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This class portrait shows the 5th grade at the Newtown School in Australia during 1958. The children would have been about 11 years old. It is quite a large group, about 55 children. That would have been difficult for the poor lady teacher pictured with them to teach. Perhaps there were two 5th grade ckasses, although we have read that that there was a shortage of teachers in Australia during the 1950s and 60s. The school would have been a state primary. The school had a unform which most of the children wore. Many of the children wear "V"-neck sweaters, ties, and knee socks. The ties are varied, but msny children wear a dark tie. The girls wear gym slips or skirts. The boys wear A few children wear blazers. Several children do not wear the uniform. This suggests that it was optional, but given the level of compliance ot looks like the staff did strongly promote the uniform. Private schools tended to be structer about wearing the uniform, but this varied from school to school.
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