The Bell

The school bell dates back to 1899 and is now part of the leaving ceremony for each Year 8 pupil who marches out of Fernside School and into the world.

The school has certainly had its money worth from the 6 pound 16 shillings spent by the Canterbury Education Board for a bellicose and flagpole in July 1899. A new bell was hung for the centennial after the original bell was removed during WWII and today still hangs below the flag in the playground. Today each school leaver rings the bell on their last day of school, and in recent years classes have signed each other's school polo shirt.