Waiwhare School 1970 Log Book

1970

PRESENT PUPILS
Paul Guillemot
Stuart Tolley
Richard Hoy
Russell Tolley
Stuart Comrie
Grant Tolley
Lance Tolley
Malcolm McKay
Helen Richards
Ann Whyte
Kay Lawrence
Sally Smith
Wendy Kyle
Allison McPhail
Jane Redman
Kirsten Smith
Edith Scadden
Maree Ward
Robyn McDonald
Mark Graham
Bernard Ward
Apa Bartlett
Allan Janes
Andrew Ward
Ben Bartlett
Stuart McKay
Stephen Gordon
Christopher Graham
Angus Richards
Brett Tolley
Michael Bartlett
Richard Gordon
Gordon Kyle
Warwick Young
Mark Thompson
Sandra McDonald
Kirsty McPhail
Ruth Scadden
Jeanette Comrie
Morag Horne
Sandra McPhail
Karyn Janes

NEW PUPILS
Brett Tolley
Paul Guillemot
Morag Horne
Clifford Tolley
Stuart Tolley
Edith Scadden
Ruth Scadden
Michael Bartlett
Ben Bartlett
Apa Bartlett
Richard Gordon
Gordon Kyle
Stuart McKay
Malcolm McKay
Warwick Young
Mark Thompson
Karyn Janes

LEAVING PUPILS
Clifford Tolley
Morag Horne
Robyn McDonald
Sandra MacDonald
Christopher Graham
Mark Graham
Warwick Young
Stuart Tolley
Paul Guillemot
Ann Whyte
Helen Richards

HEAD TEACHER
Mr JA McDonald

ASSISTANT MISTRESS
Mrs SA McDonald

COMMITTEE
KW Lawrence, Chairman
HA McPhail, Secretary/Treasurer
Messrs J Kyle, I Gordon

THE YEAR’S ACTIVITIES AND GENERAL INFORMATION

FEBRUARY   Mr & Mrs JA McDonald took over as Head Teacher and Assistant Mistress respectively. School Committee purchased a new motor mower. Junior classes visited Napier Airport and the Doll’s Hospital in Taradale.

Many items of maintenance carried out, i.e. new letter box, roller door on garage, doors on shelter shed, lockers in infant room, shelving and notice board in staffroom, fire escape door in junior room etc. Committee working bee – cutting of hedge and trimming of trees.

MARCH   D&A Day at Matapiro Domain; Swimming Sports at Sherenden.
Children from Mayfair School in Hastings visited us. They also visited two farms in the district.

APRIL   Senior children visited the Napier Museum and Aquarium.
Senior children visited Mayfair School for a day (return visit).

MAY   School painted, (outside only) Painting included Senior room, staffroom, toilet blocks and sheds
Head Teacher and wife spent a month away from the school working as Recruitment Officers for the Hawke’s Bay Education Board. Mr & Mrs L Shannon from Sherenden acting as relieving teachers.

JUNE   Winter sports programme started. Rugby and netball – home and away games with local schools
Children from Otamauri School included in our teams.
Second Rugby goal erected and field marked out.

JUNE/AUGUST   Rugby and netball played against local schools. Considerable success esp. in rugby.

AUGUST   Senior children visited the Children’s section of The Kaweka State Forest. Carried out a planting programme. Forestry donated 13 trees to be planted around the school grounds.
Combined Country Schools’ Representative rugby and netball teams chosen. Played games against Fernhill and Havelock North.
School became affiliated to the Hastings and District Primary Schools’ Sports Association.
Winter Tournament – The school sent a rugby and netball team. Both teams did very well.
Mrs Mary Drummond resigned from the Red Cross work at the school.

SEPTEMBER   Padder Tennis nets and courts erected.
Inter-school home and away games of softball and rounders started.
All children vaccinated against German Measles.

OCTOBER   Children made ‘dummies’ to be exhibited at the HB A and P Show as part of a display on farm safety.
School visited by six Colombo Plan Teachers from Malaysia. They were accompanied by Mr G Cass, adviser to Rural Schools.

NOVEMBER   Form 1 and 2 pupils spent a week at Camp Kaitawa. They were accompanied by Mrs Whyte and Mrs Richards. New water supply system in operation. Connected to the baths and toilets.
Senior boys and Head Teacher prepared and painted the school swimming pool for the first time.

DECEMBER   Children’s Christmas Party held at the school. Organised by the Waiwhare Country Women’s Institute.
Breakup ceremony. Senior & Juniors both presented Maori Items songs, action songs and hakas.

SWIMMING SHIELD:   Jeannie Comrie

School painted, new sign, May 1970

November – Form 1 and 2 pupils went to Camp Kaitawa

September – Senior boys’ woodwork projects – bridge building

October – Malaysian Colombo Plan teachers visited the school, accompanied by Mr G Cass, adviser to rural schools. Shown here with assistant mistress, Mrs S McDonald, and pupils

August – 1970 rugby team

November – cleaning down and painting the baths

Room 1 children

October – Dummies for display at A&P Show

CHILD SAFETY

Waiwhare Pupils Helped Drive Home Message

THE TRACTOR had one child crushed under its front wheels, another wrapped around the shaft of the post-hole digger. Nearby was a second tractor, a child with its fingers in the fan and another impaled on the prongs of the front-end loader.

No, it was not a multiple tragedy but a demonstration of what can happen when children and tractors mix. It was given by Mr Tony Drummond, of the Heretaunga District Young Farmers’ Club, at the recent Hawke’s Bay A and P Show.

Models

The “children” were full-size, stuffed models made by the pupils of Waiwhare Primary School in a competition organised by Mr Drummond. Anne Whyte and Kay Lawrence, both of whom made two models, shared first prize; the second prize went to Grant and Stuart Tolley, and third to Sally Smith. All the other young entrants received a cake of chocolate.

In addition to those already mentioned, further models drew attention to the dangers of children riding on tractors and trailers, or sitting on post-hole diggers to add weight, and each had a poster beside it to emphasise the message.

Two more were used in a display on water troughs. Near a covered trough was an uncovered one with a model floating in it beside a decoy duck, and a poster reading “Ducks swim – children drown.”

The “children” were a novel touch that attracted much interest and comment, and gave an already effective display that extra impact which will ensure its message is not soon forgotten.

Xmas party

Juniors – breakup ceremony

Seniors – breakup ceremony