In my day we were lucky to have classes in a demountable or portable classroom. Heating or cooling was unheard of, the school gym was a converted classroom and an environmentally sustainable building was years away. Kingsley's primary school has been undergoing a massive building project for the last 18 months and it is nearly over. She is already enjoying new high tech, modern airy classrooms with its own cooking area, wet area for artwork and roomy environment. The Education centre ( partly pictured- too large to fit one frame!) which will house years 3-6, a new sports hall, performance area, science wing, music, drama and art rooms is scheduled to open next term. The old wings, with their rich history , will be demolished and the oval, ( which was where the new building now is!) will be reinstated in their place.
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In my day we had to walk 6 miles in bare feet in driving snow to get to school!
My kids are still lucky to crowd into demountables:-)
Demountables? Pure luck-sure-ee...in my day, we had to sit under a tree, with bull ants running up our (barefooted) legs.
S - Kingsley's school obviously has no cash flow issues...!
And I suspect that Kingsley doesn't sit in a classroom with 99 other children like her lucky baby boomer aunt did. Well baby boomers are the priviledged people aren't they? But LBBA was the beneficiary of the then recently introduced warmed by the sun bottled milk each day.
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