My speech board

Calender art

Speech board poem practice

Speech board practice at the beginning.

My early speech board practice for the talk.

Maths

We  are using decimals and percentages in math.

(zoom in to see work)

We have been learning to create posters. We have had to research a poisonous New Zealand Garden plant. We then had to find out the features of a warning poster. We have created posters to warn people about the dangers of some of our New Zealand plants.

DANGER: WARNING

Arum Lily  

It has been classified as a toxic weed and has been declared a pest. It may be fatal if eaten.

My Grandad

My Grandad

Q.What age were you when you attended Toko School?

A.5 yrs old- September 1940- 1944, I left just before the war ended.

Q.Were you the only child in your family at Toko school?

A.No. My little brother Colin started in 1943. Other relatives who have attended Toko school are my uncle,
Percy Worthington, Auntie Joy Worthington, Graeme Worthington and Graeme’s children and grandchildren.

Q.Where did you live and how did you get to school?

A.Where the play centre is now, there was an old railway house, my father worked on the railway.
We walked to and from school each day.

Q.What was it like being at school during the war?

A.On the east side of the school there were trenches 6ft deep, so if there was a air raid we would have to
shelter there. Fortunately the war didn't come as far as New Zealand.
We practiced the trench drill as you practice drills today.

Q.How many teachers were at Toko school?

A.3 teachers. I remember Miss Dean and the headmaster Mr Mc Nab.

Q.Did you get the strap?

A.No. I got the supple jack or the bamboo across my backside, and I only got it once.

Q.Were you able to print before you started school?

A.Yes. I was able to print, I was left handed but they made us write right handed, they stood over me while
I was doing it.

Q.Did you have a swimming pool?

A.Yes but very different from the pool today. We walked across a foot bridge over the railway, then down the
road to a creek\river. A 3ft deep oblong hole was dug into the clay, it was boarded around the sides and a step into it. The river was dammed, a pipe from this filled the hole.

Q.Is there anything else you remember?

A.Yes. Where the bus turn-around is, was a horse paddock for those who rode to school. I also remember that
the bottom field was full of pine trees and there was a grass paddock to play in.