BACK to SCHOOL Powerful Lessons from History
TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 ‒ 21 YOUR COMPREHENSIVE 16-PAGE GUIDE BACK TO SCHOOL (AN ADVERTISING FEATURE) Powerful lessons from history SNUG PRIMARY SCHOOL FIFTY years ago next month, been a driving force in the Snug Primary School came resurgence of Snug Primary. perilously close to being burnt “Today, it’s a highly down. But the school today has functioning school with a emerged from the ashes to really strong school become a thriving part of the association, [and] lots of Snug community. community connections,” she The 1967 bushfires, which said. killed 64 people, injured 900, On February 7, the and destroyed 1300 buildings, anniversary of the fires, the burnt out the second floor of school will be involved in a the school’s clock tower block commemoration walk to the as the students huddled just bushfire memorial near Snug outside the flames’ reach. Beach. Ms Jeffrey sees the “All the students sheltered anniversary as an opportunity in the school hall, the curtains for students to reflect on the were closed, and the music importance of community. teacher played the piano to try “As part of that, all students to calm the children and block have produced either a written out the noise of the bushfire,” piece or a visual piece of principal Bonnie Jeffrey said. artwork,” she said. “One of the senior teachers “Our values here talk about poured the water from a teapot community and acceptance into the mouths of the children and respect, and I think having as they sat in the hall.” an event as significant as the Since those dark days, the ’67 bushfires it’s a really good school has gone from strength learning opportunity to teach to strength, and today caters children about what it means for more than 350 students.
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