Bourke primary students meeting 1 March 1999 - photographs
The primary students meeting with the inquiry in Bourke collaborated to draw posters describing (1) the features of 'my school now' and (2) 'my dream school'. (The inquiry conducted a similar process with primary students in other NSW towns.) The Bourke students wrote or drew their posters, sometimes both. Some examples are
My school now
- Bush, cricket, snakes, computers
- Computer train (at Bourke Public School), bit too much work, stop fights, stop running on cement
- Good teachers, good transport, good computers, littering, bad kids, better grass, snakes at school, demountables
- Sports, a basketball court.
My dream school
- A bus and a swimming pool, wicket keeper gloves, football
- Motor bikes, horses, BMX track, golf, good green grass, good environment, no teachers, no running
- Horses, motor bikes, hens, plants, good grass, global classroom, good classroom, no litter, bigger than 3ha playground, more bins, fenced in playground, motorbike track and jumps
- Pool, TV in our class and video, tennis. McDonalds, motor bikes, more places to play and sit around, flowers and trees.
