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Re-opened school this morning with 126 present. No. on books 137.
Have received notice that Miss Eleanor Sharp is recognised by the Board of Education as an uncertificated teacher.
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Received notice this morning that the medical examination of the children will take place on March 7th and 8th.
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The medical examination of the children was concluded this morning.
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Messrs Corby and Sanders visited the school this morning.
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The school closes this morning for the Easter vacation and re-opens on Monday April 15th.
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Verified registers
J T Colson
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Scheme of Work for the year ending April 30th 1912
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Nature Lessons Classes I and II
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Snow, Robin, Mole, Boots and Shoes,
Snowdrop, Crocus, Wind, Buds, Violets,
Germination, Primrose, daisies, Dandelion
A Bird and its nest, A meadow, Cowslips,
Bluebells, Poppy, Strawberry, Roses,
Climbing Plants, Shower of Rain, Cherries,
How plants are protected, Apples and Pears,
Blackberries, How seeds are sown,
Migration of Birds, Nuts, Squirrels,
How animals prepare for Winter,
Trees in Winter, Tails of animals and their use,
Evergreens, Oranges,
Coal, Raisins, Currants, Christmas tree.
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Nature Lessons for Babies
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Snow, Robin, Mole, Hedgehog, Cow,
Milk, Curds and whey, Cheese, Spider,
A Tree, Buds, The Wind, Dolly,
Primrose, Violet, Cowslip, Dandelion
Starling, Swallow, Egg, Horse,
Av Shoe, Corn field, Loaf of bread, Poppy,
A Herring, Sand, The Seaside,
Crockery used for various meals,
Dog, Contents of Cupboard,
Shops of Butcher and Baker, A Candle,
Box of Matches, Plate,
Pail, Water, Vinegar compared with water,
Brown paper, Currants, Raisins, Holly, Christmas Tree
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Composition
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Picture to be read by children
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Sentence formed from Nature Lesson
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Short story to be told to children and then retold by individual children.
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Games and Drill
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Indoor games. Musical to be correlated with oral lessons. Outdoor. As above and others which allow a large amount of free movement.
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Reading
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Class I
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Taught by the phono syllabic method
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Reading from black board.
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To read through whole series of [Sonnenschaen’s] readers.
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Fairy Tales.
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Class II
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Reading from black board.
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Primers I and II in [Sonnenschaen’s] readers
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Babies
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To read first ten lessons of Primer I in [Sonnenschaen]’s system.
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“Look and Say” method
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Singing
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Voice production. Breathing exercises.
Ear training. To imitate the teacher in singing easy intervals.
Musical knowledge. To sing in any order notes of the Common Chord.
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Writing
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Class I
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Capital and small letters.
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Letters joined to form words.
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Dictated letters and words.
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Letters and words transcribed from print.
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Class II
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Elements forming letters to be well practised.
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All the small letters to be made and joined.
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Babies
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Words taught in reading lesson to be printed on black boards or written in sand.
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Drawing
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Class 1Drawing with the brush simple strokes and building up natural forms.
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Class I, II and III
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Mass drawing of objects the forms of which are based upon the straight line, the oval or the circle or a combination of these.
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Number
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Class I
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Addition and subtraction mentally to 20.
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Finding halves, quarters and thirds of numbers, the number not to exceed 20.
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Multiplying by 2, 3 and 4 mentally, the answer not to exceed 20.
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Pence and half pence in a shilling.
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Class II
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Adding and subtracting to ten by means of objects.
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Babies
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Picking out teachers dictation objects up to four.
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Kindergarten
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Classes I and II
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Modelling in clay simple objects with the ball as ground work as apple, pear, bulb, carrot and turnips.
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Objects modelled in damp sand chiefly as illustrations for oral lessons.
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Simple objects torn from paper chiefly as illustrations for Nature lessons.
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Babies
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Sand modelling.
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Shell laying.
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Stick laying.
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Bead threading.
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Building.
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Colour matching.
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Scripture
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Classes I and II
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Repetition of hymns and verses of scriptures.
Religious knowledge.
The Creation. The Fall. Cain and Abel.
The Flood. Tower of Babel.
The Call of Abraham. Offering of Isaac.
Jacob and Esau. Birth of Jesus.
In the temple with the Doctors.
Blessing the children. Prodigal Son.
Feeding the multitude.
Parable of the Good Samaritan.
The Lost Sheep. Death and resurrection of Jesus.
Moral lesson
Truthfulness. Obedience. Kindness.
Cleanliness. Punctuality. Control of the temper.
