Vasanta School Staff
Please note that this list is incomplete and dates are approximate
Mr Butler (Principal) 1919
Mr Vicary Grounds man 1919 Mr A. E. Manning (Acting Principal) 1920 Miss Stephenson House Mistress 1920 Miss Mary Watson Nurse and Organiser 1920, Matron 1921 Mr S. W. Golding Grounds man 1920 Miss Una Dibble Lotus Class 1920 Mr Chas. Speedy Lotus Class 1920 Miss M. Hamilton Principal 1921 Miss A. M. Orr First Assistant Teacher 1921 Mrs. Sharpe Domestic Helper 1921 |
Mr Ernest N. Fernyhough (Principal)1922
Mrs Fernyhough (Matron) 1922 Miss Gladys J. Peake Kindergarten and Round Table Teacher in 1922 Miss E. L. Langley (Lower School in 1922) Mr A. H. S. McLeod Master Craftsman. Helpers Dick and Roy 1922 Miss Judson – Piano Miss W. Mitchell – Violin Miss Wilcox - Eurhythmics Miss Bertha H. Darroch Principal and Teacher for 32 years (Resigned 31/12/54) Sole teacher in 1923 P4 to S3 and 1924 P4 to S4. Miss Searle – Folk Dancing Mistress Miss Daphne V. Darroch Teacher for 19 years Miss Mona Faram Head Teacher 1927-1930 Miss Whistler - Eurhythmics 1930 Miss Howlings - Eurhythmics 1931 Miss E. Worthington Infant Mistress and standards teacher, 1928-35 Dress-Making Mr Jack Hill – Woodworking 1933 Mr Jack Patterson Secondary Assistant Teacher 1934 Mrs Fossey Cooking Teacher Miss Fiona Riley Infant Dept 1935, P1 to S1 1936 Miss Amy Hansard – Singing 1935 |
Miss L Edger M.A. Latin - 1935
Mrs Fossey – Cooking 1935 Mr B.A. Kingon – Secondary dept 1937 Miss Currie – Secondary dept 1937 Miss Caroline Ward Kindergarten Teacher 1937 (sister to Millicent) Miss Winifred E. Miller Lower Primary Teacher 1937-9 Miss Phyllis Ward Kindergarten Teacher 1939 Miss Millicent Ward drill (Bagot-Stack), Greek and mime mistress 1937-9 Miss Patricia Hastings Secondary Teacher, Swimming 1939 Miss Allen – French 1939 Mrs Stuart Nicholls – Sewing and dressmaking 1939 (Sister to Bertha Darroch) Mr Fred Hilder Aeroplane Making 1939 Mrs Phipps Cooking 1939 |
Mr H. H. Banks, Chief Knight of the Round Table to 1940
Miss Lois Stanton B.A Secondary Dept 1940 Miss Daphne Darroch Lower School 1940 Miss Ockenden Miss McGlashen 1948 |
Miss Caroline Burns Principal (1958) and Intermediate Teacher 1952-1957
Miss Mitchell and Monty, her dog Primary Teacher 1955 Miss Crocombe late 1940s, to 1956 Miss Hope Lomas 1953 Miss Jenkin 1953-54 Mr Johns Gardener 1953 Miss Crombie Gardening 1954 Miss Gallie Cleaner and light gardening 1954 Miss Bisley Cleaner 1954 Miss Crocombe and Miss Daphne Darroch co-principals 1955-56 Miss Andrei Bevan Piano Teacher Mr Laurie Brown Caretaker 1954 Mr Roy Thornton Nature Study and Gardening Teacher 1954 5 children being paid to clean schoolrooms 1954 Mr Nissen co-caretaker 1956 Miss Fraser co-caretaker 1956 Mr J Gillivray Cleaner 1956 Mr Bywater Cleaner 1956 Mr A.H. Bradley teacher 1956 |
Miss Bertha and Daphne Darroch co-principals end of 1956-57
Miss Peterson teacher 1956 Miss Burns teacher 1956 Mrs Wilson Cleaner 1957 Miss Burns Principal 1958 Miss Daphne Darroch Infant Mistress 1958 Mrs Grundy Junior Standards 1958 Miss Mitchell Kindergarten 1958 Elizabeth Lowe Voice Production 1958 Daphne Knight Folk Dancing 1958 Mrs J.V Patterson Singing 1958 Mrs McClean Singing 1958 Mr Williams Swimming 1958 |