AGY-3966 | Woolooma Provisional School [II] (1957) Woolooma Public School [II] (1957-1974)

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Woolooma Provisional School [II] in the County of Durham opened on 13 February, 1957. Provisional Schools were developed to provide education to children in areas with a small school population. By February 1957 the minimum number of pupils required to commence a provisional school was twelve. The parents usually provided the premises for the school while the Department of Education supplied the teacher and teaching materials.

The classification of 'provisional school ' was discontinued during 1957. Instead the minimum number of pupils required for a public school was reduced to nine. In accordance with this the Woolooma School was converted to a public school in July 1957. Public schools proved elementary education at primary level. Woolooma Public School [II] closed on 12 December 1974. (1)

Chronological Context of the school
Two schools had previously been conducted in this locality;
A provisional school, later a public school at Woolooma from 1910 until 1922; and
A provisional school at Woolooma from 1924 - 1933

Endnotes
1. NRS 17305 Annotation at end of volume

Reference
Government Schools of New South Wales 1848-2003. NSW Department of Education and Training 2003.