Diane Kerr (Davidson)

I am sorry I will not be with you all reminiscing times long gone.  I have many fond memories of my school years, particularly at the start of every school year – would we be having Mr McCance for Science or Mr Norman for English?  Mr McCance had the nickname Snoop, but there wasn’t a nickname for Mr Norman that I knew of!  Other memories include Richard Nancarrow – a member of the Aust Boys Choir, singing The Happy Wanderer in German classes & the rest of the class was supposed to sing along with him.  None of us got any where near hitting those high notes!  A big thank you to the many pranksters who provided light relief from the general slog of classes.  I particularly remember the beer bottle filled with water which was labelled School Spirit, left outside the VP’s office. 

My teaching career began at Karingal H.S.  & finished at Balwyn H.S.  I was at Balwyn for 8 years (I think).  I spent a total of 14 years at Balwyn – must be some kind of record!   There is also another family connection to Balwyn H.S. – my daughter Amber, an old MacRob girl married Rohan Schaap, an old Balwyn High boy!

I hope you all have a wonderful evening.

Regards

Dianne Davidson (Kerr)