Mr.Harding's Class 1978

Newbold Verdon Primary School
Mr. Harding’s Class 1978

Back Row: Ian Shaw, Roger Goddard, Julie Morton, Darren Murray, ?, Rodney Barlow, Ian Field

Third Row: Ian Statham, Paul Sellers, Ian Barnes, Andrea Stevens, Julie Hill?, ?, Jason Field, Stephen Whiteman

Second Row: Julian Gilbert, Huw Ward, Adrian Spencer, Juliette Wilson, Sharon Harper?, Wendy Guilliver, Andrew Smith?, Darren Dale?, Mr.Harding

Front Row: Roy McCullam, Tracy Crowther, Dawn?, Teresa Meason, Sharon Ryder, Sue Needham, Russel Gunbie, Kane McKlellan

Sitting: Paul Johnson

1978 the year when the population of Newbold Verdon held too many children to have two classes per year. The open plan area was full to capacity so a further mobile classroom unit was installed. This class has a mixture of year 3 and 4 people in it.

Mrs.Vernon's Class 1963

Newbold Verdon Primary School
Mrs.Vernon’s Class 1963

Back Row: Mrs.Vernon, Mick Collins, Edwin French, Stephen Hurst, ?, ?, Richard Gillard, Glen Hextall, Geoff Loakes, Les White, Alan Poole, Stephen Baker, Stephen Taylor, Steve Hextall

Second Row: ?, Alan Bartlam, ?,Phil Wardle, Janthea Gaddesby, ?, Alison March, Elaine Blower, Carole Driver, ?,David Crofts, Robert Gibson

Front Row: Diane Jackson, Wendy Boulter, Carole Wightman, Yvonne Cheshire, ?, Sandra Smith, ?, ?, Rachael Edwards, Megan Freeman, ?

Many thanks to Steve Hextall for sharing this photograph

Mrs.Woolerton's Class 1985

Newbold Verdon Primary School
Mrs Woolerton’s Class 1985

Back Row:  Mrs Woolerton, Ian Crowson, Sam Duncan, Jolene Ringe, Sarah-Jayne McReynolds, Leanne Southwell, Steven Smithurst, ?, Jamie Dunn, Scott Harris

Second Row:  Alison Iliffe, Adam Gibbons, ?, Sarah Thompson, Neil Bateman, Zoe Jordan, Rebecca Barnes, Jamie Cockram,  Rebecca Spicer

Front Row: Sophie ?, Luke Draper, Lucy Taylor, Caroline Bradford, Sarah Talbot, Steven Long, Paul Coleman, ?, Carl Barney

Many thanks to Averil Woolerton for this photograph and a big thank you to Gemma Kendrick for identifying most of the missing names.

The Football Team 1969

Newbold Verdon Primary School

The Football Team 1969

Back Row: Tim Dawkins, Paul Hextall, Malc Statham, Steve Dilkes, David Hextall, Paul Kind

Front Row:  Paul Gardner, Gary Smith, Trev Hammond, Steve Thompson, Alan Smithurst, Gary Bembridge

Many thanks to Steve Hextall for sharing this photograph

Mr.Rayer's Class 1979

Newbold Verdon Primary School
Mr.Rayer’s Class 1979
Back Row:  Susan Draper, Wayne Beck, Susan Davies, Richard Wileman, Diane Pennington

Third Row: Robert Taylor, Paul Bartram, Michael Perks, Simon Barnes, Gary Tyers, Michaela  Billsdon, Mairi Kirkland

Second Row: Simon Ford, Jonathan Allen, Darren Bonner, Michelle Ward, Sue Marriot, Tracey Perry, Marie Fields, Mr.Rayers

Front Row: Roy McCullam, Derek Petcher, Suzanne Smith, Morag Childs, Joanne Bunn, Julie Knight,  David Hardy

The Football 'A' Team 1991

Newbold Verdon Primary School

The Football ‘A’ Team 1991 Winning The Rice Bowl Trophy

Back Row:  Alex Kendrick, Jonathan Satchwell, Luke Draper , Adam Gibbons, Jamie Cockram, Carl Barney, Liam King, Ian Crowson

Front Row:  Darren Simms, Richard Hayes, Neil Bateman , Scott Harris, Gareth Heggs, Ross Ward

The school football team of the academic year 1990/1991 went through to the Rice Bowl County final. Their opponents were Countesthorpe Linden Primary School and the match was played in Countesthorpe.

The final score was 6-2 to Newbold Verdon with Alex Kendrick scoring two, Ian Crowson scoring two, Scott Harris scoring one and Jamie Cockram scoring one.

Also worth noting is that one of the goals scored by Countesthorpe Linden Primary was by Sergio Pizzorno. Sergio is now better known as the guitarist for rock band Kasabian.
Many thanks to Alex and Gemma Kendrick for this information and photograph.

Clevedon Trip - May 1977

Outside The Boarding House In Clevedon

On the beach at Clevedon

On the beach at Clevedon

The Roman Baths in Bath

The Roman Baths in Bath

Portishead open air swimming pool.

Portishead open air swimming pool.

Portishead open air swimming pool.

The moat outside Wells Cathedral.

Newbold Verdon Primary School
Clevedon Trip May 1977

These pictures were all taken during the school trip to Clevedon in May 1977. The teachers present were Ruth Morrell, Ann Broomfield, Mike Harding and Roger King. Pupils who are present in some of these pictures are Derek Underwood, Simon Ryde, Helen Maycock, Sandra Goddard, David Fowkes, Neil Gulliver, Andrew Smith, Julie Boulter, Stephen Hitchman, John Mead, Paul Shaw, David Mitchell, John Herbert, Ian Westaby, Keith Bateman, Darren Seal, Philip Beck,Tania Barnes, & Michelle Peace

All of these photos are from the collections of Ann Burdett and Ruth Morrell.