Reference
SDShelton1/4
Title
School logbook for Marston Shelton Primary, latterly known as Shelton Lower School (not indexed)
Date free text
8 Sep 1982 - 30 Nov 1990
Production date
From: 1982 To: 1990
Scope and Content
Routine entries include:
- Staff; appointments, resignations, absences, attendance at courses etc.
- Visits of nurse; mainly checking for head lice
- PTA meetings and AGM
- PTA events; barbecue, fete, Christmas entertainment, and other events.
- Governors meetings
- Maintenance of school buildings, repairs, etc.
- Provision and maintenance of furniture and equipment
- Visits from speech therapist, Miss V Marsden
- Annual visit of photographer
- Medical examinations of new pupils
- Harvest assembly
- Library van visits
- School Christmas productions, concerts etc.
- Christmas party
- Use of school as polling station for elections
- Visits of audiometrician to test hearing
- Concerts given by county music staff
- Sports afternoon
- Cycling proficiency lessons
- Swimming galas
- Occasional visits of educational psychologist
- Fire practices
- Dental inspections
- Open evenings
- Visits of peripatetic violin teacher
- Occasional visits of education welfare officer
- Educational support
- Pupil assessments
- Parent-teacher meetings
- Staff attendance at various meetings, training events etc.
- Visits from peripatetic teachers
- Elderly people visiting the school for lunch
- Students from Bedford College doing teaching practice
1982
7 Oct: Funeral of the father of a 5-year-old pupil
11 Oct: Comments regarding conversation with county architects department about possible provision of a staff room
29 Nov: New system for school meals introduced – ‘pointway cafeteria meal’
1983
13 Jan: PTA agreed to pay half the cost of a computer for the school
29 Mar: Football match against Houghton Conquest Lower School. Shelton won 3-0
2 May: Pupil won second prize in Rutland Water Show (Anglian Water Authority) painting competition and two other entries from the school were highly recommended
12 May: A scheme for having old people in school for lunch was launched; will continue fortnightly
9 Jun: Younger children went to Whipsnade Zoo
30 Jun-13 Jul: Various dancing displays
20 Sep: Pest control officer put down poison for the mice found at the weekend; children went to Marston Moretaine to see the Princess of Wales who was visiting the MacIntyre School at Westoning.
1984
9 Jan: Only 20 children on school roll
26 Jan: Children to Bedford Corn Exchange to see a programme of ‘Dance for Everyone’
21 Mar: Some children to Westoning church to see exhibition of crown jewel replicas
23 Mar: Football match against Houghton Conquest. Houghton won 3-1
30 Apr: School opened after Easter holiday with Mr C H King, county staff as acting head teacher. Total on roll 23.
5 Sep: Mrs Davies returned as head teacher after a term’s primary management course at Cambridge. 24 on roll.
17 Sep: Mrs Davies at interview for post as head teacher of Elstow Lower School – will take up the post in January
2 Oct: David Madel MP had lunch in school
5 Oct: Staff and children to Wootton Lower School to see Da Silva Puppet Theatre production of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’
1985
7 Jan: School re-opens with Mr Jack Graham as acting head teacher
15 Apr: Mrs Doreen M Lawrence commenced duty as head teacher. 29 on roll
22 Apr: Lunchtime clubs organised for older children – athletics, music, dancing and swimming. Sailing tuition on Tuesday evenings
1 May: Road safety talk and video films
6 May: Country dancing at May Fayre by pupils of Shelton and Church End Lower Schools
3 Jun: Miss Marylynne Sturton married during half term and returned as Mrs Chelsom-Pill. Now serving only 6 cooked dinners, 3 of which are to staff. Remainder bring packed lunches. Cooked dinners are prepared at Wootton Lower School and transported to Shelton in tins.
27 Jun: School excursion to Stagsden bird gardens and Emberton Park. Coach accident on return journey.
4 Jul: Visit to Marston Moretaine church as part of religious education
5 Jul: Retirement of Mrs Doris Carter, school meals supervisor
9 Jul: Visit to the Methodist church at Lower Shelton Road
12 Jul: Children’s pet show
17 Jul: End of year concert and prizegiving
2 Oct: Production of ‘James and the Giant Peach’ by the De Salva Puppet Company at Church End Lower School
11 Oct: Harvest festival. Collection of flour and sugar for ‘Band Aid’ which was taken to Bedford railway station to be transported to Africa
11 Dec: Eight pupils absent with mumps
1986
11 Jan: Visit to Bedford Marionettes production of ‘Mother Goose’.
18 Feb: Sponsorship raised £135.79 for Help the Aged
28 Feb – 6 Mar: Pupils compete at Bedford Music Festival (singing and verse speaking)
13 Mar: NAHT [National Association of Head Teachers] action. School closed from 12 noon till 1.30
17 Mar: New school library officially opened
19 Mar: ‘Time and Tune’ concert at Bedford Corn Exchange
25 May: Sports Aid Sunday raised almost £50
4 Jun: Visit to Cecil Higgins Art Gallery and Swiss Gardens at Old Warden
9 Jun: Education sub committee decided that the school house (empty for several years) should be sold. School had hoped for its conversion to administrative rooms.
