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"We set about opening our school on the
6th Sept, 1971.
They opened on that day with some 1400 children,
brought by some sixty buses from widely dispersed
points in Singapore to our four schools"
E.C.Gould, Brigadier
Director of Army Education
The reduction of British Forces from 1970 meant the closure of some of their schools and it was decided by the Australian and New Zealand Governments that primary and secondary education should be provided for the services children of both countries in Singapore.
On the 6th of September 1971 the four ANZ schools opened:
ANZ High School in the former RAF Grammar School, Changi
ANZ Primary School Woodlands in the former Royal Navy School
ANZ Primary School Tengah in the SCEA School Tengah
ANZ Primary School Selarang in the former SCEA School Selarang
All the Schools flourished and provided a valuable service to the community both in their normal role and as centres for night classes and public meetings. The schools were visited annually by inspectors and balanced education was being provided.
With the announcement of the withdrawal of Australian Forces further changes in the education system were needed and in December 1973 New Zealand announced that it would assume responsibility for the continuation of educational services for NZ pupils and those Australian children remaining in theatre. It was decided that New Zealand would establish three schools, one each at Woodlands, Tengah and Seletar, to open on the commencement of the second term May 1974.
Oh For...
A glass of milk
A mailbox red,
A surf whacking beach
And an Autum, she said.
Oh for
My Brisbane friends,
My bouncy bed
A twenty cent choko
And a Winter, I said
You'll remember Singapore,
And its peculiar smells,
Its jangle of lingos,
Its slimy wells.
You'll remember
Your amah,
The bargains you struck,
The concrete nannies,
And the fast-moving truck
You'll remember the people,
Though cosmopolitan be,
The Indians, Chinese, and Malays
All three.
You'll remember
The hawkers
Their Frogs legs with Mee,
Early morning josticks,
Names like, Hok Seng Lee.
You'll remember
That school,
Changi, A.N.Z.
Those morning assemblies,
Your 'daily bread!'
Then you'll say.......
Oh for
A hard-working Amah,
- she's someone's fat jolly wife,
A swim EVERY day,
Oh such a lazy slow life.
Joy Cooke
ANZIS School Magazine
1972
Oh For...
A glass of milk
A mailbox red,
A surf whacking beach
And an Autum, she said.
Oh for
My Brisbane friends,
My bouncy bed
A twenty cent choko
And a Winter, I said
You'll remember Singapore,
And its peculiar smells,
Its jangle of lingos,
Its slimy wells.
You'll remember
Your amah,
The bargains you struck,
The concrete nannies,
And the fast-moving truck
You'll remember the people,
Though cosmopolitan be,
The Indians, Chinese, and Malays
All three.
You'll remember
The hawkers
Their Frogs legs with Mee,
Early morning josticks,
Names like, Hok Seng Lee.
You'll remember
That school,
Changi, A.N.Z.
Those morning assemblies,
Your 'daily bread!'
Then you'll say.......
Oh for
A hard-working Amah,
- she's someone's fat jolly wife,
A swim EVERY day,
Oh such a lazy slow life.
Joy Cooke
ANZIS School Magazine
1972
