A Lot of Learning

Hundreds of parents took advantage of Education Week (July 20-24) and learnt a lot about the schooling of their children by visiting the schools, all of which ran programmes and held open days. The whole project did much to give parents an insight into the educational system.

Symbolic of the cooperation between schools is this tapestry showing the distinctions of Poverty Bay. Children from a different school each day worked on the tapestry at the library and completed it during the week.

The week was officially opened in the library where the speakers were Mr Brian Bull (representing the Hawkes Bay Education Board) and Mr Martin Lynch, the Deputy Mayor. Officials present were, from left, Mr R. Pilcher (coordinator for Education Week), Mr Bull, Miss F. F. Duff (representing the secondary school principals), Mr Lynch, and Mr D. Charteris (representing the Headmasters' Association).

Central School, which celebrates its centenary in 1972, had some very interesting exhibits on show, such as this oldest desk in the school. Behind it are two of the week's receptionists, Phillippa Williams and Robyn O'Connell.

This Indian teepee was made especially by these children in Room 18

Mark Holden, Timmy Kerstens and Ian Leslie with an old teacher's desk and an even older teacher's chair

This picture speaks for itself

This junior science group is pictured with a nature study table. From left: Maria Tsao, Reg Maynard, Ian Phinn, Grant Thompson and Eleanor Freestone.

Activities included a gym display and some of those taking part

Peter Thorp, Neil Rasmussen, Christopher Jarvis, Richard Lows and Grant Williams.

Parents (at back) were treated to a half hour of singing by Standards 3 and 4.

The girls at St. Mary's school and college were given a demonstration of the work of the fire brigade.

With some of the boys from Edmund Campion junior college some of the girls from St. Mary's school gave a demonstration of folk dancing.

There was plenty of moral support from the rest of the schools.

Sister Odrian's singing group finished off, very pleasantly, a morning of dance and song for parents and fellow pupils.

Elgin School focussed its week on the one theme through the whole school, electricity.

This large model of the Turangi power scheme was made by the pupils in Mr Clark's room. This was a followup to a visit made by pupils to the area earlier in the year.

A display of educational equipment was to be found in the Regent Theatre.

This collection of sporting gear shown

These members of a junior class (from left: Greig Halpin, Patricia Clapperton, Glen McKinnon, Neil Smiler and Kent McKenzie) with some of the models they made to show the uses of electricity.

Features of the Kaiti School's week included teachins for parents, where classes were conducted as usual, and the confidence course which enables the boys and girls to get much more out of places such as Camp Kaitawa, when they are lucky enough to make the trip.

Parents crowd a classroom to see what's what.

A happy gang ready to climb the net on the confidence course.

A real rope climber in the person of Mark Sim.

Henry Simpson has plenty of confidence in the flying fox.

These young monkeys have no problems when it comes to hanging upside down

One of Kaiti School's other projects was Operation Beef in which they studied the beef industry in Gisborne. This included a visit to a beef stud farm, a visit to the freezing works, and a talk at the school by Mr W. Varley (the works manager).

At the Wainui School, highlights of the week were a demonstration of the planets in orbit by Mr A. Brunton of the Astronomical Society and . . .

. . . and a demonstration of pottery making by Mrs P. Moloney, where pupils (in both eases) were encouraged to ask questions about the subject in hand.

At the Gisborne Intermediate School the highlight of the week was a concert. A wide variety of talent came to light and this included the School's instrumental group and a tenor horn solo by Paul Cooper

The Mangapapa School climaxed its week with an outdoor show on Road Safety. All aspects of the road code were shown and an "accident" was staged to show what carelessness on the roads can do.