A note from Brenton
St Joesph's Catholic Primary School as I remember it was two rooms that encompassed Years 1 to 7
In the first room were years 1-to-4 and the other was 5-to-7
I remember it was so difficult!
Each class/year was a row of desks and the Sister would give dictation standing in front of one of the row/class/year and say a few lines for us to write and then move to the front of the next row/class/year etc, etc!!
My dictation was bits from every body and I always failed!!
Still I was only there for one year I think, but maybe two, not sure!
And I do know that when I started school in Adelaide there were more kids in the class the attended the whole convent in Gladstone!