St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre

St Dominic’s gives a Catholic education to Deaf boys and girls

1965
Several clips of teaching and classroom scenes at St Dominic’s School for the Deaf, with one-on-one speech therapy, oral communication methods, a physical education class, the Rotarians Picnic Drive, playing with jet aeroplanes, folk dancing and their annual Christmas party.
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St Dominic’s School for the Deaf, founded in1944, offered Catholic education for Deaf children. It was originally located in Island Bay and was later relocated to Feilding, where it remained until 1989. This documentary shows what Catholic education for Deaf pupils was like in the late 1960s.

There are different the sections in this video, first is classroom studies where a Māori Deaf boy Kevin Fielding is doing one-on-one speech therapy with Sister Bernadette.

In other classrooms there are students watching the teacher using oral communication to teach the students. The video also features physical education class, recreation and other activities, including the Rotarians Picnic Drive, playing with jet aeroplanes, folk dancing and the annual Christmas party.

  1. Carol Cotter

  2. Clare Rosgrave

  3. Daniel Beech

  4. Edward Mackey

  5. Eric Schollum

  6. Georgina Clarey

  7. Godfery Easton

  8. James Henry

  9. Kathleen Johnson

  10. Kevin Fielding

  11. Maree Carroll

  12. Margaret Anderson

  13. Margaret Hope

  14. Marie Wilson

  15. Marilyn Sweeney

  16. Mary Johnson

  17. Maureen Tompson

  18. Myrene Allen

  19. Phonse Carroll

  20. Sister Bernadette

  21. Sister Conrad

  22. Sister Emmanuel

  23. Sister Louise Timpany

  24. Stuart Reid

  25. Suzanne Murphy

  26. Zophia Janice

Donated by St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
Reference number SDC27-03-EDU65