Dunfermline. She told Mrs. T. that she thought the school was a lot more

interesting that her previous school.

In each primary there were no more than 10 pupils. In primary 5 there

were 5 pupils, in primary 6 there were 9 pupils and in primary 7 there were

6. Most of the time we all did the same subject like maths. Julie and I

weren’t very keen on arithmetic because the teacher wasn’t always there when

you needed her because you were stuck. We did not get a lot of written work

on Monday because our Monday teacher taught us songs and read stories and

also drew pictures. Mrs. Mowat was there in the morning so that Mrs Thomson

got to do some important paper work.

‘From Easter to summer we used to go swimming which took up most of

Monday morning. We got quite a few television programmes.

‘We will tell you what one of the days of the week at Strathkinness School

was like. We will pick Wednesday. We went to school about 8.50 a.m. We

met each other at the school, then played about with most of the people in

our class until 9 a.m. Then the bell rang and we all crowded into the cloak

room. We kept our coats on and went through to the class room and waited

for the teacher. When she came through she told usto get our gym kit ready

and line up outside the gate. Then we walked down to the village hall. Once

we had gone down to the village hall Mrs. Thomson decided what kind of P.E.

we were going to be doing. She decided it would be dancing. We didn’t like

dancing very much, so we weren’t very enthusiastic.

‘After our dancing we went up to school again and started some maths.

At 10.30 some people had their milk whilst the others just went straight out

to play or bought peanuts or crisps at the tuck shop. We got 30 minutes for

our break which we usually spent skipping or just talking to pass the time away.

‘After playtime we had singing together when only sorn’e of the songs were

alright. That took us up to lunch time. At lunch time a few took school

dinners, while most went home.

‘The lady who was the janitor and dinner lady was Mrs. Farmer. She was

a very kind lady who used to give us sweets.

‘After lunch it sometimes wasn’t very exciting. First Mrs. Thomson read

a chapter of a book to us, then we played I Spy or Give Us a Clue. Mrs.

McGavin usually came through about 2.30 after having done sewing with the

infants. Most of us enjoyed the afternoon with Mrs. McGavin but others

didn’t really bother at all. The rest of the afternoon we had crafts up until

3.20.

At 3.20 the bell rang and finally after another day we went home.

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