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We commenced school this morning after the Christmas Holiday, 168 children were present and I admitted four new children.
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There was no fire alight in the first room this morning.
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There was no fir alight in the Babies’ room and no fire in the top room this morning.
The supply of new materials came today. Some pictures that were required for the Object and Conversational lessons have not been granted. Owing to the lack of cupboards for storing the stock, I have been unable to put it all away. Some is standing in a box in the first room.
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The attendance has been better this week than it was just before we broke up. The first and second classes have attended very well – the low attendance has been made by the children between 3 and 5 years of age.
Average for week 171.9. percentage 83.4.
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The attendance was very low this morning and I sent out notes of enquiry to the absentees, through which I find that several new cases of whooping cough have occurred. Ernest Partridge had a very bad fall on Saturday and made a nasty wound on his head which prevents his attendance.
The weather is wet and unpleasant.
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The new Attendance Officer, Mr Mantle, paid a visit this morning.
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Average for week 170.2. Percentage 82.6.
This is rather lower than last week, the boys in all the classes having been less regularly. Also several have bad colds and some have whooping cough.
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The rooms were very untidy this morning and the floors unswept when we came to school.
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The attendance has been better this week – some of the children who have been away with whooping cough have returned to school. Average for week 175.3. Percentage 85.5.
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Ivy Morris is doing an examination paper.
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The notice of the Scripture Examination came today. It is to take place on Wednesday afternoon – February 24th.
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Several children are absent this morning because of the rain.
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The stove in the first room has been smoking very much all day.
I advised the teacher of the first class not to repeat the answers of the children after them as I find she has rather got into the habit of doing so.
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Mr Gotch the County Inspector visited the school today.
The attendance thjis week has not been so good as last week owing to the wet weather we have had. Average for week 172.6. Percentage 82.9.
I pointed out to Mr Gotch that I had nowhere to store the new stock that has been supplied, and that the cupboards that are here are not large enough to hold the things that are in use every day. I also called his attention to the bad condition of the blinds.
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It is very wet again today and the attendance is not so good in consequence.
We have changed back to the time as specified on the timetable now the afternoons are lighter.
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It is very wet again today but the attendance is better than yesterday.
I have commenced the bi-monthly examination of all the classes today.
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Visited the school and tested the registers which were correct.
W R Morse
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I have finished the bi-monthly examination of all the classes and report on the work as follows:-
Class 1 The improvement in the Reading of this class has been well maintained and this subject is now very good. Notation is accurately done, and the work on the whole has made very satisfactory progress during the two past months. The teacher is very painstaking and careful in her work.
Class 2 The work of this class is making satisfactory progress throughout. Reading Writing and Arithmetic are very well done and the Kindergarten and Physical Exercises are well performed.
Class 3 This class is making steady progress in its work. The composition of number is rather weak but figures and Writing are very good. All the children seem happy and interested in their work.
Class 4 (Babies) The work of this class is making fairly good progress. The sounds of letters might be better known, and the Object and Conversational lessons might be made rather more useful and interesting to the children. I have pointed these out to the teacher and suggested how they might be improved.
The discipline in all the classes is very satisfactory.
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The Head Teacher was called home on account of the illness of her mother, and the school was left in charge of Miss Knott and the other teachers.
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The Head Teacher returned to duties today ahving been absent a week owing to the death of her mother. During her absence the school was in charge of Miss Knott, certified teacher.
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The Diocesan Examination was held this afternoon by the Rev W W Dennett, Diocesan Inspector. 196 children were present but the registers were not marked.
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It was very snowy this morning and several of the Babies were absent.
Average for week 188.7. Percentage 86.2.
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From now until the end of the school year secular subjects will be taken on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings from 9.20 to 9.40 instead of Scripture as on timetable.
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It was very snowy and cold this morning and many children were absent. The attendance of the Babies has been very low all the week.
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Hilda campion received the results of the Scholarship Examination. She has obtained a pass in the third class.
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The attendance has been very low this week, especially in the Babies’ class owing to the snowy and cold weather. Average for week 160.9. Percentage 74.1.
Between the Friday evening and Monday morning of last the bowl which we use for water had two holes bored in it and one of the chairs had the back brocken off and one leg pulled out making it quite useless. I have endeavoured to find out how they were done, but cannot do so.
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Ivy morris has been absent today owing to the illness of her mother.
The attendance is better than last Monday.
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Ivy Morris has been absent all the week owing to the illness of her mother and two of her sisters.
Mr Mantle, the Attendance Officer, called on Wednesday afternoon.
The weather has been better this week and the attendance has improved in consequence. Average for week 183.6. Percentage 85.4.
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The attendance this afternoon was very good, 200 children being present.
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Several children were absent this morning and a few came in late owing to a circus coming in about nine o’clock. Owing to the procession of the circus, there are many children absent this afternoon. 187 were present this morning, 153 were present this afternoon.
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Ivy Morris has been in the afternoons this wek.
Average for week 184.6. Percentage 85.8.
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The Foundation Managers with the District Sub-committee inspected the buildings this evening.
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Arthur burton from the first class is absent because of fever in the house.
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The floor was covered with little pools of water this morning from the school cleaner sprinkling the floor to sweep.
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Owing to a factory getting on fire during the dinner-hour a few of the children came in bewteen two and a quqrter past. The attendance was to less than in the morning.
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Some men were cleaning out the ash-pit this morning, and there was a big heap of refuse in the middle of the yard, not far from the door, which made it very inconvenient for getting the children in.
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There was no fire in the first room and none in the Babies’ room this morning and we had to wait until the fire in the top room had drawn up before one could be made in either of the other rooms.
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The report of the Scripture Examination has been received and is as follows:-
1. Religious knowledge Intelligently known
2. Repetition Very nicely said
3. Discipline and tone Very good
4. School in regard to
Religious education as a whole Excellent
The improvement noted last year has been well maintained and the Infants passed a highly creditable examination.
W W Dennett
Diocesan Inspector
Oakham Archdeaconry
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A whole day holiday was announced this afternoon for Monday on account of the election of members for the Urban Council.
Average for week 188.5. Percentage 87.6.
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The attendance was not very good this morning after the day’s holioday yesterday, only 172 children were present. On enquiry I find that several are absent with bad colds and sore throats. 177 children were present in the afternoon.
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We broke up this morning for the Easter Holiday and commence school again on April 11th. Average for the week 178.4. Percentage 83.9.
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We commenced school this morning after the easter Holiday. 185 children were present – on enquiring after the ansentees I found that constance rice and arthur Hillson are absent with measles and reginald stapleton with blister pox. Arthur burton is still absent with fever in the house.
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Kathleen and Freddie Flavell are absent with measles.
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Two more cases of measles have been notified this morning viz: - Frank and Harold George.
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The window in the top room was broken during the holiday and I sent on Monday morning about having it mended; as no one has been to do it, I have sent again this morning. With these high winds the draught is uncomfortable and the things in the room get blown about.
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The attendance has been fairly good with the exception of those who are away with measles. Average for week 185.1. Percentage 85.6.
