Seaham Public School
Seaham Public School, established in 1852, is located in Seaham, New South Wales, Australia.
Timeline of Seaham Public School
19th century
- 1850 - Land for a National School at Seaham is gazetted.
- 1852 - Seaham Public School opens in a small wooden cottage by the local swamp.
- 1859 - The schoolhouse is deemed "unsafe" and in need of major repairs.
- 1862 - Daily attendance at the school varies from 12 to 29, when it should have been up to 50.
- 1884 - Land is gazetted for a new public school and teacher's residence on higher land. The school still occupies this site today.
- 1885 - New classroom and teacher's residence is completed.
- 1886 - The New school is practically empty because pupils are grape [...] at local vineyards.
20th century
- 1909 - More land is set aside for school purposes.
- 1939 - The school is destroyed in bushfires. Remains of the brick classroom would be unearthed during 2002 in the school's playground by pupils.
- 1955 - A new teacher's residence is built at Seaham, fronting Still Street. The building is today utilized as the school office.
- 1968 - A new brick veneer classroom is completed on school grounds, the first permanent classroom built since 1885.
- 1970 - Student numbers dwindle and the school FACES imminent closure. There are less than 12 pupils enrolled at the school.
- 1978 - Rapid acceleration in enrolments saves the school from closure. The boom in numbers will be further increased during the 1980s and 1990's by the Brandy Hill Estate.
- 1982 - Enrolments reach 52. Classes have to be held in the Seaham School of Arts hall as the school struggles to accommodate new students.
- 1994 - Four new permanent brick classrooms are completed to accommodate booming enrollments.
21st century
- 2002 - School celebrates 150 years of public education and is granted $1 million to build a new permanent library and two new brick veneer classrooms. Both the library and classrooms are in use by the end of the year.