Cattle Pavilion Provides Airy School At the Showgrounds

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 February 1931, Page 3

Cattle Pavilion Provides Airy School At the Showgrounds

With the large number of children in camp at the Showgrounds and several Hawke’s Bay teachers available the authorities wisely decided to make arrangements to give the children their schooling at the Showgrounds, After consultation with the powers that be, it was decided to make use of the cattle pavilion. The building was transformed in a very short time, floors were carefully swept and disinfected and quantities of sawdust were spread and every necessary equipment was in place yesterday morning in readiness for opening school. When the warning for assembly was given 270 children from the Showgrounds and billeted iu the city lined up for enrolment and were disposed as follows: —Standard VI., 31; Std. V,, 4.1; Std., IV, 41; Std. 111., 39, Stds. 11. and 1., 70, and infants 48.

The pavilion is opeja all round and the scholars will have enough fresh air to satisfy the most ardent fresh air advocates. They quickly adapted themselves to their surroundings and were undoubtedly happy to resume their studies. The new school is well away from the rest of the camp and the boundaries of the playing areas are clearly defined, all within being tapu except to the scholars and staff. In regard to the equipment, the Wanganui Education Board supplied the necessary desks from their own stocks and from spare stocks in Palmerston North. Each child received its books and pencils, etc., and while lessons were undertaken a proper syllabus will be in full swing as from to-day, the hours being 9 a.m. to noon and 1.30 p.n. to 3 30 p.r;. The school will be under the supervision ot Mr E. Bary, headmaster of tho Central School, while Mr. R. Me•Glashan, from Hastings Street School. •Napier, is senior master in charge. Other members of the staff are Mr H. Lunn (Potoka), Miss do Lambert, D3>stirigs Central). Mis.s V. McLurc (Nelson Park. Nanior), }liss Beale (To Awa), Miss Hall (Taradalc) and Miss Harvov. probationer.

The \ rc’iminary arrangements for the school wore made by Messrs E. Bary, headmaster of the Central Schooj an( ]" A. W. Thompson, headmaster of (Terrace End School with the co-opcr-lation of Brigadier Whyte and Mr J. OLassington (inspector for the City Council ), and it says much for the organising ability of these gentlemen that the school was available with so little loss of time. . Mr Swangcr, secretary of the Education Board, who, with Mr Hodge (architect) inspected the arrangements, said that the board was very much indebted to Messrs Thompson and Bary for the excellent way in which they had undertaken the organisation of the classes, also to Brigadier Whyte for arranging the children’s luncheons and Mr Lissington for preparing and supervising the disinfecting of the pavilions.