Jabari's Quetions

Why do boys and girls have different uniforms?

How do you like the way how the desks are different?

Did you like the activities at school?

What did you think of the angry teachers?

1.Why did boys and girls have different uniforms?

2.How many classrooms were there?

3.What subjects were there?

4.did boys and girls do the same sports?




By Jordan

Ben's Wonderings Homework

1. How many children got the strap in one day?

2. What were the reasons for getting the strap?

3. What did the children have in their lunch boxes?

4. Did the children like the teachers?

Chantals Wonderings

My wonderings

1: What type of technology did they have and how did they use it?

2: Why were the photos black and white?

3:Why did the girls have to stand in the front?

4:Why are exams different?

By Chantal

Ruth's Wonderings

How did children learn their ABC's?
How did children learn their math?
How did children learn their Handwriting?
What did you do for sport's?

Corys home work

1.How many children were in a class?

2. What subjects did the children learn?

3. How did the children get to and from school?

4. How many classrooms did the schools have?

Josh C's Wonderings

1.Did you have vege gardens at school?

2.Did you have student teachers at school?

3.Did you do P.E?

4.How did you get to school?

Gosha

1. Did you have a soft surface on the ground in the playground?

2. Did people from outside school come to give talks to help you learn?

3. Did you have reading books to learn to read?

4. Was it easy to learn maths by repeating it over and over again?

Gosha

Dante's Wonderings

1 What play ground gear did they have?

2 What types off pen and pencil did they have?

3 Did they have castles to play on?

4 What was the strap and Cane made off?

By Dante

Oscars wonderings

1. Why did the Boys and Girls had to be split apart?
2. Why couldn't the schools in the past have more playground equipment, like how much we have?
3. How was teaching different before computers were invented?
4. Did Children get to ride horses to school?

Max's interview questions

Max's interview questions for schools in the past

What were the text books like?

What were the rooms like and how were they painted?

What learning tools did they have?

What tools did they have in woodwork?

JAKES HOME WORK!!!

1. how deep were the holes for ink on your desks?
2. how many teachers in one room in the future?
3. was writing with ink hard?

BEN`S HOMEWORK

1.WHEN DID YOU START SCHOOL.
Ans age 5  1968
2  What was your time table like at school and what subjects did you have.
Ans   Prayers1st then Maths ,Social studies ,English ,Writing, PE @ Crafts.
3 Did your classroom have art work on the walls?
Ans   No
4   What time did you start and finish school and how long did you have for lunch
Ans   9am to 3pm and 1 hour for lunch.
5   Did you have a playgroundand what was it like .
Ans   It was all concrete and only 1 monkey bar no grass.
6  How many teachers did you have in the classroom and why.
Ans  1 Teacher and 15 to 20 children.
7.  Did you ever get punished at school? How were you punished  Why and did it teach you a lesson.
Ans  We got the leather strapby the head Nunat the age of 5.It really hurt but i dont think it taught me a lesson. I drew on the wooden desk top only been at school for 2 days.
8  Where was your school assembly held and did you have to stand.
Ans  In the hall . We stood at primary and sat at high school.
9  Did you have student teachers .
Ans  Yas only for short visits only 1 day a week.
10  How did you learn Maths , reading, @ spelling.
Ans  As a class out loud.
11  As Obove
12  Why weren't girls allowed to do woodwork and boys allowed to do cooking and sewing.
Ans  We always had co-ed. At primary we went on a bus as a class to a school that had both cooking and woodwork.
13  How did you sit in class?Did you have diferent learning areas.
Ans  Desks in rows. No set area for diferent lessons.
14  What was your favourite thing about school.
Ans  Seeing my friends , going on the bus. Crafts .
 Maths was my favourite subjects

 BY BEN !!

Gregor's homework

1. 1972 age 5
2. Each subject in High School was an hour long and we had to walk between classes and also buildings. Subjects were English,Math,Geography,French,German,Technical drawing,History,PE,Art,Modern Science,Biology,Chemistry.
3. Only the art classes.
4. Started 0850 and finished 1600,with 45 mins for lunch.
5. Yes concrete;no play equipment or basketball nets etc.
6. 1
7. No,but a leather strap was used on others. Also detention and writing out of lines.
8. No assembly.
9. Yes.
10. Spoke tables out loud and also spelling.
11. Whole class.
12. In my school they did. I did technical drawing instead of home economics.
13. In rows,no separate areas.
14. Learning new things.

By Gregor

Josh C's Homework

1.  1980

2.  reading, math, writing and printing

3. Yes pictures pinned on the wall

4.At 5 went 9:00am till 2:30pm at 6 and over went 9:00am till 3:00pm lunch break 45 minutes

5.huge lawn, adventure playground at the back and a swimming pool

6.1 because class sizes were 25

7. she didn't

8.the church hall across the road.no got to sit

9.Yes

10.  Maths, abacus, blocks and buzz.  Reading books overnight

11.  Whole class

12. At intermediate boys and girls allowed to do everything

13.  Set desks,  Intermediate moved classes

14.  Playing on bars, cartwheeling across the grass. 

Jakes Home work

1. 5 years old 1956
2. reading,maths,spelling,writing,sports,music
3. do not know
4. start:9am,lunch:1 hour,finsh:3pm
5. yes bars,jungle gym,hop scotch 
6. 1 because
7. yes sent out of room hiting a boy no
8. outside standing or siting
9. no
10. charting
11. whole class
12. to teach them a trade
13. at desk or cross leged
14. the bell ringing at 3pm

Finn's homework

1 1975

2 started at 9 endid at 3 play at morning 1 hour for lunch 5 minet play. maths,reading,writeing,art and music

3 yes pices that children did

4 same as qwestin 2

5 yes same as Grants Breas

6 one teacher because that one teacher did evrey thing

7 yes pick up rubbis put friend lindsay in the rubbis bin  not really

8 in room1 some times stand up some times sit down

9 yes

10 maths-write them down until we remeberd them all
     reading-sounded them out
     spelling-write down each word lots of times

11 both

12 a long time ago people thought that boys and girls were not equal so they were not givein the same opportunities

13 in grops. no.

