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1977 Room 1
1977 Room 2
Rear: (1)______________, (2)______________, Carl Ashby, Craig Flowerday. Rear: (1)______________, (2)______________, (3)______________, Zane Tischendorf,
3rd Row: (3)_____________, Jeffrey Nash, (4)_____________, Steven Grut, (5)_____________, Bradley Hart, (4)______________.
Bryce Tait, (6)_____________. 3rd Row: Ginel Waterhouse, (5)_____________, (6)_____________, Jason Black, (7)_____________,
2nd Row: Judith Stanworth, Michael Lydon, Leigh Irwin, Sonja Pablecheque, (7)__________, Sarah Pablecheque, Trina McLuckie, (8)____________.
Angela Vitasovich. 2nd Row: (9)____________, Sharon Ainscough, (10)____________, (11)____________,
Seated: Adrienne Manaia, Mandy Saunders, Sharleen Broughton, (8)____________, (9)___________, (12)_____________, (13)_____________, Kim Rodgers [Teacher].
Janine Powell, Janice Peden. Seated: (14)______________, Joanne Clout, Joanne Rix, (15)______________, (16)_________,
Levonne Turner, Joanne Tamaki.

our numbers getting greater. (acquiring a local interest!)
Our sporting teams had come alive, But Anna moved on at the end of her time
She couldn’t decide who was best.
He stood there stared in disbelief elated at his had turned our Pete down flat. results were quite fantastic
good fortune. He really thought he ‘had it made’ In athletics, rugby, netball and Carol McKeon was imported too,
The mail had come had brought the news, but still but her wedding finished that! in swimming and gymnastics. pretty, polite and all that,
some trepidation. The roll began expanding, But just like the kids, when teacher calls, she
Could he do it? Achieve success? Was he it reached two hundred and three was called to “Matt”.
really fit? And then we were upgraded In ’74, two faces more, A musical lad, we’d never had
To take on Kimihia School..... and make a from V.A. to a V.B. to adorn the place, were sent us. his name was Jeffrey Stewart.
job of it? Liz Chambers began a two-year stint
His worries were unfounded though, he didn’t The following year in ‘72 to (and the horses nearly bent us!). We couldn’t contrive to understand jive -
we were square! (And we made sure he
need to wince, live in our memory, And Karen Johnston - remember her knew it.)
That team of teachers had made it go ... and so have Came Pamela Kirkwood, Helen Fyers she sent eyebrows raising, Ann Harris, too, joined our crew later
many since. and the memorable Gregory. But Haig and Claire, they didn’t care in that year,
Since February of ‘71 What a bright smile and a happy time they just went on gazing! She was to become, in years to come,
he’s seen so many new But Marion young Pamela injected. We had a visit from the Board the school’s number one reliever.
and Judy The first school camp was held that year with plans to extend the school. That great big room was ready then
have stuck it out right through. Side by side, the school also inspected. An open-plan we had to have,
it required careful selection,
supporting him, That year, too, we began awards John Dowling made the rule! But Marion, Sherryll and Anna began
two senior places filled, They formed a the Form Two Certificate. Two rooms were promised, to fill the gap and made a great job - on reflection. The
teaching nucleus School house was shifted into town and we were all elated, end of that year dealt a sad blow
for years, on which to build. The first to after a lengthy wait. But, what a mess when they turned up, nearly a full exodus,
leave the Thomsons In ’73 we enlarged again they were only prefabricated! As seven of the staff, to various ends,
southward went old Pete But Dot had and he became a walker, Never daunted, never done, decided to take leave of us.
heard the patter And Claire de Lacey hit the scene, we worked on their upgrading. It wasn’t so bad, ‘cause two didn’t go
of tiny little feet. Pete became and what a little corker! But Haig and Claire, they didn’t care, and the ‘Gregory Deal’ was now clinched!
quite famous She glanced around and set her eyes they still just kept on gazing! A bit of a mix, but we straightened it out.
for a nightly escapade most squarely on our Haig,
And from that very moment on In one of those rooms, Kirkpatrick went In ’76, this place, it had grown
He drove into the local lake, his future she had laid. a new face on the horizon. and even still more were expected. Six
(not the only mistake he made). Our first year girl Eliza Watt Her neighbour, too, in ’75, new, new ones arrived to join the team,
Margaret McLeod, our ‘year one’ was joined, just one term later none other than Anna Dinnison. not one single one was rejected. Neil
By Mrs Dean, who joined the team: Sherryll was to become a permanent one