28th April 1965

Three German children from the refugee camp at Hamburg joined for five weeks. They are in Swanage under the International Help for Children Scheme.

28th April 1943

20 planes flew low over the school during the afternoon - the children, who have had 2 bad nights, were frightened and rushed into the shelters.

26th April 1944

Attendance low again - 2 alerts during the night 12-1am and 5-5.30am. All doors & windows were kept open - by order - from 3pm as there was an RAF practice in the Battle Area when 100 planes dropped live bombs (of 1000lbs). Concussion was terrific. Children sat in shelters - with handwork - in case of any broken glass. They were quite happy.

24th April 1944

Attendance very low in the morning ... Reason - an alert in the night 1.30-3am when incendiaries & anti-personnel bombs were dropped on the town. Police called during the day to ask that the children be warned against picking up any strange objects.

20th April 1942

At 7.15 am bombs were dropped on the town and machine gunning took place. Much damage to property was caused - several people were killed and many injured. 3 school families lost their homes - 1 child (in Class III) Rosemary S. was injured. School opened as usual at 9am. 78 children were present.

13th April 1942

School reopened today ... Black out curtains have been erected during the holiday.

12th April 1926

18 children went to the annexe this morning at 11 and had teeth extracted. 13 of the 18 were absent in the afternoon.

11th April 1935

Influenza being rampant, instructions to close the school until after easter have been received from the District Medical Officer. Confirmation from the County Medical Officer has been obtained. Average attendance ... 54.4% Re-opening date April 29.

8th April 1941

Nurse examined children this morning. 3 evacuees were found to have dirty heads and were sent to the clinic for treatment.

Children from Vauxhall Street School in London were evacuated to Swanage and were taught by their own teachers in the afternoon session from 1 to 4.30pm. Local children were taught in the morning session. All children brought gas masks to school and had gas mask drill as well as practicing evacuation of the school and occupation of the trenches which had been dug in the school gardens.