1962, I attended Form 1 and 2 at this school because the new high school down the road did not have room for the lower levels of secondary schooling. I recall Mr S, who had a tough time at the school. I had no problems with him. I recall the time when the blackboard was cleared of all material on it. I was in the room, but thought that the other students were just cleaning the board from a previous class. There was a lot of stuff on the board when I entered the room before the cla...


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Memories of 1947 to 1954

Posted by LS on Monday, November 21, 2016, In : 1940s 
I started at Elwood Central in 1947 in 'Bubs' as it was called then & went right through to 6th grade.

Things I can remember are...
In the central large room there was the alphabet displayed in large letters , along the wall, with a corresponding object beside it for each letter.     I remember the 'u' vividly with a umbrella drawn in chalk, beside it!  Yes it was slate, chalk and dusters to do your work and later lined paper and pen and ink in Inkwells in your desk.  Selected pupils were 'ink ...
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Minor Truamas and Sliced Bread

Posted by Sys Admin on Friday, March 25, 2016, In : 1960s 

I stumbled across your website having seen a TV show about straps used as punishment in schools. I attended ECS in 1960/1 or 1961/2. Remembering (in my view) Mr. Hunter's brutality with his strap (he lovingly called it Dr. Black). I Goggled ECS/Hunter/strap and found your website. I remembered all the teachers mentioned by John Watson in his post of July 4 2015. I have many memories of people, incidents, events of my years there.
 
I cringe with remorseful embarrassment when I think of the ...


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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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Snippets from the 1960s

Posted by on Friday, May 4, 2012, In : 1960s 
A few unconnected snippets come to mind about my time at Elwood Central in the 1960s. I recall the great big tree in the front courtyard facing Scott St. I and three other girls, had lunch there on my first day at the school. All of us were new to the school on the day. The tree was magnificent. It provided shade on hot days and shelter on wet days. I recall walking along the first floor verandah and peering into its canopy hoping to spot birds and nests. Apart from the courtyard, the school-...
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