The window has been mended.
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Two ne cases of measles have been notified this morning viz:- Horace goodman and lily Charles.
Maggie Frost has been absent with sores on her fac, and she returned to school this afternoon, but as the sores a still very bad I sent her home again.
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The attendance is not very good today especially this afternoon owing to the rain.
Average for week 176.7. Percentage 81.4.
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As we are having a Mothers’ afternoon today we are not working according to the timetable.
The school was opened this afternoon to the mothers of the children so that they could inspect the work that had been done by them during the year. The children also performed a programme of songs, drills, recitations and Kindergarten games.
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Two more cases of measles have been notified viz;- Gladys and Robert Banks.
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The attendance has been rather better this week. Average 191.9. Percentage 86.8.
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We commenced new registers this morning and began working according to the Scheme drawn up for the year ending 30th April 1905.
Fifty children – 25 boys and 25 girls – have been drafted into the Mixed DFepartment.
I have admitted twelve new children this morning and the number on registers is 180.
The classes are arranged as follows:-
Class 1 in first room under Miss Knott (Cert)
Class 2 in top room under Miss Campion (Art 50)
Class 3 in top room under Miss Ginns (Art 68)
Class 4 (Babies) in Babies’ room under Miss Hill (Art 50)
Ivy Morris (Scholarship student) helps in the Babies’ room and with class 1.
The registers for the past year have been made up and they give returns of
Average for year 169.3. Percentage for year 83.2.
The average shows an increase of eleven but the percentage a decrease of one, this latter is owing to the great number of children being away in December and January with whooping cough.
46 children have made over 400 atendances, in the 1st class 16+1
2nd class 17
3rd class 7
4th class 5
Bertie Vine has been every time and Alfred Crouch, Arthur Helsdown, William Brown and Mabel Benning have only missed twice.
Three new cases of measles have been notified this morning viz:- Alice burton, Vera Ballad and Lily Crouch.
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Several children have been absent all the week because of measles.
Miss Knott has been absent from school since 11 o’clock this morning, by permission, in order to attend the Blackboard Drawing Examination at Kettering.
Average for week 158.4. Percentage 86.5. There are 183 children on books to commence the year with.
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The 46 children who had made over 400 attendances during the past year were presented with certificates this morning. Last year only 35 children made more than 400 attendances so there is an increase of 11 this year.
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Viaited the school and tested the registers which were correct.
W R Morse
Several new cases of measles have been notified, therefore attendance has not been so good this wek as last. Average 155.3. Percentage 84.3.
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There is a very bad smell arising from the ash-pit today.
Ivy Morris has been doing examination papers this week.
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The attendance has been about the same this week as last, there are several still absent with measles.
We broke up this morning for the Whitsun Holiday and commence school again on the 30th May.
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Average for week 155.4. percentage 84.
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We commenced school this morning after the Whitsun holiday. The attendance was very poor, only 146 children being present in the morning. I sent enquiry notes round to the absentees, and find that some are away with chicken pox and blister pox. 153 children were present in the afternoon. Jesse Clayton and freddie Green came in too late to be marked present, they had been loitering on the way, and were cautioned against doing so any more.
I admitted three new children, and received the information of Charles Edwards and John Small having left Rushden.
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The Head Teacher will be absent by permission and the school will be in charge of Miss Knott.
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The Attendance officer called this morning, and I pointed out to him several children who had been irregularly this week.
Average for week 154.4. Percentage 81.2.
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The attendance was very low again this morning so I sent some enquiry notes to the absentees and find there are several still absent with the blister pox.
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The Head Teacher will be absent by permission from 11.20 this morning for the remainder of the day on business consequent on the death of her mother. The school will be in chatge of Miss Knott during her absence.
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The attendance during the week was rather better than the previous week.
Average 159.1. Percentage 84.1.
William and sidney clarke have been absent since Whitsun with measles, now scarlet fever has broken out in the house, so they will be absent for some time yet.
Dorothy Austen is absent with bad ears and mabel dawson and Ralph Underwood are away with blister pox.
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Another case of scarlet fever has been notified today and Sidney green is absent in consequence of it. Annie Stocks is absent with bad eyes and William hanger is absent with an attack of fits.
Several of the children have been vaccinated this week.
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Mr Mantle, the Attendance Officer, called this morning.
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Another case of scarlet fever has been notified today and Ethel turney is absent in consequence of it. Arthur Walker fell down last night and fractured his collar bone and is absent on that account.
The attendance has been very poor throughout the week.
Average 151.5. Percentage 79.7.
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The attendance is very low this morning, only 146 children being present, while there are 190 on the books.
A half holiday was announced for this afternoon because of the Succoth Chapel Sunday School Treat.
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The attendance was very poor again this morning, only 146 children being present, so I sent round notes of enquiry to the absentees who are chiefly children who are under five years of age. The attendance was alittle better this afternoon, 150 children bwing present. Most of the absentees are absent through illness of various sorts. Several are being kept at home because they have been recently vaccinated, two are away with sores, two with blister pox and one with a btoken collar bone.
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There has been bad smells from the ash-pit and adjoining farmyard.
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The attendance has been very poor throughout the week, and the average is the lowest made this year at present. Average 147.4. Percentage 78.4.
The following dates are announced to be given as half holidays for the various Sunday School Tea Treats viz:- 27th June, 4th July, 11th July.
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A holiday was given this afternoon because of the Park Road Sunday School Tea Treat.
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I commenced the bi-monthly examination of all the classes this morning.
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There is a bad smell in the first room which I think comes from the ash-pit.
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Hilda campion is absent this afternoon, by permission.
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The attendance has improved a little this week but it is still not good.
Average for week 149.1. Percentage 81.4.
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I examined all the classes during the past week and report on the work as follows:-
Class 1 All the work in this class is making satisfactory progress. The lessons have been intelligently given and the backward children have been carefully looked after and encouraged to do their best. A good start has been made with Brush-work.
Class 2 The Reading of this class is rather weak. The children do not speak loud enough and are not bright and quick in this subject. Arithmetic and Object lessons should also improve. The other subjects are satisfactory. The teacher is new to the work of this class, and I have pointed out how she may improve the weak subjects.
Class 3 All the work of this class is done very well. The lessons have been made bright and interesting and the children enjoy their work.
Class 4 (Babies) Conversation lessons are rather weak as the teacher has not insisted on individual answers, but all the other subjects have made a satisfactory beginning and all the children seem interested and make very creditable efforts.
The discipline of all the classes is satisfactory.
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Ella Cook got knocked down by a horse as she was coming to school this morning, and as her legs and face were badly bruised I sent one of the teachers home with her.
A half holiday was given this afternoon because of the Wesleyan Sunday School Tea Treat.
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There has been a bad smell arising from the ash-pit again today.
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A half holiday was given this afternoon because of the Church Sunday School Tea Treat.
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The attendance has been about the same this week as last.
Average for week 149.3. Percentage 81.6.
