The
whole school would go to the Osborne's house, which used to be on the corner of
Mornington Road and Boes Road, to watch the Royal Melbourne Show Grand Parade on
television.
One
girl Susan occasionally used to ride her horse 'Paint' to school. Everyone had a
ride, fell off in the mud and had a great time. She always rode bareback and
'Paint' waited patiently while she was in school.
On
occasions the one teacher and the whole school would play sport at lunchtime,
cricket I think. If the weather was good we would not finish playing 'until home
time.
By
Christine Grundy (nee Mair).
Hot dog day being held once a week: As the children
complained that they didn't get to buy their lunches, the Mothers' Club took on
the task of selling hot dogs. The children were delighted to be able to put in
their lunch orders, like the big schools did. This day each week was a great
success, but I still wonder how one little boy could manage to eat four hot
dogs.
The
production of the 1977 cookbook, by the Mothers Club: Favourite recipes were
gathered and then, owing to the generosity of Hank Noorman's secretary, were
typed. My husband Glynn spent a complete weekend at work photocopying the
thousands of pages that were needed. Then to the Noorman house where a busy day
was spent on our hands and knees collating and stapling the booklet. It was a
huge success, a sellout, but what a lot of hours volunteered by many people.
Christmas
break-ups in the early days were held in the school grounds, but as the school
grew the venue was changed to Tyabb Football Oval. The 1977 Christmas break-up
is still talked about today in our family as we were leaving Tyabb to spend two
years living in America.