The Staff
of
PARRAMATTA HIGH SCHOOL
1956

Sketches by Robin Elias
aged 12
March 1956

 

Text based on the unreliable memory of
Heather McKay
aged 56¾
July 2000

 


There are two ways of viewing this work:
THE ORIGIN OF THE SKETCHES
MISS MACKANESS

Digniteh.

MRS BLACKSHIELD

Bonjour, mes élèves.
We will sing it to the traditional French tune!

MR GLASBY

See? See?

MRS STRATFORD

1A, stop making that row! I am trying to teach a class!

MISS BUTLER

You've been here 6 weeks now, it's time you got down to some work!
Take up your pencil and rule it with lead, L-E-A-D.

MR BAYFIELD

That's a chemical change.

MR NICHOLSON

Wretched kids!

A STUDENT TEACHER

Oh, no, I haven't been learning long enough to play anything.

MR QUINN

Elaine! Bring that out!

MRS BARLOW

Girls! Clean your sandshoes for PE!
Girls! It's P.E., not P.T.

MISS BROWN

The ancient Egyptians buried their dead in pyramids, right?

MR CROSWELL

Put your books in the right place.
Lift up your chairs.
Wipe your feet before you enter.

THE WARCRY COMPETITION

...and two of the judges.


Mr Roebottom's Dog


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