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Lesson on leaves

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Lesson on leaves

A young woman teacher takes a primary school class – possibly on nature study – in 1910. The adult onlookers may be student teachers.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

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Nancy Swarbrick, Primary and secondary education – Teachers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/36662/lesson-on-leaves (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 29 May 2012.