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Teacher Caroline Rogers' Retirement Party
On her birthday, 27th May, Caroline Rogers retired. Caroline started teaching at the age of 16 and began full time work at St. Mary’s School in 1963. During most of her career she taught the infant age range and there was a period, when her children were young, that she worked part time or as a supply teacher. Caroline is a popular member of the school team and much loved by staff and pupils especially for her patient and calm nature.
Photo from Jim Kerr shows school staff
Left to Right Back: Sue Kerr, Anne Green, Renee Green, Yvonne Glass, Jim Kerr, Tina Glass and Sheila Glass Front: Marlene Swain, Sharon Glass and Caroline Rogers.
Jim Kerr wrote a full school report which appears over three pages with several other photos in the August 2010 Newsletter.

Tristan Film Project

Education Adviser Jim Kerr is working with the school children to make a film which it is hoped will be one of the highlights of a forthcoming Tristan da Cunha Film Festival to be held in various UK venues and at a future Tristan da Cunha Association Annual Gathering.

The children are very excited about the project and have been keen to use the equipment which has been provided with funds donated by the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC). The Tristan da Cunha Film Festival is being coordinated by Ray Burnett of the Scottish Small Islands Film Trust in association with Tristan’s Government UK Representative Chris Bates.

Sue Scott, a marine biologist and photographer visiting Tristan, brought wet suits for all the children and on the day that they tested them out in the swimming pool Jim gave them a finepix waterproof camera to try. They enjoyed taking pictures of each other and the results are amusing. A few weeks later Sue took them snorkeling in the rock pools near the harbour where they took turns filming with the ‘flip’ and took more pictures with the finepix. Their filming techniques are improving and Jim believes there are enough steady shots to edit a short clip showing Tristan’s rock pool life.

Photos from Jim Kerr

Showing pupils diving
in the swimming pool

Children proudly show their iMac and cameras

Left to right – Caryn Green, Jade Repetto, Dean Repetto, Rhyanna Swain, Kimberley Green and Leo Glass.

 

 

 

 

The diving group
with Sue Scott,
and right cameras in action
in the rock pools.

We hope to replace these pictures with ones of a higher resolution soon.

     

The day before Sue left a short interview was filmed. Jim helped the children choose some appropriate questions and Riaan Repetto enjoyed posing them. Jim hopes it may be possible to mix some of the rock pool film with the interview.

Jim  has talked to the children about topics for filming and they are now considering a wide range of topics for filming including :

·         School events
·         Conservation and Wildlife
·         Visits to Nightingale and Inaccessible
·         The fishing industry and the new factory
·         Agriculture
·         Interviews with elderly people to get a feeling for recent history and change
·         Tristan houses
·         Government Departments
·         Island churches
·         1961 volcano

The project is now reaching an exciting stage and we look forward to publishing news of filming as it is carried out.

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