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Q.1
Berowra’s first school was a half time school which operated in the house of which pioneer settler?
Mary Wall
George Collingridge
Edward Windybanks
Q.2
What year did the Old Berowra School House first open?
1894
1898
1912
Q.3
Who was the first teacher at Berowra Public School?
Mr Hellmrich
Mr Aubrey
Mr James
Q.4
Why did Mr Hellmrich apply to change the opening hours of Berowra Public?
He wanted to sleep in later
The children who walked to school were always late anyway
He was worried about the mail Train which arrived at the time the children were walking home
Q.5
Fixing the gutters at school was suggested as a practical demonstration of:
Plumbing
Carpentry
Woodwork
Q.6
The children had to help protect the school from
Flooding
Bushfire
Strong winds
Q.7
In 1936 the school ran out of:
Students
Pencils
Water
Q.8
The swimming pool where the Berowra Public School children learned to swim was outside the boatshed belonging to which family?
The Jones
The Huetts
The Smiths
Q.9
How many pupils were at the school when the extension was added in 1912?
113
60
26
Q.10
How many pupils attended the school during the 1951 school boycott?
4 of 98
13 of 116
23 of 136
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