Nice Language. The evil results of greed.
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Babies
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Repetition
To learn to sing three hymns
Religious knowledge
Story of the Garden of Eden.
The Flood.
Joseph and his brethren.
David and Goliath
Birth of Jesus. Visit of Wise Men.
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Teaching staff for year ending April 30th 1913
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Class 1 Rose E Packer Certificated Teacher
Class 2 Jane Walton Certificated Teacher
Class 3 Eleanor Sharp Uncertified Teacher
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I have sent 42 children to the Mixed Department.
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Average for year ending April 30th 1912 115.
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Mr Chettle visited the school this afternoon.
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I have been absent from school this afternoon on account of personal illness.
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The children sang patriotic songs and played organised games this morning in honour of Empire Day. The school closes this morning for the Whitsuntide vacation.
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Results for Quarter ending June 28th
| Average attendance |
Over five |
75.4
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| Average attendance |
Under five |
35.5
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| Percentage |
Over five |
90.7
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| Percentage |
Under five |
89.9
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| Percentage |
Whole school |
90.4
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I have sent home and cancelled the attendance of eighteen children whom I discovered suffering from chicken pox.
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The school will be closed tomorrow on account of the annual Combined Sunday School Treat.
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Percentage for week 75.
The school closes this afternoon for the summer vacation and re-opens on Monday September 2nd.
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The school re-opened this morning.
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H M I Mr Hartley visited the school this afternoon.
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The school closes this afternoon for the Feast holiday. Re-opens Wednesday next.
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Verified registers
J T Colson
W B Sanders
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Percentage for the week 92.
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Mr Vorley visited the school this afternoon.
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I returned to school today after having been absent for days through personal illness.
I have notified of three cases of scarlet fever during the week making five cases in all suffering from that disease.
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Mr Sanders visited the school this morning and checked the registers.
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Average for Quarter ending Dec 25 110.9
Percentage for Quarter ending Dec 25 90.2
The school closes this morning for the Christmas vacation and re-opens on Monday Jan 6th 1913
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I have received notice that the medical inspections will take place on the 20th and 21st inst.
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I have decided to weigh and measure the children who are to be medically inspected this morning.
This morning two children who were present were marked absent in Class II and two children in Class III who were present were also marked absent. These children came in late and as the morning was so snowy I took them to be warmed in the Baby room. The teachers were unaware of their presence and so marked them absent. I have rectified the error and have called attention to this notice by a foot note in the registers.
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Mr J T Colson visited the school this morning.
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Visited
F Northrop
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Mr Mantle, attendance officer, called this morning.
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Mr Sanders visited this afternoon.
Later Messrs Claridge and Hensman also visited the school.
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Mr Mantle visited the school this morning.
I have this morning received a copy of H M Inspectors report. I have made an entry of it on the next page.
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Report by H M I Hartley. Inspected by Mr Northrop Jan 24 1913
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This is a good infant school. The methods adopted intelligent in themselves and intelligently employed meet with gratifying success.
J T Colson
Correspondent
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On account of the County Council election the school was closed.
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I have received notice that the school will be closed on the 20th inst. at noon for the Easter holidays and will re-open on Monday April 31st.
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The school closes at noon for the Easter vacation and re-opens on the 31st inst.
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Scheme of Work for year ending April 30th 1914.
Nature Lessons Classes I and II
The Robin, Trees in Winter, Water,
The Cat, The Mole, Tails of animals,
The Snowdrop, The crocus, Colts foot,
Buds, Daffodil, Violet, Primrose,
Wallflower, Swallow, Cowslip, Bluebell,
Mackerel, Dandelion, Snail, Buttercup,
Daisy, An Egg, Comparison of Birds,
Corn, Poppy, The bee,
The squirrel, Pumpkin, Blackberries,
Distribution of seeds, Apples, Trees in Autumn,
The Owl, Carrots and Turnips,
Boots and shoes, A Clock, Bulbs,
Horses, Oranges, Ivy, Holly, Christmas.
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Babies
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A series of conversational lessons suggested by Nursery Rhymes.
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Composition
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Pictures to be read by children
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Sentences formed from Nature lessons.
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Short story to be told to children and then retold by individual children.
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Games and Drill
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Indoor games musical and otherwise to be correlated with oral lessons.
Outdoor as above and others which allow of a large amount of free movement.
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Reading
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Class I
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Taught by the phono syllabic method.
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Reading from black board
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To read through whole series of [Sonnenschaen] Readers
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Fairy Tales.
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Class II
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Reading from black board
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Primers I and II in [Sonnenschaen] Series.
