tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post2672647078120582470..comments2024-03-11T11:43:38.689+00:00Comments on Lost in the past: My classroom in the 1970s #NostalgiaLizanne Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10929383263680527758noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-79499399161984603192020-04-14T22:31:33.815+01:002020-04-14T22:31:33.815+01:00WEll I have now visited Dogmersfield but maybe I s...WEll I have now visited Dogmersfield but maybe I should return once we are all allowed out again!Lizanne Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929383263680527758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-78489702479664001722020-04-14T10:23:09.924+01:002020-04-14T10:23:09.924+01:00Come and visit me if you do!
I live in between He...Come and visit me if you do! <br />I live in between Heckfield & Dogmersfield - both are just a handful of miles away in each<br />direction! I think those 7 year olds must have passed very happy days in your classroom.<br />Lady Liberty Henhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18381678938510689646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-13706452353338597762018-06-07T16:50:16.042+01:002018-06-07T16:50:16.042+01:00The long day in the classroom was exhausting but w...The long day in the classroom was exhausting but we didn't have all the paperwork and record keeping that is expected nowadays.Lizanne Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929383263680527758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-89137298886000451782018-06-07T13:34:34.864+01:002018-06-07T13:34:34.864+01:00You mention "happy days" but I think you...You mention "happy days" but I think your early teaching days must have been filled with challenges: 41 seven-year-olds. Wow!Marian Beamanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14400274846739549872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-52561205040143210402018-03-10T16:26:51.693+00:002018-03-10T16:26:51.693+00:00What a fabulous post. I had no idea that teachers ...What a fabulous post. I had no idea that teachers had so much freedom when it came to what they taught in the 1970s. It's so different these days. Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14241300876630582609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-72446439268949212052018-03-10T16:06:38.645+00:002018-03-10T16:06:38.645+00:00Banda machines - I had almost forgotten! I started...Banda machines - I had almost forgotten! I started teaching in London in the '80s - so much of your post I can relate to. Great memories :)Ruth Daly Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153398099673661498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-86490344475820791532017-10-17T13:06:13.825+01:002017-10-17T13:06:13.825+01:00I love this post - what a great recollection. It m...I love this post - what a great recollection. It must have been so difficult to know where to pitch your lessons having so many children and no syllabus. Our caretaker and cleaning lady were married at our school too!Casa Costellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08493342196260557278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-70785576610945924932016-10-20T14:10:56.567+01:002016-10-20T14:10:56.567+01:00That's why I was relieved to retire, because t...That's why I was relieved to retire, because those halcyon days had passed. The only subject I still enjoyed teaching was History. As it isn't a SATS subject it doesn't matter in primary schools so you are left to teach it as you wish.Lizanne Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929383263680527758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-975062767744887382016-10-20T13:54:33.037+01:002016-10-20T13:54:33.037+01:00I only entered the profession age 46..it was very ...I only entered the profession age 46..it was very different. I loved making my own syllabusus on teaching practice...but found I couldn't use any initiative, as everything had to be taught a certain way...and above Year 10, the only thing that mattered was passing exams. From my tutorial students I gather it is even worse: the pressure to achieve is stifling any creativity and freedom just to 'relax'. ALL my students see a councillor, or are on various therapies. Age 17!! What monster has been released in our education system and what awful havoc is it wreaking!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-21673993828555514042016-10-15T21:50:26.988+01:002016-10-15T21:50:26.988+01:00I really must visit this intriguing village!I really must visit this intriguing village!Lizanne Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929383263680527758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-12273359107929676342016-10-15T21:48:59.841+01:002016-10-15T21:48:59.841+01:00Oh the hours spent in later years becoming acquain...Oh the hours spent in later years becoming acquainted with the inner recesses of a photocopier.Lizanne Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929383263680527758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-91087881104383054782016-10-15T20:55:29.534+01:002016-10-15T20:55:29.534+01:00A lovely coincidence Liz, it is a tiny village wit...A lovely coincidence Liz, it is a tiny village with a famous claim that the Princess Catherine of Aragon met her betrothed the Prince Arthur at the village stately home. Rosie Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05814740525740666516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-58413045805534764862016-10-15T18:32:57.163+01:002016-10-15T18:32:57.163+01:00Lovely post, Liz. Oh, the freedom of those pre-Nat...Lovely post, Liz. Oh, the freedom of those pre-National Curriculum days. Thanks for the reminder about the Banda machine - never did get the hang of it. Then again, I used to get paper stuck in photocopiers too. :) Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12744445668133785688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-1694860357186836202016-10-15T09:46:29.645+01:002016-10-15T09:46:29.645+01:00Great post, Liz, bringing back lots of memories - ...Great post, Liz, bringing back lots of memories - some good, some less so. I remember the hoirrors of the school milk, which was left beside the radiator in the corridor. By break time it was lukewarm and soemtimes, banana flavoured which was one the most disgusting things I ever had to drink. Mary Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14688996930245857265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-79095441157924078552016-10-15T09:04:58.387+01:002016-10-15T09:04:58.387+01:00I was also a pupil in a Victorian classroom in Wey...I was also a pupil in a Victorian classroom in Weymouth which is now the site of an appartment block. Strangely while driving along a road last Saturday I saw a siign to Dogmersfield. i remarked to my husband what an unusual name it was!Lizanne Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929383263680527758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-59078796739680430672016-10-15T07:40:18.559+01:002016-10-15T07:40:18.559+01:00My childhood school classroom for my infant years ...My childhood school classroom for my infant years was in a Victorian building,(in Heckfield) with a great big furnace heater in the centre, where they warmed the milk in winter, just one teacher and a helper in the afternoons only. Sadly it closed down, but not until I'd left. Years later my own children went to another village school(in Dogmersfield) which had kept its Victorian classroom, although it had a modern extension. Lovely to read this Liz, brought back lots of memories.Rosie Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05814740525740666516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-60633986504680166252016-10-14T10:35:25.810+01:002016-10-14T10:35:25.810+01:00And I completely forgot to mention the beautiful j...And I completely forgot to mention the beautiful jar of marbles on my desk, confiscated fro naughty children.Lizanne Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929383263680527758noreply@blogger.com