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A big girl from Wymington school who will be seven in November was brought to me to be admitted this morning, but as the first and second classes are very crowded now and have not sufficient sitting room, I did not admit her, but sent her to thje Mixed Dept.
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Ivy Morris, the Pupil Teacher, is absent this morning because she is not well.
A half holiday was given this afternoon because of the Baptist Chapel Sunday School Tea Treat.
The attendance was very low this morning, only 143 being present.
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The Government Report was received today and the following is a copy:-
Infant School “With accommodation for 166, there are 216 children on the books and the school is greatly overcrowded. As the Managers have wisely decided to abandon these old and inconvenient premises, and the Local Authority is going to build anew Infant School, it is unnecessary to draw attention to the defects. There was a bad smell in the Babies’ room, which is much overcrowded, and has a farmyard under one window and a pig stye and dog kennels under the other. Much satisfactory work has been done under grest difficulties, and the children are most creditably taught. Many children have been admitted over five years who ought to have been attending school earlier. I hope no time will be lost in submitting plans for a new school. Brush-drawing has been introduced and Free-arm drawing is good.”
The average attendance of the Infant School must not be allowed to exceed 166, i.e. the number for which the department is recognised, or the grant next year may be endangered (see Article 85 (a) of the Code of 1903).
The highest grant has again been awarded.
W R Morse
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Staff for the coming year
Miss E Alexandra Taylor Mistress (Certificated Teacher)
Miss P A Knott Certificated Teacher
Miss M Hill Art 50
Miss H Campion Art 50
Miss E Ginns Art 68
Miss J C Morris Scholarship Student
Summary of Schemes of Work for the year ending 30th April 1905 as approved by the Board of education
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Class 1 Word building – constructing and reading short sentences from the words built – two readers and a fairy tale to be read through.
Class 2 Word building of words not exceeding four letters – constructing and reading short sentences from the words built – reading sheets and one primer to be read through.
Class 3 Word building of words not exceeding three letters – constructing and reading short sentences from the words built – reading sheets.
Babies To know the sounds of all letters and to easily recognise small and capital letters. To build and name words of two letters.
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Class 1 To write simple sentences in exercise books with with lead pencils and to write their own names and Rushden from memory.
Class 2 All small and capital letters on slates and combination of letters into easy words.
Class 3 All small letters on slates.
Babies The elements of letters and seven of the easiest of the small letters.
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Class 1 The composition of numbers up to 20. Notation up to 100. Tables to 6x12.
Class 2 The composition of numbers up to 14. Notation up to 20. Tables to 5X12.
Class 3 The composition of numbers up to 10. All figures and their values to be known. All figures to be written. Tables to 3X12.
Babies To count as far as 20. To know and recognise figures and their values up to 6. To know and recognise numbers of objects up to 6.
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Class 1 Free-arm drawing on boards. Objects to be drawn in connection with the Object lessons as far as possible. Some objects to be drawn on brown paper. Simple Brush-drawing with water-colours.
Class 2 Free-arm drawing on boards in connection with the Object lessons as far as possible.
Class 3 Free-arm drawing on boards. Perpendicular, parallel and oblique lines, and simple combinations of these lines.
Babies Upright and lying-down lines and simple combination of these lines.
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Class 1 Girls hemming and boys button stitching. Boys and girls to knit.
Class 2 hemming. Knitting pin drill.
Class 3 Needle threading and Thimble drill with rhymes and songs. Position of work drill and putting in needle for a stitch.
Babies Needle threading and Thimble drill with rhymes and singing.
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Four simple poems to be taught in each class. These are to be in connection with their Object lessons or with a Picture story.
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Five songs to be taught in each class, three at least to be action songs. Kindergarten and marching songs – Modulator practice – Hand signs – Voice training.
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Class 1 Mat weaving, Paper folding, Brush drawing, Word making with cardboard letters, Kindergarten games.
Class 2 Gift 4, Mat weaving, Paper folding, Word making with cardboard letters, Kindergarten games.
Class 3 Gift 3, Paper folding for balls, Bead threading, stick laying, Kindergarten games.
Babies Gift 1, Gift 3, Stick laying, Kindergarten games.
Some of the Kindergarten occupations to be done by each class daily.
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Object lessons and Conversational lessons
All classes to have one lesson daily. They will be suited to the time of year, and will be taken from the detailed list given below. Some of the Conversational lessons to be on Form and Colour.
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1. General appearance of nature in Spring.
2. Germinating seeds and what they become.
3. Plants – their parts.
4. Spring flowers – Buttercup, daisy, primrose.
5. Birds and their nests.
6. The snail – the worm.
7. The sheep and its wool.
8. The cow and milk.
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9. General appearance of nature in Summer.
10. Grass and hay making.
11. Sunshine and showers.
12. The railway.
13. Theseaside.
14. The bee and its honey.
15. The butterfly.
16. The Hen and an egg.
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17. General appearance of nature in Autumn.
18. A cornfield and corn.
19. The trees in Autumn.
20. Fruit in Autumn.
21. Apples, pears , blackberries.
22. The herring – the fisherman.
23. Nuts in Autumn.
24. The horse and leather.
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25. General appearance of nature in Winter.
26. Snow and ice.
27. Winter games – outdoors.
28. Winter games – indoors.
29. Trees in Winter.
30. A Christmas tree.
31. Coal and its uses.
32. The street lamps – a lamp post.
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33. Arm exercises for all classes. Dumb bell drill for classes 1 and 2. Lath drill for the babies – marching.
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Two new cases of scarlet fever have been notified viz:- Horace goodman nad lizzie Johnson. These two children have not got the fever but are absent because there is fever in the house. Five children are now absent from this cause – William Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Sidney Green and the two above mentioned.
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Ivy Morris, the Pupil Teacher, has been absent all the week through illness.
Average for week 149.2. percentage 82.9.
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I was informed today that Ivy Morris is suffering from typhoid fever.
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The Sanitary inspector visited the school this morning.
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The members of the Urban council inspected the outbuildings this morning and the drains have been swilled with disinfectant.
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The attendance has been rather better this week. Average for week 153.2. Percentage 87.1.
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The attendance is very low again this morning, only 144 children being present.
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Mr Jenkins, the assistant secretary of the County Education Committee visited the school this afternoon.
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We broke up this morning fro the Summer Holiday – one month – commencing duties again on August 29th.
All the pictures etc have been taken down for the usual cleaning of the school premises.
Average for week 146.7. Percentage 82.4.
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We commenced school this morning after the Summer Holiday.
Ivy Morris, the Pupil Teacher is still absent not yet having recovered from Typhoid fever.
158 children were present in the morning and 165 in the afternoon.
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As the stove in the top room has not ben mended during the holiday, I have sent to remind the managers of it again today, also of the need of new cords and fasteners to the windows.
Nelly Denton and Florence Knight came in too late to be marked, and I found they had been staying to play on the way, so I cautioned them not to do so again, and kept them in at playtime.
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The attendance for the first quarter of the school year is average 152.6. Percentage 82.9.
Twenty children have attended every time, two of these being Babies in the Babies’ room and under five.