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Babies
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To read first ten lessons in Primer I of [Sonnenschaen] Series. “Look and Say” method.
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Singing
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Voice production. Breathing Exercises.
Ear training. To imitate the teacher in singing easy intervals.
Musical knowledge. To sing in any order notes of the Common Chord.
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Writing
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Class I
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Capital and small letters
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Letters joined to form words.
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Dictated letters and words.
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Letters and words transcribed from print.
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ClassII
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Elements forming letters to be well practised.
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All the small letters to be made and joined.
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Babies
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Words taught in reading lesson to be printed in sand or on black boards.
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Drawing
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Class I
Drawing with the brush simple strokes and to employ these in building up natural forms.
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Classes I, II and III
Mass drawing of objects the forms of which are made up of the oval circle or straight line or a combination of these.
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Number
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Class I
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Addition and subtraction mentally to 20.
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Finding halves quarters and thirds of numbers, the number not to exceed 20.
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Multiplying by 2, 3 and 4 mentally, the answer not to exceed 20.
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Pence and half pence in a shilling.
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Class 2
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Adding and subtracting to 10 by means of objects
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Babies
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Picking out at teachers dictated objects up to 4.
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Kindergarten
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Classes I and II
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Modelling in clay simple objects with the ball as ground work as apple, pear, bulb, carrot and turnip
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Objects modelled in damp sand chiefly as illustrations for oral lessons.
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Simple objects torn from paper as illustrations for stories and Nature lessons.
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Babies
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Sand modelling
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Shell laying.
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Stick laying.
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Bead threading.
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Building.
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Paper tearing.
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Scripture
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Classes I and II
Repetition of hymns and verses of scriptures.
Religious knowledge.
The Creation. The Fall. Cain and Abel.
The Flood. Tower of Babel. Call of Abraham.
Offering of Isaac. Jacob and Esau.
Birth of Jesus. Christ in the temple.
Blessing the children. Prodigal Son.
Feeding the Multitude. Parable of the good Samaritan.
The Lost sheep. Death and resurrection of Jesus.
Moral lesson.
Truthfulness. Obedience. Kindness.
Cleanliness. Punctuality. Control of the Temper. Nice Language.
Evil Results of Greed
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Babies
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To repeat three rhymes.
Story of the Garden of Eden. The Flood.
Joseph and his brethren. David and Goliath.
Birth of Jesus. Visit of Wise Men.
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Teaching staff for year ending April 30th 1914
Class1 Rose E Packer Certificated teacher.
Class 2 Jane Walton Certificated teacher.
Class 3 Eleanor Sharp Uncertificated teacher
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W Hartley H M Inspector
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The school closes this morning for the Whitsuntide holidays and re-opens on Monday May 19th.
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I retained two children in the lobby this afternoon to enable them to be washed. Miss Sharp marked them absent. I have rectified the error and have made a foot note in the register calling attention to this notice.
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Verified registers
J T Colson
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A supplementary examination of delicate children will be conducted today by Dr McDonald.
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The school will be closed tomorrow on account of the amalgamated Sunday School Treat.
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Average attendance for quarter ending July 25th 94.
Average number on books 103.
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The school closes this afternoon for the summer vacation and re-opens on Monday September 1st.
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H M Inspector Mr Northrop visited the school today.
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The school closes today for the annual Feast holiday and re-opens on Wednesday next. This afternoon as a circus is visiting town I have received notice from Mr Colson, Chairman of the Rushden Education Committee to assemble school at 12.50, close the registers at 1 and dismiss at 2.30. This morning school will close at 11.45.
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Miss Jane Walton completed her engagement with the Education Committee this afternoon.
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Miss Kate Wood commenced duties as a certificated teacher in this school this morning.
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This afternoon by order of the Rushden Educational Sub-committee the school will open at 12.40. The registers will be finally closed at 1.05 and the children dismissed at 3.35. This afternoon I inadvertently marked Doris Robinson of Class 1 absent when she was present. A teacher had sent her on an errand into the Mixed Dept and I was unaware that she was present. I have rectified the error and have called attention to this explanation by a foot note in the registers.
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This morning Miss Wood in marking the second class register marked a child absent who was present. I rectified the error and have called attention to this notice by a foot note in the register.
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Verified registers
J T Colson
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The attendance has been very poor this week on account of an epidemic of measles among the children.
No. on books 114
Average 73
Percentage 63
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I have received notice this morning that the school is to be closed for three weeks on account of the epidemic of measles; from the 20th October until Nov 10th.
