Old School Memories- The Crocodiles
My old Primary School report book
I have been in a reminiscence mood since last month. I have been looking back at the kids baby photographs and came across m old report book which was stashed in the same cupboard.
It had yellowed in age but was still in relatively good condition as it was wrapped in plastic. Flipping through the pages of the record book brought back memories of the time that I was in primary school.
I was studying in St Nicholas Girls School Primary for 7 years as I entered the school when they had Pre-Primary classes. ( One year was spent in Pre-Primary while six years in primary school).
SNGS was like a 2nd home to me back then and I really enjoyed the coziness of a school with a garden setting. Each classroom had their own balcony which was converted into the class own mini garden and reading corner where one could go for some solitude or just to hang out with friends during break time.
pictures from a page in an annual
If you look at the snapshot taken from a page in the annual you can see the Pre-primary uniform in the bottom shot. The uniform was slightly different from the normal school uniform (pictured above with the students reading in the reading corner)
Baby Alligator~ Photo by Photoxpress.com
What I recall most vividly about the primary school was the reptiles that we had in school. My friends and I use to walk over to the pit that house several baby crocodiles near the carpark during recess. Besides viewing the crocs we could also view our “in house” rooster which was housed in a chicken coop enclosure in one of the basement gardens in the school.
There was also several koi ponds in school and we loved meeting up at the tables near the koi ponds to do our projects back then. It was great being close to both flora and fauna.
The school was the only one I knew that reared crocodiles on the premise. I saw it featured once in a documentary about SNGS .
Unfortunately the crocodile pit has been removed some years back since then and the school is currently undergoing some upgrading works so it may have been permanently removed.
How was it like when you were
in primary school?
April 1, 2014 @ 12:50 pm
The balcony outside the class room looks cozy.
Gongshang at the old premise used to have a mini zoo with crocodile, komodo dragon , can’t recall what other animals. It made my hair stood when I saw the worker fed these reptiles
April 1, 2014 @ 3:26 pm
What fun memories!
April 1, 2014 @ 4:09 pm
Awesome photos! What memories they hold!
April 1, 2014 @ 4:18 pm
Woah, you seriously had crocodiles at school? That’s cool! I could just imagine how fun it would be to observe them.
April 1, 2014 @ 5:53 pm
I love looking through old things and photos sometimes.
April 1, 2014 @ 6:15 pm
Hari Om
Wonderful reminiscence! Funny you should post this as “Aitch” and I were just the other day comparing remembrance of a certain time at our high school (of which, of course, we had quite different recall) when we had been asked to do a presentation on how we felt ‘now’ (final year) to what we had felt on first arriving at primary… hmmmm maybe a post in that! Have a great week Dominique. YAM xx
April 1, 2014 @ 7:47 pm
It’s so nice to go down memory lane and find these type of things. Good for you.
Have a nice day!!
April 1, 2014 @ 7:51 pm
It’s so wonderful to be able to look back…great photos!
April 1, 2014 @ 9:52 pm
A baby alligator too? That’s incredible! Thanks for sharing your sweet memories! 🙂
April 1, 2014 @ 10:47 pm
this is why it is impt to take photos! haha. we can always use it as tbt for IG.
April 1, 2014 @ 10:49 pm
The school that my son goes to now is the same school that I went to when I was in primary. 🙂
April 1, 2014 @ 11:09 pm
We have the same school uniform. Blue jumper and a white blouse back in elementary days. my Yearbook is back home. I hope my mom is still keeping it.
April 2, 2014 @ 2:46 am
My first four years in a Lutheran school were wonderful. I loved and thrived in the very disciplined environment.
April 2, 2014 @ 5:34 am
Such fun having reptiles to look at! I’ve always been drawn to them. I’m allergic to anything furry, or feathery.
April 2, 2014 @ 4:25 pm
No reptiles at my primary school.
April 2, 2014 @ 8:19 pm
I love looking at old photos. You have a very unique report book in my eyes. I do my student’s report cards and it’s far from that. 🙂
April 2, 2014 @ 9:35 pm
I met my lifelong best friend in 2nd grade. That was more than 40 years ago.
April 2, 2014 @ 10:09 pm
Thats looks like great . Thanks for sharing, thanks so much for the fun party and enjoy your day and week! Wieczora (◔‿◔) | my photoblog
April 2, 2014 @ 11:51 pm
Love the photos and the mini garden reading corner sounds super. I might to that for our little balcony. It needs some kind of makeover.
Pam
April 3, 2014 @ 9:13 am
I love looking back on old pictures! How fun that there were crocodiles. I actually grew up in a really small town, and I went to the same school from Kindergarten to graduation!
April 3, 2014 @ 5:42 pm
It is great to reminisce old time when everything looks so uncomplicated. We don’t have reptiles in school but we kept a dog that looked like a pig when it was still a puppy. Weird.
April 3, 2014 @ 8:45 pm
I wish my Mom keep all my photos when I was little kid. It would nice to have and bring back those memories. Super love all your pictures and the crocodile, fun memories indeed.
Melgie#2
April 3, 2014 @ 11:47 pm
Whoa on the crocodiles. How big did they let them get?
April 4, 2014 @ 12:29 am
Wow, a school with crocs and other animals? It’s like a school and a mini zoo in one! Nice! I bet you all had fun looking at them and studying their behavior back then. Must be really great to be in a school like yours. 🙂
April 4, 2014 @ 9:57 am
I’ve always enjoyed walks down the memory lane of grade school. I still have all my year books and I love reading the old messages of, “Have a good summer” since no one could think of anything better in 5th or 6th grade 🙂