I attended Wellesley from 1936 to 1939. The only teachers I can recall were the Principal Mr W Stevens and the Teachers, Miss Tucker and Mr Jack Lamason who was a New Zealand cricketer. The school building was a double storied wooden building with not a very large playing area. Sports were played away from school, athletics was at Anderson Park and I think we played either rounders or baseball at that venue as well. I used to have a hot meal served in the school dining room at midday. All this was at the Terrace and is a changed scene these days. I think I was in gymnastics and athletics.
After completing my education in the Wairarapa, my Form 1 year was at Rongotai College as my parents felt that travelling to Days Bay every day made it a long day but is not by today’s travelling that is done by school bus travellers.