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I assembled the scholars this morning but as only 66 put in an appearance I dismissed them by order of the managers for another week.
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I re-opened the school this morning with 99 scholars after having been closed for a month.
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Miss Wood inadvertently marked no. 16 in her over five register absent when present this morning. I have rectified the error and called attention to this notice by a foot note in the register.
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Verified registers
J T Colson
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The school closes this morning for the Christmas vacation and re-opens on Monday Jan 14th.
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The school opened this morning after the Christmas vacation with 102 scholars present. Three children are absent suffering from mumps.
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This afternoon the school will assemble at 1, the registers will be finally closed at 1.10 and the children will be dismissed at 2.40.
This arrangement is being made by the managers to enable the children to visit a travelling menagerie.
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This morning on account of personal indisposition I was absent from school one and a half hours.
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I returned to school this morning after being absent one week on account of the illness and death of my father.
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I have received notice that the medical inspection of scholars will be held on the afternoons of Friday April 2nd and will be continued on Monday April 6th.
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Quarter ending March 28th 1914
Average for whole school 99.3
Percentage for whole school 82.8
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Scheme of Work for year ending April 30th 1915
Class I
Literature
Conversational
Nature lessons
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The above to be based on the following
King of the Golden River
Una and the Red Cross Knight
Swiss Family Robinson
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Class II and III
The above lessons to be based on nursery rhymes.
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Composition
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Pictures to be read by children
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Vegetation in season to form the subject of conversation.
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Games and Drill
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Old English games to played.
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Games to be correlated with conversational lessons.
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Reading
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Classes I and II taught by the phono syllabic method.
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Class III
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Simple words taught by means of play
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Number
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Class I
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Addition and subtraction mentally to 20.
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Shopping; money spent not to exceed a shilling.
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Weighing sand etc.;
pound, half pound and quarter pound weights to be used.
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Measuring pints and quarts.
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Measuring with a ruler.
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Class II
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Adding and subtracting to 10 by means of objects.
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To shop and measure and weigh
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Writing
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Class I
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To write capital and small letters.
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To transcribe a line of print.
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Class II
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To practise elements that form letters.
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To make and join small letters.
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Drawing
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Classes I and II
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Mass drawing with chalk objects represented by means of the straight line, oval or circle or by means of a combination of these.
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Singing
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Classes 1 and 2
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Voice production. Breathing exercises.
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Ear Training. To imitate a simple phrase.
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Musical knowledge.
To sing in any order notes of the Common Chord.
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Kindergarten
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To model in clay simple objects with the ball as ground work.
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To model with damp sand.
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To tear objects from paper.
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Babies
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The Babies will be prepared for the work of the upper classes by means of
Drawing
Games
Paper tearing
Building with bricks
Colour matching
Modelling with clay and sand
Stick and shell laying
Examination of pictures
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Teaching staff for year ending April 30th 1915
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Packer Rose Emma Certificated teacher
Wood Kate Certificated teacher
Sharp Eleanor Uncertified teacher
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This morning I transferred 23 boys and 18 girls to the Mixed Department.
Average for the year ending April 30th
Over Five 66
Under Five 33
Average Number on registers 113
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The school will be closed this morning for the Whitsuntide vacation and will re-open on Monday June 8th.
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Doctor Jones, assistant school medical officer, visited the school this morning.
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The school closes tomorrow, Thursday, on the occasion of the Combined Sunday School Treat.
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Mr Sanders called this morning and checked the registers.
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The school will close this afternoon for the summer vacation.
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The school re-opened this morning. I have admitted 10 new scholars.
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The school closes today for the Feast vacation and re-opens on Sep 23rd.
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Quarter ending Sep 26th 1914
| Average |
Over Five |
61.17
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Under Five |
33.02
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Total |
94.18
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| Percentage |
Over Five |
95.9
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Under Five |
94.8
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Total |
95.5
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| Average no. on register |
98.8
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Verified registers
J T Colson
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Miss Wood has been absent from school today on account of personal illness.
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Mr Northrop H M I visited the school in the morning.
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Miss Sharp is attending the Certificate examination at Wellingborough and will be absent all the week.
Miss Underwood from moor Road School is taking her place.
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Verified registers
J T Colson
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The school closes this afternoon for the Christmas vacation and re-opens on Monday Jan 11th.
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Quarterly returns
| Average |
Over 5 |
67.46
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Under 5 |
38.02
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Total |
105.48
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| Percentage |
Over 5 |
95.09
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Under 5 |
94.18
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Total |
94.77
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