At some point during the 1900’s the infant class was moved into a room at the side of the ‘Old School’. (picture showing building at the side). The heating was provided by solid fuel free standing boiler in the big room and a coal fire in the small room. A movable partition divided the two rooms which could be opened for special events and there was a stage in one half. It was reported that for some time the boys and girls both shared the same toilets which were in a building in the playground.
1921 First Edition of the Hambletonian
The Hambletonian was a hard backed magazine for the Girls and Boys of Hambleton School published in October by Head Teacher Lieutenant John F. Winterburn, Miss A. Goss, Miss H. M. Walker and Mrs M. Seed. It contained stories of the event in the school, the prefects and the school bank together with some photographs.
1922 Second Edition of the Hambletonian
This edition was published in April by Lieutenant Winterburn, Miss H. M. Walker, Miss M. Foster and Miss M. Seed. This edition contained stories about school life, a section about army life, some poetry written by the children and details of the school bank.
1925 Third Edition of the Hambletonian
This edition was published in December by Lieutenant Winterburn, Miss E. A. Moody, Miss P. A. Hunter, Miss M. Foster and Mrs A. Mahoney. This was a much larger book and again contained many stories about school life and the pupil’s achievements.
What and how the children were taught.
1920s – one villager reminisces that when he started school in the mid-1920s they had slates and slate pencils to write with and cards for reading which were given out at the beginning of each lesson. At some time in the first couple of years they progressed onto paper and pencils followed by steel nibbed pens which often resulted in blots, splashes and scratches.