This blog site is set up to display photos for the
50th Reunion of James Cook School.
Latest Up-date:
4 November 2020
We will hold this reunion:
10:00am on Saturday 14 November 2020 at:
James Cook School, Mill Street, Marton.
1995 video is on YouTube!!!!
Check it out by searching on the YouTube search engine at:
James Cook School 1995 25th Anniversary
Here is a copy of our programme for Saturday 14 November.
Things may slide around a little, especially if the weather does not play ball, but this will be the shape of the day:
10:00am: Gather outside the School gates, in readiness for a powhiri.
10:15am: Powhiri
10:30: Registration
Tea and coffee
11:00 Formal welcome by current Principal, Timu Niwa
11:15 Group photos commence (to be taken by Alicia Walker)
School tours commence, taken by current Principal, Timu Niwa
12:00 BBQ lunch
1:00: Open the Time Capsules
1:15: Set up 75th Time Capsules (
2:00: Yet more tea and coffee
4:00 Begin clearing up
5:00 School is cleaned and locked up.
We all go home for a beer!!
Please note that under the policies of the
Board of Trustees, there will be no alcohol
on the School grounds.
Should you have any photos you would like to share, please forward them to Barry Williams at; barrywilliams@in2net.co.nz.
I will put photos here in year order, commencing with 1970, the opening of the school. Scroll down until you come to the years that are relevant to you.
I will also take photos at the reunion and put them up here for you to view.
To enlarge the photos, click on each one and it will expand to fill your screen. I hope!!!
You are welcome to download/copy any of the photos put up here on this site.
Kind regards to all and looking forward to meeting you at the reunion.
Ka kite ano
Barry Williams
(Senior Teacher Junior Classes: August 1982-May 1985,
Principal: August 1989-December 1995)
1970
Back row: Mr. C. Satherley (Caretaker), Mrs. Cox, Mrs. Whale, Mr. P. Rhodes
Front row: Miss J. Black, Mrs. Nimmo, Mr. R. Martin (Principal), Miss L. Inskeep, Miss Kelsey
1971
1972
1973
1974
Principal Mr. O. Harvey
1975
Teacher: Bethne Rowe
Principal: Mr. Harvey
1976
1977
Principal: Brian Wilson
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1984
Betty Gust, Sue Forward, Peter Tate, Russell Lowry, Margaret Smith, Betty Gibbs, Jan Cadogan,
Trish Crowther, Trevor Stembridge, Gary Good, Barry Williams, Sharon Watson, Gary Quigan
1985
1987
Betty Gust, Annette Dear, Dorothy Mattocks, Russell Lourie, Betty Gibbs, Mary Jamieson-Bell, Ngaire Short
Sue Forward, Trevor Stembridge, Henry Ngapo (Principal), Bronwyn Miles, Di Crawford
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
Dorothy McLeod, Allanah King, Viv Tattle, Marion Whale
Di Crawford, Mary Carter, Barry Williams (Principal), Bronwyn Miles, Betty Cochrane, Cosette Burgess
1993
1994
1995
1995
First day - Dylan and Kereama Marino, Lorraine Saunders. I think the fourth child stood up from the audience.
1996
1997
1998
1999
School Camps 1999
Easter Prize 1999. V Saunders
Kids for Kids Concert: Suzanne Prentice, Lorraine Saunders.
2000
Joanna Saunders: Maui's Sun music
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2007
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
