THE FIRST TWO YEARS AT SCHOOL

Rights Information
Year
1950
Reference
F7482
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1950
Reference
F7482
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Duration
0:22:35
Production company
The NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL FILM UNIT for the Department of Education
Credits
Producer: Stanhope Andrews
Director: Margaret S Thomson
Camera: Roger Mirams
Camera: Ivo Tisch
Camera: Alan Whittle
Camera: Bill Bailey
Sound: Claude Wickstead
Sound: Robert Allen
Composer: Douglas Lilburn
Supervision: Cyril James Morton
Supervision: Geoffrey Scott
Music Played: The National Symphony Orchestra

This film explores various methods of teaching the very young and introducing them to infant school. The children learn about the world and things around them, school lessons teach them academic and reading skills, and to be creative and adventurous, as well as a number of other activities that will help them develop a wider interest in the world around them.