"Oh, What A Night" !!! - (Weekend)

WOW - 93 attendees !

• Friday afternoon  - school tour around 3.30pm - who better than one of our old year to act as tour guide than John B. now a teacher there ! 
• Friday night - a progression to Malabar RSL - drinks and dinner !
• Saturday arvo -SET UP  !!! Deco's, Music, Audio Visual etc
• Saturday night - the Gala Event ! 93 attendees, including 8 teachers ! 7.00pm -12.00 midnight ! Then to the downstairs bar - no one wanted to leave ! 
• Booked out the Sands Hotel - nuff said 
• Sunday brekkie Maroubra Beach
• Sunday lunch - Dannys at LaPa 

Thank God it's only every 40 years !

DATE AND VENUE SET !!!

DATE :    SATURDAY, 27TH AUGUST, 2011

TIME:     7.00PM - 12.00PM

PRICE :   $30.00 p.h

VENUE:   MAROUBRA SEALS CLUB - BREEZES BAR / LEVEL 2

http://www.maroubraseals.com.au/Functions&Conferences/index.htm 

We've  looked at a few other venues including Malabar RSL, Randwick Golf Club and Souths Juniors. The Seals Club, Breezes Bar is  a smaller, more casual venue than the large upstairs area where some recent reunions have been held - it also has an attached open balcony and a great informal setting.

It was chosen because of better hours, catering and setting.

Price includes exclusive room hire, bar staff, and finger food catering.

The date has been chosen after canvassing as many people as possible for suitability. 

Please set this date aside - looking forward to seeing lots of old friends and teachers there !

1966 - Teachers (thanks to Angela Duggan for this great pic ! )

1966 - 1B

1966 - 1C

1968 - 3A

1968 - 3B

1968 - 3C

1968

1969

1969 - Canberra Trip

1969 - 4th Form Farewell

6th Form Farewell Dinner and Social - 19th Oct, 1971

6th Form Farewell Dinner and Social - 19th Oct, 1971

Rugby Team '72

6th Form Farewell Dinner and Social - 19th Oct, 1971

6th Form Farewell Dinner and Social - 19th Oct, 1971

School Songs !

We had two School Songs during our time there.....

When our year started in 1966 the original song from when the school was started in 1960 and commissioned in 1961 was still beng used :-


There's a school at Chifley, 
Our Matraville High School
Where we're taught and trained to think and work 
And respect the law and rule
And when one day we leave thee
Wherever we may be 
We shall tell them all
That we stand and fall
For our High School by the sea 


Oh, Matra, Matra by the sea,
Our best days were spent with thee
Please be proud of me as I'm proud of thee,
Dear high school by the sea 



In about 1968, they changed the School Song to :- 


(Tune - Heart of My Heart)

V.1

Matraville High, oh that's the place for me Matraville High, our school here near the sea We take our name from a man who long ago Sailed with Cook across the sea And faced the odds with bravery Matra was he, we hail his memory And we will always try To live up to to forever The spirit of Endeavour That's the symbol of our Matra High ...

V.2 

Matraville High, oh that's the place for me
Matraville High, our school here near the sea (sewer)
We will remember in all the years to come
How to strive in every way
For standards high in work and play

In years ahead, when school's a memory
We vow we'll always try .........
To live up to forever
The spirit of Endeavour
That's the symbol of our Matra High ...... (Our Matra High)

DATE AND VENUE SET !

DATE :    SATURDAY, 27TH AUGUST, 2011
TIME:     7.00PM - 12.00PM
PRICE :   $30.00 p.h 
VENUE:   MAROUBRA SEALS CLUB - BREEZES BAR / LEVEL 2
 
The organisers looked at several other venues including Malabar RSL, Randwick Golf Club and Souths Juniors. The Seals Club, Breezes Bar is  a smaller, more casual venue than the Seaview Bar, one level up where some recent reunions have been held - it also has an attached open balcony and a great informal setting.

It was chosen because of better hours, catering and setting.

Price includes exclusive room hire, bar staff, and finger food catering. 

The date has been chosen after canvassing as many people as possible for suitability.  

Please set this date aside and we look forward to seeing everybody there ! 

Matraville High - the scene of many crimes !