The Annual General Meeting of the High Country History Group will be held on Thursday, 24 March 2011, commencing at 8.00pm.
Following the AGM, we intend to hold an evening where members have the opportunity to contribute. We have hosted a number of these before; one remembers evenings on the theme of “My Favourite Ancestor” and “The Fifties”, for example.
Following such evenings held in earlier years, one or two short, prepared presentations will kick off the evening. In “School Days”, members might pursue at least two separate lines; maybe with no local link, general changes in member’s experience of the methods of schooling; and recollections of actual teaching in the High Country. So under the first theme, discipline or the teaching of arithmetic might be considered, while under the second theme members might wish to shed light on the village school during the war, and its aftermath, and the eventual closure of the school in Stanford Rivers. How has schooling changed in Stanford Rivers?
So please come to the evening with a story, reminiscence, idea or some other contribution on the topic. Everyone has had some contact with education. A little thought should be enough to rekindle some experience of “School Days” to bring to the meeting. Recollections may be postive, perhaps even rose-coloured, remembering perhaps a close-knit community involved in the life of the village school, or they might be controversial and aggrieved in relating to the loss associated with the school’s closure.
Many members will have strong opinions on modern teaching. In the wider view, education seems to be on a merry-go-round. Educational development seems constant yet national standards are seem as slipping when measured against those of other nations. What part has the Stanford Rivers village school played in this over the years of member’s memories.
Please, come along to “School Days”!
Oh yes, and please do not forget the AGM together with the usual refreshments.