On Friday, we were lucky to host a very special occasion – the launch of a new book by David Riley about local hero Dame Yvette Corlett (nee Williams).
Of special significance was her family connection with our school with great grandson Kobi starting in Room 10 recently. It was lovely to welcome Yvette’s daughter Karen and son Neville, along with the author and his illustrator Chad Robertson, to our school.
Highlights included Karen sharing a speech her mother made to her old school Otago Girls High School encouraging children to be successful, and also Mrs MacKay and Kobi measuring the distance Yvette jumped to secure her Olympic gold medal in 1952 – 6.24 metres, which everyone appreciated is a very long way!
