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The printed word, distinct from the spoken word or the moving picture, will always await your leisure. You can pause and reflect on what you have read, or stop a friend and talk about it, and when you are ready, carry on from where you left off.
Once reading was the main employment in schools. Pupils read books and memorised information; teachers tested pupils and punished those of them who did not know the answers. We no longer believe in punishment for failure to learn. We discourage learning by excessive memorisation. We seek to make lessons interesting, to vary lessons with moving pictures, lantern slides, tape recordings, radio broadcasts, dramatisation, free discussion, television.
This is all excellent in itself, but its effect will be harmful if, through making learning too easy, teachers allow their pupils to lose the art of reading. You should be referring constantly to books and encyclopaedias, consulting several books about each topic as it arises. You should undertake research into items of personal interest, not prescribed by the teacher or even in the syllabus. You should read about your hobbies. You should always have a novel or a play or a book of poems in your bag to read at odd moments and in periods of leisure.
Then your mind will grow rich in knowledge, your heart warm with understanding and your whole life full and pleasant.
Front Row (from left): Messrs C. Longworth, P. Feilen, T. Viney, G. Hughson, Mrs J. Lockwood, Mr R. Blue, Mr R. Allan
Second Row: Messrs N. Glyde, L. Fowler, Mrs D. Beaupeurt, Miss B. Gamble, Mrs H. Oakes, Miss G. Hodgson, Mrs J. McKinnon, Mrs E. Hughson, Mrs E. Powys, Mr K. Giddy
Back Row: Messrs W. Attenborough, K. Beaupeurt, R. Wiltshire, E. Morgan, K. Swinson, P. Berry, W. Freame, S. Johnson, J. Thomson, E. Rushton, N. Pether
Dept of Classics: Mr P. Berry, Mr W. Freame
Dept of Commercial Subjects: Mr R. Blue (Master), Mr T. Pether, Mr R. Wiltshire
Dept of English and History: Mr N. Hall (Master), Mr K. Beaupeurt, Mr P. Berry, Mrs E. Hughson, Mr V. Judd, Mrs B. Pether, Mr E. Rushton, Mr R. Tasker, Mr J. Thompson
Dept of Home Science: Miss B. Gamble, Mrs H. Oakes, Miss J. Vandenberg, Mrs D. Vining
Dept of Manual Training: Mr R. Allan (Master), Mr W. Attenborough, Mr S. Johnson, Mr E. Morgan
Dept of Mathematics: Mr C. Longworth (Master), Mr L. Fowler, Mrs J. Lockwood, Mr K. Swinston, Mr T. Viney
Dept of Modern Languages: Mr P. Berry, Mr W. Freame
Dept of Music and Art: Miss G. Hodgson
Dept of Physical Training: Mr K. Giddy (Sportsmaster), Mrs D. Beaupeurt (Sportsmistress)
Dept of Science: Mr P. Feilen, Mr L. Fowler, Mr N. Glyde, Mrs E. Powys
Careers Advisers: Mr K. Beaupeurt, Mrs J. Lockwood
Counsellor: Mr A. Sandow
Librarian: Mrs E. Hughson
Specialist Teachers: Mr E. Rushton, Mr R. Tasker
Cadet Unit: Captain Pether
Peter Guild and Mary Caichiolo
Front Row (from left): P. Little (VC), Mr Viney, M. Caichiolo (C), Mr Hughson, P. Guild (C), G. Young (VC)
Second Row: N. Page, R. Gates, J. McNamara, P. Hughson, E. O'Meara, M. Gamble, N. Goodisson, M. Jamieson
Back Row: K. Nugan, T. Burke, R. McLean, A. Rossetto, J. Guild, R. Burns, C. Keeble
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SPRING
By Helen Green (Yr 1A)
This is the spring I am glad to greet,
Jonquils and violets smelling so sweet,
These to our sunny mornings bring
The first frail beauty of the spring.
Glories of flower cups, daisies and briars,
Wild, soft grace under the skies;
Beauty is the gift they bring
In the early morning of the spring.
