History of our school
Currajong State School was opened on 28 June, 1954 with an enrolment of 240 pupils, grades 1-8, and 5 teachers. The original building is now part of C block.
The enrolment rose to approximately 1150 at one stage before the construction of Vincent and Heatley State Schools in the 1970s. Enrolment in 2014 was approximately 625 (which included 4 Prep classes).
ANZAC Day mural 2014
The first acting headmaster was Mr J. Gibbard, replaced by the first permanent headmaster Mr Con Klein in 1955. The school's general condition in 1954 was described as "very fair with definite promise of improvement". The craft work of the day was 'poker work, the making of tin ornaments and plastic plaiting'. The students were described as large in number, from different schools with very varied standards of attainment and behaviour.
By 1960 the enrolment had increased to 674 students, and an interesting excerpt from the school inspection report that year claims that school equipment included 900 library items, a duplicator and weather recording equipment. In 1963 milk distribution was introduced and 'well supervised'. There was a uniform redesign, and an interesting remark was noted by the school inspection that a 'peculiarity in voice modulation noted during the last inspection has disappeared from all grades except grade 4'.
The Currajong Tattler was a school newspaper distributed in 1972 and 1973. Teachers wrote editorials but the whole school community provided the articles. Interesting to note that pollution was on the agenda in Vol 4 1972 -
"when your parents and other adults were young this land of ours seemed so vast that we could not imagine it being spoilt by human hands. We could go for a drive (very special) or a picnic and we wouldn't see any sign that anyone had been there before. Is this so now? No!!! Perhaps because there are many, many, more people and many more cars and may delicious foodstuffs all in disposable packages!!! What can we do?"
School Colours
Apparently when the school first opened and mention was made of school colours Mr Jack Gibbard sent a pupil out to see what colours Public Works had painted the school sign. Back came the pupil with "blue and black". So we have our colours.
Blue Black Blue - Always True to You
Currajong led the way with a school camping program where yearly camps were held at Pangola stud, Fanning River cattle station, Atherton Tablelands, Paluma, Bowen, Whitsundays and Winton.
An old Currajong war cry
Curra Curra jonger jonger,
What a healthy crew,
Surra turra surra turra,
Always true to you.
Higher higher longer longer,
See what we can do.
Currajong Currajong
Blue, black, blue
C-U-R-R-A-J-O-N-G