14 writeing stores.

1. 5 years old

in the 1970s

2. spelling, reading, maths, story writing, p.e, cooking, floral art etc - [we all grouped and went to each others houses for these activities.

3. yes   all around the walls

4. start - 9.00 - 3.00   lunch hour - 1 hour

5. yes   equipment - tennis courts, castle, playing field, 2 playgrounds

6. 1 - all we need

7. no - witnessed someone getting the strap

8. outside on most days - stand in a c shape

9. yes

10. chant times tables - books  

11. both

12. we did both

13. sit on mat with legs and arms crossed - yes

14. to see my friends

by moni 

Gosha Johnson - Interview with mum about school

1.  Started school in 1974.

2.  Mornings - Reading, Spelling and Maths.  Afternoons - Art, Music, Physical Education, Science, Social Studies, (like Inquiry). 

3.  Classrooms did have art and work on the walls, decorated in groups.

4.  School started at 9:00 am, lunch 12:00 - 1:00 pm, and finished at 3:00 pm.

5.  Yes, school did have playground - hard ground, climbing bars, and sports field.

6.  Three teachers in Junior classrooms, and one teacher in other classrooms.

7.  Children punished - strap, stayed in and did extra work.

8.  School assembly in school hall.  Can't  remember if stand.

9.  Yes, did have student teachers.

10.  Reading - reading books, Spelling - lists of words, and Maths - rods and abacus.

11.juniors in groups

12.no choice

13.juniors sat in groups

14.  Favourite things about going to school were reading, writing, and  playing with friends.

Oscars inquiry

My Mum
awnser to question 1:
When she was five.
awnser to question 2:
Afternoon-reading, morning-maths
awnser to question 3:
no work on the wall.
awnser to quetion 4:
9am-3pm.
awnser to question 5:
yes, her school did have a playground,
a jungle jim, hop scotch.
awnser to question 6:
1 teacher.
awnser to question 7:
yes, got punished, she didn`t went
in her class when the bell rang, she
got straped on the hand!
awnser to question 8:
outside, they had to sit on the concrete.
awnser to question 9:
No student teachers.
awnser to question 10:
Her class learned by repeating the song.
awnser to question 11:
the whole class as a group.
awnser to question 12:
not sure,
awnser to question 13:
sat on desks, no different learning spaces.
awnser to question 14:
seeing her friends.

My Nana

1. 1960 age5

2.first sit on mat then reading,math spelling.

3.yes kids mayed the art work, and there was a map 4.start at 9:00 End at 2:00 lunch 1 hour

5. nut ball, bars , miniball

6. 1 techer

7.no, i never got punished.

8. out side

9.yes

10. in books

11.groups

12. yes

13.sat at disks 14. school holidays

Grandfather's answers

1.5
2.reading, writing and geography
3.no
4.hour lunch, 9:00am, 3:00 pm
5.yes. full of asphalt
6.1.that's the way they did it
7.no
8.we didn't have them
9.no
10.rote system
11.whole class
12.didn't have it
13.no
14.sports
By Ruth

Max's interview questions

I interviewed my Nana

1. When did you start school?

at six years old

2.What was your timetable like at school and what subjects did you have?

reading maths and writing

3. Did your classrooms have art work on the walls? If yes how was it decorated?

No

4. What time did school start and end and how long was lunch?

started at 9am lunch for an hour then ended at 3pm

5. Did you have a playground and if so what was it like?

concrete playground

6. How many teachers did you have?

1 teacher

7. Did you ever get punished at school?

Yes with the strap on the hand

8. Where was your school assembly held?

Assembly was held in the playground. We had to stand and we sung the National Anthem

9. Did you have student teachers?

No

10. How did you lear math, reading and spelling?

Repetition, read journals and had printing books

11. Were you taught in groups?

No taught as a whole class

12. Why weren't girls allowed to do woodwork and boys allowed to do cooking?

That's just the way it was

13. How did you sit in class?

Always sat at our desks. The desks were long with bench seats and had ink wells.

14. What was your favourite thing about going to school?

Learning maths and playing with friends

max's interview questions

my homework

peach slices 820g a can
tomato can 400g
condense milk 100g
spatial 420g
baby beetroot 450g
baked beans 420g

Interview Questions for what was it like at school.

Hi Room 3,

I would like you to interview your parents or grandparents on what it was like for them at school.

Here are the interview questions we came up with as a class. Once you have interviewed your chosen person click comment and write the answers to the questions.

1: When did you start school?

2:What was your timetable like at school and what subjects did you have?

3:Did your classroom have art and work on the walls? If yes how was it decorated?

4:What time did school start, finish and how long did you get for lunch?

5: Did you have a playground and if so what was it like?

6: How many teachers did you have in the classroom and why?

7: Did you ever get punished at school? If so how were you punished, why were you punished and did it teach you a lesson?

8: Where was your school assembly held and did you have to stand during it?

9: Did you have student teachers when you were at school?

10: How did you learn maths, reading and spelling?

11: Were you taught in groups for reading and maths or were you taught as a whole class?

12: Why weren't girls allowed to do woodwork and boys allowed to do cooking and sewing?

13: How did you sit in class? Did you have different learning areas to work in?

14: What was your favourite thing about going to school?

Thank you for answering Room 3's questions about what school was like in the past.