There were others - possibly a Mrs White or Richards? in the first year.
I could whittle on about all sorts of things from my time there but I will mention a few things that will no doubt trigger memories to those that were there.
-The massive, battered and torn hym sheet roll at the front of the hall. We all read the lines from it when singing in assembly to the piano.
There was a raised wooden box platform in front of it.
-Lining up in the play ground by class before walking into the building
-The 15 minutes 'playtime' in the playground I think both in the morning and afternoon. Regardless of how awful the weather was.
-The annual nativity play with people from a local old folks home to make up the numbers in the audience
-The christmas party with the hats we used to make every year - Pirate hats were popular
-The daily milk delivery of small bottles we drank later when they were unpleasently warm through straws
-The whicker bins inside each class with generations of chewing gum stuck to the bottom
-The black clothes hooks in the corridor where we hung our coats
-The ( to me ) very high climbing frame on the left hand side of the hall as you went in that health and safety would never allow today
-Walking to school and back. The 'school run' by car was unheard of then.
-The annual sports day where we took our wooden chairs out in the sun for events such as the 'Egg And Spoon' race.
-The younger years playing out on the grass in front of classes in the summer with water, building bricks etc.
-A child from the oldest class in the main building running down the corridor at home time ringing the hand bell so everybody knew it was time to go.
-The books lining the dark creaky corridor shelves of the main building
-The car bollard with the tyre on it near the kitchens - still I think there today.
-All display materials penned by the teacher at the front of the class on a blackboard with chalk - not even an overhead projector let alone a computer screen.
-Sitting on a big blue mat with the rest of the class in the lower years - usually being read a story by the teacher
-Putting the chairs on the desks at the end of the day for the cleaners
-The big annual big board display each class would do on a subject inside their class ( the Sea, the Zoo, Birds, Holidays etc ).
-The alphabet along the wall for the lower years
-The TV room and watching the weekly schools program selected for your year on the BBC in the morning ( remember the clock counting down )?
Not even video tape then.
-LadyBird books
-The cardboard tray acting as a draw in your desk
-Lined Exercise books with 'Nottighamshire County Council' logos on the top right of the green cover.
-The gym bags with a cord round their top. Many bought the school selection of fluorescent orange ones with various sports designs.
-Bring your games in day - the last day of the calendar year before Christmas.
I went back to the site around 2000 and looked at the foundations long after it had all been burned and demolished.
I could not believe how small the rooms were. We were really packed in like sardines then.
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I can recall most of my teachers in the 1970's at Brooksby.
Mrs Weight, Mrs Simpkin, Mrs Bennett, Mrs Berzervele, Mr Atkin, Mr Fernly, Mr Harris.
There were others - possibly a Mrs White or Richards? in the first year.
I could whittle on about all sorts of things from my time there but I will mention a few things that will no doubt trigger memories to those that were there.
-The massive, battered and torn hym sheet roll at the front of the hall. We all read the lines from it when singing in assembly to the piano.
There was a raised wooden box platform in front of it.
-Lining up in the play ground by class before walking into the building
-The 15 minutes 'playtime' in the playground I think both in the morning and afternoon. Regardless of how awful the weather was.
-The annual nativity play with people from a local old folks home to make up the numbers in the audience
-The christmas party with the hats we used to make every year - Pirate hats were popular
-The daily milk delivery of small bottles we drank later when they were unpleasently warm through straws
-The whicker bins inside each class with generations of chewing gum stuck to the bottom
-The black clothes hooks in the corridor where we hung our coats
-The ( to me ) very high climbing frame on the left hand side of the hall as you went in that health and safety would never allow today
-Walking to school and back. The 'school run' by car was unheard of then.
-The annual sports day where we took our wooden chairs out in the sun for events such as the 'Egg And Spoon' race.
-The younger years playing out on the grass in front of classes in the summer with water, building bricks etc.
-A child from the oldest class in the main building running down the corridor at home time ringing the hand bell so everybody knew it was time to go.
-The books lining the dark creaky corridor shelves of the main building
-The car bollard with the tyre on it near the kitchens - still I think there today.
-All display materials penned by the teacher at the front of the class on a blackboard with chalk - not even an overhead projector let alone a computer screen.
-Sitting on a big blue mat with the rest of the class in the lower years - usually being read a story by the teacher
-Putting the chairs on the desks at the end of the day for the cleaners
-The big annual big board display each class would do on a subject inside their class ( the Sea, the Zoo, Birds, Holidays etc ).
-The alphabet along the wall for the lower years
-The TV room and watching the weekly schools program selected for your year on the BBC in the morning ( remember the clock counting down )?
Not even video tape then.
-LadyBird books
-The cardboard tray acting as a draw in your desk
-Lined Exercise books with 'Nottighamshire County Council' logos on the top right of the green cover.
-The gym bags with a cord round their top. Many bought the school selection of fluorescent orange ones with various sports designs.
-Bring your games in day - the last day of the calendar year before Christmas.
I went back to the site around 2000 and looked at the foundations long after it had all been burned and demolished.
I could not believe how small the rooms were. We were really packed in like sardines then.