The area of land between Phillip Street and Oyster Bay Road was once a fresh water creek. The site of the school was auctioned at 2.30p.m. on Saturday, 25th January, 1936 by E.S.Shaw.

There was a general store that sold practically everything from home-made cakes to hardware and Mr Greentree, the store owner, was the real estate agent. At Christmas all the children would gather around the front of Mr Greentree's Store and sing carols and then each child would receive a Christmas present.

Principals - Oyster Bay Public School has had many dedicated and well respected Principals during the history of the school. The list of these Principals and their time of service can be viewed here.

School Captains - Oyster Bay Public School has had many motivated and hard working School Captains during the history of the school. The list of these Captains and their year of election can be viewed here.

Foundation students - Oyster Bay Public School 1944

A foundation student, Daphne Hall, remembers;

I started school at Oyster Bay in 1944, and my first teacher was Mr Ivers. He was a good teacher and all the children liked him. Sometimes he would play rounders with us at lunchtime. He used to call me the dipper girl because when we went to Oyster Bay Public School our milk came in a 2 gallon milk can with a dipper to serve the milk. I had to take it home every afternoon and wash it in very hot water and bring it back the next morning and I was elected to serve the milk out to the children. We had to bring our own cups or use someone else's cup, then we got our own little bottle. When it was wintertime, we would sit on the verandah in the sun and do our sewing.

Just before home time he would ask us History questions and if we got them right, we would get an early mark. I left school in Mr Hagans class to go to work.

The Year 6 class boys in Mr Ivers class taught the first class children to count from 1 to 20, their ABC or tell them a story, in the cloak room or store room. These boys were nearly school leaving age and only had 3 or 4 months to go before they left school to work. After I left Oyster Bay School, my children went there, my grandchildren and my first great granddaughter.