Some of the History of Veryan School
-by Class 3
Opposite the pond is our school. There are 70 pupils attending this school. There are three class rooms Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3. The school dates from 1872. In 1998 an extension of 1 classroom was added with modern toilets for teachers and children, a corridor and a staff room.
The first school was in the church vestry where the organ is now. Jeremiah Trist decided it was too small so in 1814 he paid for a proper school to be built where our school is now. 70 children came. In 1821 the number of children had gone up to 194! He thought there were too many children so he paid for a second school. This school is now called 'The Old School House' and is photographed below. The girls and boys were split so they had separate schools. 107 boys attended their school and 87 girls at their school.
The gravestone of the first Head Master Digory Pilkinghorne is in the church yard.
Opposite the pond is our school. There are 70 pupils attending this school. There are three class rooms Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3. The school dates from 1872. In 1998 an extension of 1 classroom was added with modern toilets for teachers and children, a corridor and a staff room.
The first school was in the church vestry where the organ is now. Jeremiah Trist decided it was too small so in 1814 he paid for a proper school to be built where our school is now. 70 children came. In 1821 the number of children had gone up to 194! He thought there were too many children so he paid for a second school. This school is now called 'The Old School House' and is photographed below. The girls and boys were split so they had separate schools. 107 boys attended their school and 87 girls at their school.
The gravestone of the first Head Master Digory Pilkinghorne is in the church yard.
The Old School House is a thatched house with a verandah. This was the old girl's school and headmaster's house built by Jeremiah Trist. It had a single storey schoolroom, a verandah where the girls could sit and work and rooms for the school master and his wife. The girls learnt to read, had religious instruction and were taught needlework and knitting. Writing was not taught and had to paid for separately.
Two photographs of the Old School House
