Morhamvale Home & Castle Site, April 1942Morham

Agricultural families moved around the county, and children from school to school. The school log recorded that the 8th and 9th May 1945 were a Victory Holiday, and that Christian Gilchrist and John Robson hoisted the school flag.

By 10 October 1950, there were 20 pupils on the roll, the 'premises were in good condition', but that there was 'no artificial lighting'. A spare classroom had been 'recently equipped for dining' with some 19 children using it. The same report summarised that '... standards throughout the school were creditable. Reading has been carefully taught in the younger classes, and at the latter stages is commendably fluent but the response to questions on the subject matter of the lessons was somewhat diffident'. On arithmetic - 'oral answering was ready' and that 'handwriting was good, though jotter work was occasionally untidy'. Pupils had a 'satisfactory knowledge of ... history and geography and their performance in recitation, singing, art and handwork was generally good.'

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