8-9 Jul: Kempston and district schools concert at Addison Centre, Kempston
16 Jul: End of year concert and prizegiving
5 Nov: PTA bonfire and firework display
8 Dec: All pupils to Broadmead Lower School, Stewartby for Christmas entertainment by David Tomlinson and the Cheeky Dog Magic Show
17 Dec: The Marston by-pass was opened
1987
20 Jan: Farewell assembly for Mrs Marylynne Chelsom-Pill, leaving to have a baby. Has been at the school for over 12 years; replaced by Mrs Jenny Rowe.
27 Jan: School pantomime ‘The Golden Goose performed at Grange School, Kempston
2-14 Mar: Bedfordshire Music Festival
9 Mar: Commonwealth Day – the Queen’s letter read at assembly
16 Mar: ‘Time and Tune’ concert at Bedford Corn Exchange
19 Mar: Radio Bedfordshire broadcast live from the school
3 Apr: Marylynne Chelsom-Pill’s daughter born
4 May: Marston May Fayre; pupils took part in maypole and country dancing
11 May: Visit from a representative of Dr. Barnado’s
16 Jun: School outing to Ping’s farm and Marston Thrift
22 Sep: Visit to the Shuttleworth collection at Old Warden
13 Dec: Some children sung carols at the Shelton Methodist Church toy service
17 Dec: School visit to Nene Valley Railway
1988
12 Jan: PTA meeting showed a video advising parents to use seat belts in the back of cars to protect their children
13 Jan: Pupils watched performance of ‘Babylon’ presented by the Snap Theatre at Church End Lower School
22 Jan: School closed due to snow cutting off electricity
27 Feb-12 Mar Pupils compete in Bedfordshire Music Festival
2 May: Marston May Fayre; pupils took part in maypole and country dancing
5 May: Poetry afternoon with Broadmead Lower School
27 May: Mrs C Stubbigs, dining room assistant left
14 Jun: School visit to Whipsnade Zoo
22 Jun: Pupils watched performance of ‘The Secret Garden’ presented by the Snap Theatre at Church End Lower School
3 Jul: 13 children joined with Broadmead Lower School to take part in the National Festival of Voices at the Wembley Conference Centre, London.
3 Oct: Opening of the Yorkshire Bank; children acting as cashier and teller and parents took money to the bank in Bedford.
13 Oct: Class 1 taken to Wootton Lower School to see school dinners being prepared
4 Nov: Bonfire party
18 Dec: 18 Pupils sung carols at Shelton Methodist church
1989
26 Jan: Pupils attend a mathematics workshop at Bedford College
2 Feb: Visit from fire officers to talk about fire safety
10 Feb: Visit to Biddenham Upper School to see a performance of ‘Carnival of the Animals’
25 Feb – 3 Mar: Pupils competing at the Bedfordshire Misic Festival (verse speaking and singing)
19 Apr: All pupils went to Broadmead Lower School to see a Japanese puppet play ‘Paper Tiger’
20 Apr: Mrs Rowe resigned – is moving out of the area
26 May: Retirement of Mrs G Clark, who cooks the school dinners at Wootton Lower School for both Wootton and Shelton schools
7 Sep: Autum term begins; teaching in accordance with the National Curriculum. Mrs Elizabeth Gordon has replaced Mrs Rowe. New heating system has been installed during the summer holiday.
14 Nov: Class 1 to Broadmead Lower School to work with author Julia Jarman
18 Dec: Shared carol concert with Broadmead Lower School, St. James’ School, Biddenham and Kempston Rural Lower School, held at Broadmead.
1990
16 Jan: Visit to Broadmead Lower School to watch the Arena Theatre Company present plays about Hans Christian Anderson’s stories
3 -8 Mar: Pupils competing at the Bedfordshire Misic Festival (verse speaking and singing)
18 May: Mrs Lawrence attended interview for position as head teacher of Broadmead Lower School and was successful. Hopes to begin there in September.
23 Jun: School fete opened by David Madel MP
10 Jul: Shared sports afternoon with Broadmead Lower School, St. James’ School, Biddenham and Kempston Rural Lower School, held at Shelton
13 Jul: Performance by the Bell Choir from Pennsylvania at Broadmead Lower School
17 Jul: Mrs Janice Davis appointed for the 0.4 post from September
3 Sep: School re-opened with Mrs Diana Guthrie as acting head teacher to take class 1. Mrs Elizabeth Gordon and Mrs Janice Davis to ‘share’ class 2.
13 Sep: Funeral of Mrs Rust, [Doris Evelyn Rust] an elderly friend of the school
30 Oct: Trip to Stoke Bruerne Waterways Museum
20 Nov: Demonstration of Batik
22 Nov: Visit to Broadmead Lower School to watch the Arena Theatre Company present ‘The Arabian Nights’
29 Nov: Mrs G Walpole appointed as new head teacher for Shelton Lower School
30 Nov: Mrs Gordon to resign, having gained a 0.8 teaching post
Exent
1 volume
Closed under GDPR
Level of description
item
Closed until
2086