An organ has been supplied for use in the Hall. The cost was £14, £7 of which was paid by the County, the other £7 by the School. In addition the school also paid 25/- carriage and later £5 for overhaul.
At that time £14 was a huge amount of money!
On the same day the Infants school reports:
Siren at 10.50am. Children were sent home in groups with mothers, sisters etc from 12.15 to 12.30. The all clear was not sounded until 2pm but some of the children returned to school at 1.30.
Thursday 26 March 2009
Friday 20 March 2009
March 20th 1942
Warship Week - children have subscribed £14.10 to National Savings.
Siren 2.30 - 2.45pm - a good deal of gunfire was heard - in the Channel direction.
Warship Week was a national effort to raise money for the War effort by encouraging people to buy National Savings certificates to help pay for ships.
Siren 2.30 - 2.45pm - a good deal of gunfire was heard - in the Channel direction.
Warship Week was a national effort to raise money for the War effort by encouraging people to buy National Savings certificates to help pay for ships.
Monday 9 March 2009
March 9th 1945
Some of the children, both evacuaees and local children, were not as well behaved as they should have been:
WM - evacuee aged 6 3/4, being left alone in the room while Mr T interviewed a parent in the cloakroom, went to the bag containing the "dinner" money, took 11/8 1/2d [nearly £1] - put it in his pocket, then came to Mr T & asked to go to the lavatory. Permission was innocently given and he dissapeared & could not be found. Mr T sent a note to the Mother, who later found the child in the town. He had bought & consumed cakes, ice creams, fish cakes & lemonade & had done away with the money left over. The mother is to pay the money back in two installments. This child plays truant regularly when U.S. soldiers are in the town.
WM sounds like something of a scamp!
WM - evacuee aged 6 3/4, being left alone in the room while Mr T interviewed a parent in the cloakroom, went to the bag containing the "dinner" money, took 11/8 1/2d [nearly £1] - put it in his pocket, then came to Mr T & asked to go to the lavatory. Permission was innocently given and he dissapeared & could not be found. Mr T sent a note to the Mother, who later found the child in the town. He had bought & consumed cakes, ice creams, fish cakes & lemonade & had done away with the money left over. The mother is to pay the money back in two installments. This child plays truant regularly when U.S. soldiers are in the town.
WM sounds like something of a scamp!
Saturday 7 March 2009
March 7th 1941
The air raids during the war years were very disruptive for the school:
Registers were marked late in the afternoon. The siren went at 12.55 & the all-clear came at 2pm. 18 children & the staff arrived at 1.30 - the other children came after 2pm. Siren went again at 3 - children were kept till the all clear at 3.30pm.
Around 30 children lived close enough to school to run home if the siren sounded, some parents came to collect their children to shelter them at home, while the rest sheltered at school with the staff.
Registers were marked late in the afternoon. The siren went at 12.55 & the all-clear came at 2pm. 18 children & the staff arrived at 1.30 - the other children came after 2pm. Siren went again at 3 - children were kept till the all clear at 3.30pm.
Around 30 children lived close enough to school to run home if the siren sounded, some parents came to collect their children to shelter them at home, while the rest sheltered at school with the staff.
Monday 2 March 2009
March 2nd 1942
Amalgamation with London evacuee school.
Hundreds of children were evacuated from London to Swanage where it was thought to be safe from bombing. They went to school with a gas mask, in a box around their necks, sometimes the gas mask was Mickey Mouse shaped. The children had to practice a drill at school in case of attack and there are dozens of alerts recorded in the log books and the town was badly bombed several times. Anyone with empty houses or spare rooms took evacuees. There were large boulders, barbed wire and scaffolding to stop any invasion on Swanage beach.
Hundreds of children were evacuated from London to Swanage where it was thought to be safe from bombing. They went to school with a gas mask, in a box around their necks, sometimes the gas mask was Mickey Mouse shaped. The children had to practice a drill at school in case of attack and there are dozens of alerts recorded in the log books and the town was badly bombed several times. Anyone with empty houses or spare rooms took evacuees. There were large boulders, barbed wire and scaffolding to stop any invasion on Swanage beach.
Sunday 1 March 2009
March 1st 1940
From the Infants School Log book:
Dr O'Keefe called on Monday morning for injections - but so many of the children were absent that he did not stay.
Average attendance for week 74. No on books 105. There are more cases of German Measles.
Dr O'Keefe called on Monday morning for injections - but so many of the children were absent that he did not stay.
Average attendance for week 74. No on books 105. There are more cases of German Measles.
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