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It has been raining during the night, and there are two big pools of water in the Babies’ room, where the rain has come through the roof.
The attendance is not good this morning owing to the rain.
Five children have removed during the Summer Holiday, and are now living in the Newton Road district, consequently they are attending that school.
I have admitted two new children this week and re-admitted two others.
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The attendance has been much better this week than it was for several weeks previous to the holidays, but it is not as good as it might be. Averaghe for week 161.2. Percentage 90.
Some children have been away in thje afternoons to go gleaning in the fields.
There has been a bad smell arising from the ash pit today.
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We commenced to teach the children Drill according to the instructions given in the Code as far as our space will permit. The new Code was only received at the end of last week.
I admitted six new children this morning.
Ivy Morris, the Pupil Teacher, is still absent with typhoid fever.
The Head Teacher has gained the Physiology Certificate of St Andrew’s University – the result of Examination haeld in June last.
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Four boys in the second class are absent this week through accidents and illness viz:- Walter Bettles with a bad foot (hurt), Harold Glidle with a bad eye (hurt), Harold George and Reginald Stapleton are both ill and under the doctor.
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Sidney Maddams has been absent all the week through falling down stairs.
Average for week 158.7. Percentage 86.7.
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I refused to admit a boy who was brought this morning because he will be 7 on the 2nd of October.
Owing to thje rain this afternoon several children were absent. Harold Glidle and Reginald Stapleton have returned to school today.
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Mr Mantle, the Attendance Officer, called this morning and enquired about the absentees.
Mrs Willmott brought Freddie to school this afternoon about three o’clock as she found that his sister from the Mixed Department had taken him to Wymington Road instead of bringing him to school at the proper time.
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Visited the school and tested the registers which were correct.
W R Morse
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Miss Ivy Morris is still absent from duties. This maked more than eight weeks not including any holidays that she has been absent since the 1st January of this year, and I understand that she is likely to be absent some weeks longer. Miss M Hill, the teacher in charge of the Baby room, is applying for an appointment in the town of Northampton so as to be able to live at home.
There has been a very bad smell in the Babies’ room today.
The attendance has been rather better this week – average for week 162.5, percentage 88.7.
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The dogs from the adjoining cottage made the yard very untidy this morning before we commenced school.
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I have ben holding the bimonthly examination of all the classes this week and report on the work as follows:-
Class 1 The work of this class has all been well taught and is making satisfactory progress generally. The Reading and Arithmetic are both carefully and thoughtfully done, but the Arithmetic should be rather quicker, and the phrasing in the Reading should improve; but it is a large class and it is impossible for the teacher to hear each child read individually in one lesson.
Class 2 There is improvement in the Reading and Object lessons, the children speak out better and are attentive, but the Arithmetic is still rather weak. The teacher has got more used to the work of the class which on the whole is making progress.
Class 3 The work of this class is steadily progressing. The Reading is very satisfactory but the Writing requires a little attention and Arithmetic should be brisker. Kindergarten, Drawing, Object lessons and Needlework are all well done.
Class 4 (Babies) The Object lessons are rather mechanical, the teacher does not appear to lead the children to observe and find out facts for themselves, and the principles underlying. The occupations are apt to be overlooked, otherwise the work is progressing very well and the children are interested in it.
The discipline inn all the classes is satisfactory but the classes in the top room are large and very near together, with no means of separating them, so that is difficult to keep the attention of each class wholly on its own work.
The attendance this week has been good.
Average for week 167.1. Percentage 91.8.
Two days holiday were announced for the Feast. We commence school again on 28th September.
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We commence school this morning after two days holiday for the Feast.
The atendance was low this morning, only 147 children being present; on sending out absence enquiry notes the reasons given were chiefly that the children had been out late over noight and then slept too long this morning. This afternoon 162 children were present.
Miss Ivy Morris, the Pupil Teacher, is still absent from duties.
Walter bettles is absent with sores on the face and Reginald Vine has bad eyes.
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The attendance has not been very good this week:-
Average for week 158.1. Percentage 87.4.
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Word building instead of writing as on timetable will be taken by class 1 from 9.40 to 9.55 on Monday mornings.
I sent to the Managers agail to remind them of the stove in the top room which has not yet been repaired.
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Rev E Gray and Rev C W Weston visited the school this afternoon.
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During the high wind last night, a large piece of plaster fell from the ceiling of the babies’ room. I have sent to inform the Managers of it.
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It is quite cold this morning and very dull, but there can be no fire in the top room owing to the condition of the stove.
The attendance has been fairly good this week.
Average for week 165.4. Percentage 91.8.
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It is a cold and rainy morning but there can be no fire in the top room because the stove has notb yet been mended. The elbow of the stove has quite worn away so that there is nothing to take the smoke away.
I admitted two new children this morning.
I received a letter this midday from the local Managers saying that repairs to the stove are to be done by the county council, I have therefore written to that authority about them.
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The attendance has been fairly good again this week. One case of Mumps has been notified and two children are absent with sores.
Average for week 166.2
Percentage 91.8.
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The stove has been repaired during the last weekend.
Miss Ivy morris is still absent from duties – this is the fifteenth week of absence.
Owing to the rain several children were absent this morning – 155 being present; 167 were present this afternoon.
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The school was closed this afternoon on account of the funeral of the late Mr wood – Head Master of the Alfred St School – boys’ department.
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Mr jenkins, the Assistant Secretary of the County Education Committee visited the school this afternoon to make enquiries about Miss Ivy Morris and her continued absence from duties.
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The attendance has been fairly good again this week. Two children are still away with sores and one with mumps.
Average for week 167.8. Percentage 91.2.
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Nelly Wrighton, a girl in the first class, is absent with a broken arm, having met with an accident at home.
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The attendance has fallen a little this week.
Average for week 166.8. Percentage 89.6.
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Mabel maddams and sylvia maddams are both absent through illness. Mabel has bad eyes and Sylvia has bronchitis – they are always delicate children.
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A case of scarlet fever was notified this morning in consequence of which Lily crouch has to stay away. Several children are also absent with bad colds.
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Visit I1
Thos Harrison
Sub Inspector
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The attendance has not been quite so good this week, several chuildren are absent with colds, and there are two cases of scarlet fever and one of mumps.
Average for week 168.2. Percentage 89.
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Visited the scjool and tested the registers which were correct.
W R Morse
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It has been wet and windy all day and the attendance has been very low in consequence, only 151 children have been present.
Miss Ivy Morris is still absent from duties. This is the 18th week of absence.
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Miss hilda Campion is absent today through illness. She was not well yesterday although she was here.
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Miss Campion has been absent through illness since Wednesday. With two teachers absent the work of managing has been rather difficult.
Many children have been away with bad colds and sore throats.
The average is much less this week.
Average for week 153.4. Percentage 81.1.
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Being very foggy and cold this morning a good many children were absent, only 147 being present.
Miss hilda campion (Art 50) is still absent from her duties with influenza and a bad throat.
Mr Gotch, the County Inspector, visited the school thi morning to enquire about the repair of the roof in the Babies’ room, and the stove in the tiop room.
