School children learned to write using a slate From 1880’s to mid 1950’s in most schools, very young children first learned to write their letters in sand trays using their fingers or a stick. When about 6, they progressed onto writing on slates . The board was made from a piece of quarry slate set in a wooden frame. A slate pencil (not chalk) was used to form the letters. This slate pencil was often sharpened on the school wall. The advantage of slates over paper was that they could be wiped clean and used again and again. Until the mid 20thC paper was expensive . After the pupil wrote on the Slate, the work was checked by the teacher and then erased for a new task Children had to bring a dampened cloth or sponge to school so that they could clean the slate and start again. The pioneer settlers in the Moorabbin Shire area valued education and established schools for their children in Cheltenham and East Brighton c1860's This writing slate is typical of the type used up to the mid 20th Century in preparatory classes.A writing slate in a wood frame used by school children from c1880s to c1950sschools, education, writing equipment, slate writing boards, victoria melbourne, market gardeners, pioneer, settlers, cheltenham state school no. 84., bentleigh east state school no. 2083, st stephens c of e school tucker road east brighton

Contents: Video Cassette; teachers handbook; 3 books. Posters in poster drawer.A study kit on many aspects of invasion and resistance from contact to date.la perouse- life histories, | aboriginals, australian - resistance, australia-history-aboriginal, | aboriginal australians -- government relations. | aboriginal australians -- history. | aboriginal australians -- new south wales -- la perouse -- history. | australia -- colonization -- history. | australia -- race relations -- history.

Timber frame is 1.8 cm wide surrounding slate, actual slate is 15 cm x 23.5 cmSchool slate with wooden frame, hole drilled in one end of frame, double sidededucation, school

Educational slate used at schools -used with chalk which could be wiped offEducation HistoryFragment of slate with etched linesEtched lines 13mm apart Etched letters of the alphabet (faint)education, writing, school, slate

A dip pen usually consists of a metal nib with capillary channels like those of fountain pen nibs, mounted in a handle or holder, often made of wood. Dip pens have no ink reservoir, so the user must recharge the ink from an ink bowl or bottle to continue drawing or writing. Dip pens emerged in the early 19th century, when they replaced quill pens and were generally used before the development of fountain pens in the later 19th centuryThe pioneer settlers in the Moorabbin Shire area valued education and established schools for their children in Cheltenham and East Brighton c1860's These wood shaft pens and steel nibs are typical of the type used up to the mid 20th Century in school classes.3 wood shaft writing dip pens with steel nibs schools, education, writing equipment, victoria melbourne, market gardeners, pioneer, settlers, cheltenham state school no. 84., bentleigh east state school no. 2083, st stephens c of e school tucker road east brighton, pen steel nibs

Used in infant grades to enhance the learning of nursery rhymes as well as to encourage children to examine a picture and talk about what they saw. The nursery rhymes illustrated are from the Gateway Series 1 & 2 - Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star: Polly put the Kettle on; Baa Baa Black Sheep; Queen of Hearts; Humpty Dumpty; Jack & Jill; There was a Crooked Man; Sing a song of Sixpence; There was an old Woman who lived in a Shoe; Old Mother Hubbard; Hot Cross Buns; Do you Know the Muffin Man, Pat a Cake; There was an old Woman tossed up in a Basket; Ride a Cock Horse; I saw a Ship go Sailing By; Curly Locks; Higgeldy Piggeldy;Diddle Diddle Dumping; Monday's Child: Little Tommy Tucker; Oranges & Lemons; Ding Dong Bell; Wee Willie Winkie; Old King Cole; Please to remember the 5th of November; Georgie Porgie; Three Little Mice sat down to Spin; The Man in the Moon; A Farmer went a Trotting..Large pale green folder containing 31 coloured nursery rhyme pictures.education - primary schools, state school 1427 nott street, gateway series nursery rhymes