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School Buildings The first Gumeracha School was opened in a building in Wellington Street in 1857. The school shifted to its present site when the new activity room building was built in 1913. Because of the outbreak of World War 1 and the death of the then Director of Education, the building was never officially opened. In February 1914 the students and teachers marched through the streets of Gumeracha from the former to the new school on top of the hill. |
Original school building at the top of the hill |
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Old Kenton Valley school building |
In 1933 the Kenton Valley School was consolidated to Gumeracha and the wooden school building was quartered and shifted to our school site where it served as a classroom and finally as an office. |
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In 1965 the Forreston, and in 1970 the Cudlee Creek schools were closed and consolidated with Gumeracha. In 1982 work commenced on the redevelopment of the school - with children accommodated in a series of portable classrooms on the existing school oval while the work took place. This work was completed, and officially opened in October 1983. In 1994 work commenced to prepare the sites for 4 more classrooms. The School Council is continuing the work of developing the grounds and facilities. |
Old Forreston School Building |
School Bell
The School bell, donated by the Lee family in the 1940's comes from a shipwreck off the coast of Devon...wherein a member of the Lee Family lost his life. The ship's bell was sent to his family in Kenton Valley.
School Emblem
The Magpie seems to have always been associated with the Gumeracha School in one form or another.
In 1977-78 a student competition was held and the winning sketch was further developed by the then clerical assistant, Elizabeth Bullen, to the current design as depicted in the top left hand corner of this screen.
Our School logo "Together We Achieve" was produced by Dorothy Evans in December 1994.
Gumeracha Timeline