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Miss Hilda Campion (Art 50) has been absent all the week, and Miss Ivy Morris (PT) is still away, consequently the work of managing has been rather difficult under these conditions.
Several children have been away with bad colds – there is also one case of fever, and one of ringworm.
Average for week 152. Percentage 80.4.
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During this weekend another piece of plaster has fallen from the ceiling of the Babies’ room. I have informed the Managers of it.
Miss Hilda Campion returned to duties this morning after being absent since the 8th of tjis month with influenza.
Three children who removed from this district in August have returned to Rushden and I have re-admitted them this morning.
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It was a very rough, snowy morning and only 129 children were present.
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The stove in the first room has been smoking very much all the morning. I sent Edith Helsdown home because she was very sick in school.
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There was a heavy fall of snow last night and only 107 children are here this morning. The stove in the first room has been smoking badly again.
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The attendance has been very low since the heavy fall of snow.
Average for week 130.6. Percentage 68.3.
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Another case of scarlet fever has been notified this morning viz Horace Cave which also prevents his brother Edward from attending.
The plaster from the ceiling in the Babies’ room has been put up this weekend and the stove in the first room has been swept and repaired so that the fire burns alright now.
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Another case of scarlet fever was notified this morning – Gladys Penness has it and this also keeps Jesse penness away.
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Another case of scarket fever was notified this morning viz Lawrence Boswell. This makes four cases now.
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Bertie Ingram has been absent from school since Nov 23rd and today I was informed that he has scarlet fever. Fred newell has been absent since Nov 22nd and I find that the reason of his absence is because his sister has scarlet fever. The weather has not been so severe this week and those children who are well have attended better, but there are many cases of sickness, bad colds, sores and six cases of scarlet fever.
Average for week 140.7. Percentage 73.2.
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Nelly Wrighton, the girl who has been absent with a broken arm, returned to scholl this morning.
Miss Ivy Morris, the Pupil Teacher who has been absent since July 11th, has not yet returned to duties.
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The cottage at the bottom of the yard is being newly thatched, and the pieces of straw from it make the yard very untidy.
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It was snowing this morning and several children were absent – only 138 being present.
I have been holding the bimonthly examination of all classes this week and report on the work as follows:-
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Class 1 The work of this class is on the whole making satisfactory progress. In Writing, the capital letters require a little attention and the paper-folding is not quite accurately done. I have pointed these out to thje teacher and suggested means of improvement. The phrasing of the Reading has improved, Arithmetic has also recived attention, as suggested last time, and shows improvement.
Class 2 Reading has made some progress but still needs attention, especially in the phrasing of sentences. Arithmetic and Object lessons are still weak subjects and I have suggested means of improvement to the teacher who has not been resposible for a class before this year. Writing and Kindergarten are very well done and making good progress.
Class 3 The work of this class is making satisfactory progress throughout. The children are kept well interested in their work and the teacher is very painstaking.
Class 4 (Babies) The Object Lessons have improved and the other work is progressing very well with the exception of Drill which is not very well done. All the Babies are interested in their work and the order is very good.
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It was very snowy this dinner time and only 124 children were present this afternoon.
Average for week 149.4. Percentage 77.8.
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The attendance isvery low again this morning – after sending round absence enquiry notes I find that many of the children have bad colds and coughs – two are away through vaccination, six are away because of fever in the home and one case of whooping cough has been notified today.
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It has been very wet all day and the attendance has been only 120 both this morning and afternoon. The rain has come through the skylight in the Babies’ room and made pools of water on the floor.
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The attendance has been very poor throughout the week, partly because of the weather and partly on account of the sickness which is very prevalent among the children viz: sore throats, coughs and bad colds.
Average for week 135. Percentage 70.3.
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The attendance is very poor again this morning – only 122 children being present.
Mr Mantle, thje attendance officer, visited the school this morning, and two more cases of scarlet fever have been notified.
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A Christmas tree has been provided by the teachers to illustrate the lesson on a Christmas Tree – the things on it will be distributed to the children on breaking up.
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We broke up this morning for the Christmas holiday, and re-assemble on Jan 9th 1905. Toys, sweets and cards were distributed to the children before they were dismissed.
The attendance has been very low all the week, owing to the severity of the weather and to prevailing scarlet fever and other forms of sickness.
Average for week 128.3. Percentage 67.5.
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We commenced school this morning after the Christmas vacation. It was very wet and only 132 children were present, some are still absent with epidemic sickness and two cases of measles were notified.
Miss Ivy Morris, the Pupil Teacher who has been absent from the effects of typhoid fever since 11th July, has not returned to duties. Miss ivy morris returned to duties this afternoon.
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Mr Mantle, the attendance officer, visited the school this morning. There are now fourteen cases of measles.
The stove in the top room is in an unsatisfactory condition as the pipes slip apart and leave spaces. I have called the attention of the Managers to it.
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Miss Ivy morris has gone very reluctantly about her work since her return to duties, and this afternoon was openly defiant, refusing to play for the children to march out of school. I am laying the matter before the Managers.
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Fred Newell and lily Crouch who have been absent with scarlet fever for six weeks returned to school on Monday.
The attendance for the week has been rather better than before the holidays; but is not good by a long way, owing to measles and other forms of sickness.
The Rev W R Morse, the chairman of our Managers, called this afternoon to say “Goodbye” to the teachers and children as he is leaving this town to live in Peterborough and take up duties there.
Average for week 142.1. Percentage 74.4.
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It has been intensly cold throughout the day and the attendance has only been 121, both morning and afyernoon. The stove in the first room is very troublesome on account of the smoke.
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Owing to a fall of snow during the night, only 109 children are present this morning. It is impossible to have a fire in the first room because of the smoke from the stove.
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Verified registers.
W H Wilkins
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Mr Miller, one of the managers, visited the school this afternoon to see what could be done to prevent the stove in the first room from smoking as much as it has done recently, and decided that the best remedy would be to move it from the corner in which it now stands and put it on the other side of the room, so that the pipe goes into the chimney of the Babies’ room. This will necessitate taking the cupboard out of the recess in which it now stands.
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One of the children who has been absent with fever died on the 12th inst. His name was Frederick Lewis.
The attendance has been very bad throughout the week, and some new cases of measles have been reported.
Average for week 121. Percentage 64.
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The stove in the first room has not smoked since it was moved, and the room gets warmer and is more comfortable.
Notice of the Diocesan Examination was received this afternoon. The appointed date is 21st February at 2.10pm.
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The attendance has been rather better this week than last, but it is still bad. Two new cases of fever have been notified and also two cases of measles.
Average for week 135.2. Percentage 71.9.
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Ada Judge, aged 14, commenced duties here this morning asa probationer. She has been transferred from the National Infants School of Finedon and passed grade 4 examination last May.
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Ada Judge has been absent since Feb 1st with a bad face.
Average for week 143.4. Percentage 75.4. Percentage over 5 – 81.7; percentage under 5 – 66.2.
