Pakenham Consolidated School photographs - Part 2

I came across these photographs of Pakenham Consolidated School on the Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV). The Pakenham Consolidated School was officially opened on May 29th, 1951 with 258 pupils, on the site of the Pakenham State School, No.1359, in Main Street. The original Pakenham School had opened on a site near the Toomuc Creek in January 1875 and it moved to the Main Street site in 1891. I went to Pakenham Consolidated School on the Grenda's school bus, Bus 7, from Vervale from 1964 until 1970. My two sisters and my brother also went there. We spent at least two hours a day on the school bus, we must have been the most easterly students who attended Pakenham Consolidated School. You can read more about the formation of the school, here.

These photos show students in class rooms, other interior shots and school bus photographs. Part 1 has photographs of the old school buildings transferred to the site, the original Pakenham State School; the opening ceremony and exterior shots, see here. The PROV also have many other photos of the construction phase - www.prov.vic.gov.au, which I have not included here. The photos were taken in the 1950s and early 1960s.

Class room photographs

Art Room, Pakenham Consolidated School 

PROV VPRS 14517/P0001/19, H730

Prefab classroom, Pakenham Consolidated School 

PROV VPRS 14517/P0001/19, H732

 Boys in woodwork room  

PROV VPRS 14517/P0001/54, B978

Using f/s projector in classroom  

PROV VPRS 14517/P0001/54, B982

Teacher turns on loudspeaker, Pakenham Consolidated School 

PROV VPRS 14517/P0001/19, H737

Corridor, Pakenham Consolidated School 

Public Records Office of Victoria VPRS 14517/P0001/19, H736

Pakenham Consolidated school Girl receives piano lesson

PROV VPRS 14517/P0001/54, B980

Sick bay, Office and Staff room

Sick room

PROV VPRS 14517/P0001/55, C104

Parents enrolling a child

PROV VPRS 14517/P0001/55, C160

Staff room, Pakenham Consolidated School 

Public Records Office of Victoria VPRS 14517/P0001/19, H744

School bus photographs

Because I spent so much of my school days on a school bus, here's some bus photos.

Children wait for buses   

PROV VPRS 14517/P0001/54, C85

Children at school bus.  

PROV VPRS 14517/P0001/55, C136

Children and school bus  

PROV VPRS 14517/P0001/55, C159

Children line up for buses   

PROV VPRS 14517/P0001/55, C168

 Construction views, buses in background

PROV VPRS 14517/P0001/55, C177  

These photos show students in class rooms, other interior shots and school bus photographs. Part 1 has photographs of the old school buildings transferred to the site, the original Pakenham State School; the opening ceremony and exterior shots, see here.

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