Use of Spare Schoolroom

Te Ao Hou, June 1964, Page 40

Use of Spare Schoolroom Thanks to Miss Pewhairangi a very brief but extremely valuable meeting with Mr A. Grey, pre-school officer with the Maori Education Foundation, was arranged at Te Karaka one morning in August. After this, the play centre movement was discussed at other gatherings, some well attended, others not so well attend- The Whatatutu play centre has the enthusiastic support of the parents, who find that this early experience is of great value to their children when they start attending school. Photography by Ans Westra Some equipment was given to the centre, some was made by the children's fathers, and some was bought with funds raised by the Committee. Sessions are held every Tuesday afternoon in a spare room at the school.

ed. At one Home and School gathering, members of the Hawkes Bay Board Inspectorate, Messrs H. Campbell and H. McMillan both spoke favourably of the idea. Later in October Mr A. Grey visited Whatatutu and spoke to a large gathering of Maori folk in the Mangatu Hall. He went away greatly impressed with the attendance and with the enthusiasm of those present. In November the Hawkes Bay Education Board agreed to allow us to make use of the spare room at the school as our head-quarters; this was a gesture which we greatly appreciated.