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Miss Ivy Morris had a kind of fit in school today and had to go home.
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Miss Knott is absent from duties today with a bad throat. Miss Ivy Morris is also absent.
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Miss knott returned to duties again this morning after two days absence.
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Miss Ivy Morris has been absent all the week.
Average for week 147.8. Percentage 77.4. Percentage over 5 – 83.8; percentage under 5 – 67.8.
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Miss Ivy Morris is still absent from duties. I sent Letty Smith home this morning as she had a rash all over her face and hands and arms.
A child from the 3rd class, Arthur Hillson, fell from the causeway on the opposite side of the road during the dinner hour and broke his arm.
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Two cases of whooping cough have been notified this week and there are now six children absent from this cause, also several are still away because of fever and several with measles, three are absent with sores and two with ringworm.
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I have been holding the bi-monthly examination of all the classes and report on the work as follows:-
Class 1 Eight children in this class are still absent with infectious diseases, but those who are here show very good progress with their work, and have been carefully and intelligently taught.
Class 2 The children who have been absent through sickness do not show such good progress as the others, and the Writing in exercise books needs more care throughout the class. The Arithmetic has improved but tables are still weak. The other subjects are progressing satisfactorily and the teacher is more accustomed to her work.
Class 3 Several children in this class have only just returned to school after absences of six weks or more through scarlet fever. Those who have not been away are making very good progress and those who have just returned are picking their work up again nicely. The teacher is painstaking and all are encouraged to put forth their best efforts.
Clas 4 (Babies) More than a third of this class is still absent with fever, measles or whooping cough and the attendance has been very low since the beginning of November because of sickness. The children who are here are making good progress with most of their work. In Reading the children name the words readily, but in word building they do not distinguish clearly between words and letters. The object lessons have also become rather mechanical again, the teacher trusting too much to question and answer without drawing out the powers of observation or encouraging the children to find out facts for themselves. I have drawn her attention to these things and suggested how they may be improved. Drill has improved and Recitation is nicely said, and the occupations are very well performed.
The order in all the classes is good and the children attentive to their work.
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The attendance is still very low and whooping cough seems to be spreading.
There are 16 cases of infections and contagious diseases, the infectious cases being scarlet fever, measles and whooping cough, the contagious diseases are sores and ringworm; 3 children cannot attend because of infections from their homes, and there are 16 cases of other illnesses – two being children with broken chillblains, one boy with a broken arm, one attending the infirmary for kidney troubles, the other cases being chiefly bad colds – one child is a way with croup.
Average for week 148.7. Percentage 77.8. Percentage over 5 – 84.7; percentage under 5 – 67.8.
Miss Ivy Morris has been absent from duty all the week.
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Miss Ivy Morris returned to duties this morning, having been absent for a fortnight.
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The Diocesan examination was held this afternoon. 150 children were present but the registers were not marked.
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From now until the end of school year secular instead of religious subjects will be taken from 9.20 to 9.40 on two mornings of the week.
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Whooping cough is on the increase and the attendance has been low again this week.
Average for week 144.8. Percentage 76.2. Percentage over 5 – 85.5; percentage under 5 – 61.6.
For twelve weeks the percentage for the whole school has fallen below 80; but the attendance of the children over five has been much better than for those under five, among whom there has been so many cases of measles and whooping cough.
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It was very snowy this morning and several children were absent in consequence. Measles still seems to be spreading – two new cases were notified today.
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There are vstill a great many children away through sickness. With 192 children on books, only 158 have been in attendance. The weather has also been bad this week.
Average for week 144.6. Percentage 75.3. Percentage over 5 – 83; percentage under 5 – 63.7. The girls of the second class have made 100 per cent attendances both thuis week and last.
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The Rev C E Weston visited the school this morning and brought the report of the Scripture Examination which is as follows:-
1. Religious Knowledge - Very well known
2. Repetition - Accurate and with expression
3. Discipline and tone - Very good
4. School in regard to
Religious Education as a whole - Excellent
In spite of the handicap of sickness the Infants showed themselves both intelligent and well instructed.
Rev W W Dennett
Diocesan Inspector
Oakham Deanery
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It was very wet this morning and several of the children were absent.
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The attendance of the school as a whole has improved a little this week, but with 191 children on books, only 157 have been in attendance. There is still a lot of sickness and bad coughs among the children. The improved attendance is among the girls, the boys being the same as last week.
Average for week 148.2. Percentage 77.5. Percentage over 5 – 83.9; percentage under 5 – 67.5.
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Another case of scarlet fever was reported today which prevents Walter and George Clayton from attending school.
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Elsie Crouch was sent home this morning because she was very sick in school. Freddy Sharpe was sent home at the end of the afternoon because he was sick over the desk and on the floor.
A piece of plaster fell from the ceiling of the Babies’ room this afternoon, just as the children were leaving.
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Mr Mantle, the Attendance Officer, called this morning and notified that Ralph Underwood is absent with measles, and that Letty Smith is still unable to attend because of a rash all over her face, arms and body.
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The attendance has not been so good this week as last. The boys’ attendance is the same, the decrease being among the girls, the attendance of whom is an average of 4 less.
Average for week 144.4. Percentage 76.4. Percentage over 5 – 83.7; percentage under 5 – 65.5.
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There is a very poor attendance again this morning. Doris Knight returned to school this morning after being away seven weeks with scarlet fever, and William richardson after being away with whooping cough. It was reported that George Brudenall is absent with scarlet fever.
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Reginald Vine cannot do the same work as the others in his class because he cannot see very well. Robert Banks returned to school after an absence of seven weeks with scarlet fever.
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There has been an increase in the attendance of the boys this week, but a decrease in the girls so that the average is the same as last week.
Average for week 144.7. Percentage 76.5. Percentage over 5 – 85.1; percentage under 5 – 62.6.
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It was notified this morning that Tom Wesley has ringworm and Jack Sherwood has the whooping cough, consequently these two cannot attend school. It was wet this morning and there was a very bad smell arising from the adjoining farmyard.
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Letty Smith returned to school this morning after an absence of six weeks with a rash over her body.
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The attendance has improved a little this week – the increase being with the girls, but there are still several away with whooping cough and measles, and there are two cases of scarlet fever.
Average for week 149.4. Percentage 79.4. Percentage over 5 – 86.7; percentage under 5 – 67.7.
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Margaret Welch is absent with bronchitis.
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Jane Darnell had to be sent home this afternoon because she was sick in school. Many of the children have very bad coughs.
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It was snowy this morning and only 126 children were present. 129 were present in the afternoon.
The attendance has decreased agin this week – there is still much sickness among the children.
Average for week 140.9. Percentage 75.7. Percentage over 5 – 85.6; percentage under 5 – 60.1.
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It has been very wet all day and only 139 children were present this morning and 144 this afternoon. Letty Smith is absent with inflamation of the lungs and George Hanger is absent with an attack of fits to which he is subject. Both are children fron the First class.
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It was wet again this morning. Lilly Crouch was sick in school.
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Mr Taylor, HM Inspector, paid the second visit of the school year this afternoon.
