Lyndon Green Infant School

1950s

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The Lyndon Green Infant and Junior Schools were built on the same site; on an island of land surrounded by Wensley Road and Wychwood Crescent. The Junior School was completed first in 1952 and both infant and junior aged pupils worked in the junior building until the Infant School was completed and opened in September 1953.

"The Architect and Building News" of 3 June 1954 published an article about the schools, showing pictures of the buildings and a site plan, and explaining that the "infants block is connected to its dining room by means of a corridor, curved so that an existing oak tree can be retained". Today it towers even higher above our heads and gives us welcome shade.

plan of the school in The Architect & Building News 1954

Read the full article using the links below: page 1 page 2 page 3

An old map of the area shows that Brays Special School was not yet built, but was open land with a large pond and allotments.	click to see the full map
Miss Jones   The first head teacher was Miss Jones.

One of the first pupils in the new school was David, who wrote to us via his niece in 2002, when the children wrote to former pupils asking for their memories of their time at our school.

"...When I fist started, all those years ago, the Infant block was still being built. So, the Infants were taught in the Junior School. I remember quite clearly the day we all moved into the Infant School. The building was all new and shiny and had that special smell – all fresh and clean..." read the rest of David's letter

David

I wonder if David was one of the children celebrating the Queen's Coronation in the photograph below?

celebrating the Queen's Coronation

Nature study was a popular subject in the 1950s. There was even an indoor gardening area by the main entrance of the school (now our Lynpac Library)

planting seeds in the 1950s

some seedlings

 

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