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The attendance has improved a little this week but it is still very low, there being many cases of whooping cough. The improved attendance has been made by the boys, the girls being about the same as last week.
Average for week 144.8. Percentage 77.8. Percentage over 5 – 85.3; percentage under 5 – 66.
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Mr Salt, HM Inspector, visited the school for a few minutes this morning.
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The children to be transferred to the Mixed Dept were drafted there this morning and the other children were moved up in their classes so as to be in readiness for the new year’s work after the easter holiday. 27 boys and 22 girls were drafted into the Mixed Dept. The attendance has improved a little this week, both boys and girls are better.
Average for week 152. Percentage 82.6. Percentage over 5 – 91.5; percentage under 5 – 69. This is the first time for 19 weeks that the percentage has been over 80.
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We broke up this morning for the Easter holiday and commence school again on 1st May.
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We commenced school this morning after the Easter holiday. Being also the commencement of a new school year, we began with new registers and new work according to the scheme drawn up for the year ending 30th April 1906. Forty nine children were drafted into the Mixed Dept on the morning we broke up.
The attendance today has been 127 in the morning and 131 this afternon. There are 146 on the registers.
The classes are arranged as follows:-
Class 1 in first room under Miss Knott (Cert).
Class 2 in top room under Miss Campion (Art 50).
Class 3 in top room under Miss Ginns (Art 68).
Class 5 Babies in Babies’ room under Miss Hill (Art 50).
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The attendance has been better this week than for the past 18 weeks.
Average for week 134.2. Percentage 90.6. Percentage over 5 – 94.3; percentage under 5 – 87.4.
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I admitted ten new children last week and have admitted eight more today.
The returns for the year ending 30 April show the following:-
Average for year 150.2. Percentage 80.8. This is he lowest average and the lowest percentage since 1901 when the Average for year was 146.2 and percentage 80.2. Last year – 1904 – the Average for year was 169.3 and percentage 83.2.
The decrease shown this year is accounted for by the epidemics of scarlet fever, measles and whooping cough, following each other in quick succession, when from these causes the percentage for eighteen weeks was below 80, and for four of these weeks the percentage did not exceed 70.
Four children have made every attendance during the year viz:- William Brawn, Arthur Cox, George Myers, Thomas Myers and Ida Helsdown.
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Owing to the epidemics there are not so many children who have made over 400 attendances.
Last year the number exceeding 400 attendances during the year was 46. This year the number is 36. These children will have certificates for good attendance given to them.
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The attendance has been better this week than last.
Average for week 143.3. Percentage 92.4. Percentage over 5 – 96.5.; percentage under 5 – 89.1.
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I admitted three new children this morning.
Rev C E Weston visited the school this afternoon.
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Mabel Goddman is absent from school because there is measles in the house.
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The attendance has not been so good this week as last, and one case of measles has been notified.
Average for week 140.2. Percentage 90. Percentage over 5 – 94.4; percentage under 5 – 85.9.
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The following was received today – form 35.
Northampton Ad Co Local Education Authority Rushden National School No 13362. Copy of report made by HMI Mr E M Kenney-Herbert after visit of 12th April 1905.
Infants - In these inconvenient and crowded rooms it is difficult to organise the school, or to teach the children properly. The teachers are painstaking and there is much in the instruction that is satisfactory. The children should be accustomed to speak distinctly and to answer in sentences, and phrasing in reading should receive more attention.
Staff for coming year
Miss E A Taylor Mistress (Certificated)
Miss P A Knott Certificated Assistant
Miss M Hill Uncertificated Assistant
Mis H Campion Uncertificated Assistant
Miss E Ginns Supplementary Teacher
Miss J C Morris Scholarship Student
Miss A Judge Monitress
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Summary of Scemes of work for the year ending 30th April 1906 as approved by the Board of Education
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Class 1 Word building – constructing and reading short sentences from the words built – two readers and a fairy tale to be read through.
Class 2 Word building of words not exceeding four letters – constructing and reading short sentences from the words built – reading sheets and one primer to be read through.
Class 3 Word building of words not exceeding three letters – constructing and reading short sentences from the words built – reading sheets to be read.
Babies To know the sounds of the letters and to easily recognise small and capital letters. To build and name words of two and three letters.
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Class 1 To write simple sentences in exercise books with lead pencils and to write their own name and Rushden from memory.
Class 2 All small and capital letters, and combinations of letters into easy words in exercise books with lead pencils.
Class 3 All small letters on slates.
Babies The elements of letters and seven of the easiest of the small letters.
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Class 1 The composition of numbers up to 20. Notation up to 100. Tables to 6 x 12.
Class 2 The composition of numbers up to 14. Notation up to 20. Tables to 5 x 12.
Class 3 The composition of numbers up to 10. All figures and their values to be known. All figures to be written. Tables to 3 x 12.
Babies To count as far as 20. To know and recognise figures and their values up to 6. To know and recognise numbers of objects up to 6.
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Class 1 Free arm drawing on boards. Objects to be drawn in connection with object lessons as far as possible. Some objects to be drawn on brown paper.
Class 2 Free arm drawing on boards in connection with object lessons as far as possible.
Class 3 Free arm drawing on boards. Perpendicular, horizontal and oblique lines, and simple combinations of these lines.
Babies Upright and lying down lines and simple combinations of these lines.
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Class1 Girls hemming and boys button stitching. Boys and girls to knit.
Class 2 Hemming, Knitting pin drill.
Class 3 Needle threading and thimble drill with rhymes and songs. Position of work drill and putting in needle for a stitch.
Babies Needle threading and thimble drill with rhymes and singing.
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Four simple poems to be taught in each class. These are to be in connection with object lessons or with a picture story.
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Five songs to be taught in each class, three at least to be action songs. Kindergarten and marching songs. Modulator practice and the notes with hand signs.
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Class 1 Mat weaving; paper folding; clay modelling; Brush drawing; Kindergarten games.
Class 2 Mat weaving; paper folding; Clay modelling; Gift 2; Kindergarten games.
Class 3 Paper folding for balls; Gift 3; Bead threading; stick laying; Kindergarten games.
Babies Gift 1; Gift 3; Stick laying; Kindergarten games; Rainbow laths; some of the Kindergarten occupations to be done by each class daily.
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Arm and foot exercises as specified in the Code, with music. Dumb bell drill for Class 1 and 2. Lath drill for the Babies.
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Object lessons and Conversational lessons
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All classes to have one lesson daily. They will be suited to the time of year and will be taken from the detailed list given below. Some of the conversational lessons are to be on form and colour.
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1. General apperance of Nature in Spring.
2. Germinating seeds and what they become.
3. Plants – their parts.
4. Spring flowers – buttercup, daisy and primrose.
5. Birds and their nests.
6. The snail.
7. The sheep and its wool.
8. The cow and its milk.
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9. General appearance of Nature in Summer.
10. Grass and haymaking.
11. Sunshine and showers.
12. The railway.
13. The seaside.
14. The bee and its honey.
15. The butterfly.
16. The hen and an egg.
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17. General appearance of Nature in Autumn.
18. A cornfield and corn.
19. The trees in Autumn.
20. Fruit in Autumn.
21. Nuts in Autumn.
22. The Herring.
23. The fisherman.
24. The horse and leather.
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25. General appearance of Nature in Winter.
26. Snow and ice.
27. The St bernard dog.
28. Winter games.
29. Tress in Winter.
30. Coal and its uses.
31. Iron and its uses.
32. The street lamps – A lamp post.
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The attendance has been fairly good this week.
Average for week 146.8. Percentage 91.7. Percentage over 5 – 95.6; percentage under 5 – 88.5.
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A half holiday was announced for this afternoon because of the Congregational Sunday School tea treat.
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Mr Holland, the secretary of the County Education Committee, and Mr Gotch, the County Inspector, visited the school this morning.
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The head teacher will be absent today by permission of the Managers, in order to attend one of the LLA examinations in Bedford.
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The attendance has not been so ,good this week. Several children are away through being vaccinated.
Average fior week 143.7. Percentage 89.8. Percentage over 5 – 97.1; percentage under 5 – 85.
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The attendance was very low this morning, only 135 children being present. I sent out notes of enquiry to the absentees and 145 children were present this afternoon. I find the reason for being absent was chiefly through the children over sleeping.
The working of a new timetable is being tested this week. Clay modelling is being taken in the first and second classes for the first time, which necessitates alteration of the present timetable.
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It has been very wet all day – only 124 children were present this morning and only 133 this afternoon.
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The attendance for this week shows a great decrease, which is doubtless accounted for by thye rain and renewed cold weather.
Average for the week 135.5. Percentage 83.6. Percentage over 5 – 90.8; percentage under 5 – 77.4.
We broke up this morning for the Whitsun holiday – one wek – and re-open on June 19th.
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We commenced school this morning after the Whitsun holiday.
I admitted four new children but the attendance is not good, only 145 being present and 166 being on books.
I sent notes of enquiry after the absentees and 152 were present in the afternoon. Doris Willis is absent with a broken wrist, it being broken by a fall during the holiday. Elsie Church and Ella Stacey are absent with bad colds.
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Verified registers.
W Wilkins
The attendance has been fairly good this week since Monday morning.
Average for week 151.5. Percentage 92.3. Percentage over 5 – 96.;percentage under 5 – 89.1.
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The following communication has been received respecting the various Sunday School tea treats:-
The Rushden District Sub-committee has decided to grant a holiday on the afternoons of the following dates for School treats:-
Monday June 26th – Independent Wesleyan
Thursday July 6th – Church school
Monday July 17th – Baptist
Monday 24th – Park Road Wesleyan
I admitted two chuildren this morning, and I sent Horace Cave home because he has ringworms on the head.
A half holiday was announced for this afternoon, it being the Independent Wesleyan Sunday School tea treat.
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There was a heavy thunderstorm this afternoon and as it commenced before the children assembled, several were absent. The heavy rain came through the roof of the lobby and made the floor very wet.
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Miss Hill will be absent for the remainder of this week and the whole of next in order to attend the Certificate Examination. She is absent by permission of the Managers.
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It has been wet all day and very wet indeed this afternoon. Only 134 children were present this afternoon because of the rain.
Average for weejk 144. Percentage 86.69. Percentage over 5 – 88.8; percentage under 5 – 84.6.
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I admitted two children this morning – one of whom comes from Sharnbrook, but she (Elsie Campion) has not been to school much and is consequently very backward although she will be six in November.
I admitted George Parker about six weeks ago and from observation of the child since he has been here, I believe him to be deaf and dumb – he makes a peculiar sound but cannot say any word, and he imitates the teacher and the other children from seeing and not from hearing. He is four years of age.
Arthur Hillson is absent because his brother has measles.
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I examined all the classes during the past week and report on the work of the school as follows:-
Class 1 The work of this class is making satisfactory progress in every way – the teacher has given special attention to the backward children and has given the instruction intelligently and systematically.
Class 2 The work of this class is not good throughout. The children should speak louder when reading and the Arithmetic is not very intelligently done. The object lessons, too, have not been made quite as useful as they might have been. I have drawn the teacher’s attention to these subjects and suggested how they may be improved. The other subjects are making good progress.
Class 3 The children of thjis class are making good progress in all their work with the exception of Reading, in which they do not always readily distinguish between letters and words and the answering in Arithmetic should be quicker. A good start has been made with Free arm drawing.
Class 4 (Babies) The Object lessons and Conversation lessons are rather weak. As the teacher has not insisted on individual work and Writing has not made much progress. A fairly good start has been made with the other subjects of instruction.
The discipline of all the classes is satisfactory but the classes in the top room are large and very near together with no means of separating them so that it is difficult to keep the attention of each class wholly on its own work. Reading and Recitation lessons are specially difficult under these conditions.
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The Pupil teachers have been doing examination papers this week.
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A half holiday was announced this afternoon because of the Church Sunday School tea treat.
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The attendance on the whole has improved a little this week but it is not good.
Average for week 146.1. Percentage 86.9. Percentage over 5 – 89.3; percentage under 5 – 84.8.
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A half holiday was given this afternoon for the Baptist Sunday School tea treat, the time having been altered to this date instead of the 17th as at first announced.
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Another piece of plaster has fallen from the ceiling of the Babies’ room, and the door leading from this yard into the adjoining grass field has given way – the post having broken away from the bottom – so that now there is nothing to prevent the cows and horses getting into the playground which is dangerous for the children. I have informed the Managers of these things.
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The horses have broken one of the panes of glass in the window. They have been around it liking and pushing their noses against it all the week. I have examined the papers done by Ivy Morris and Ada Judge and entered a full report on them.
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Mr Mantle, the Attendance O fficer, called this morning and cautioned Robert Smith against playing truant any more. He was absent from school, having played truant – this is the second time it has occurred this month.
The attendance has been rather better this week.
Average for week 148.3. Percentage 87.1. Percentage over 5 – 92.6; percentage under 5 – 83.1.
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Frank Dickens met with an accident in the street this weekend and is badly hurt, and Hilda Hulmes got her legs scalded at home, so that neither of these children are in attendance this week.
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Received the new timetable duely signed. It has been framed and hung in position. Miss Ivy Morris, the Pupil Teacher, fainted in school this morning.
There is the same number of children on the books as last week and there has been the same number in attendance, but they have attended ratjer better than last week.
Average for week 152.4. Percentage 90.1. Percentage over 5 – 94; percentage under 5 – 86.3.
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A half holiday was announced for this afternoon because of the Park Road Weslyan Sunday School tea treat.
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The horses in the adjoining field have been very troublesome around the window in the first room – there is nothing to prevent them pushing close to the window, and they have already broken one pane of glass.
Have been taking the First class in Arithmetic this morning.
The First class girls have commenced hemming handkerchiefs, dusters etc. this week.
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Heard from the Education Committee today that Miss Ivy Morris is to be kept on until the end of next June as Pupil Teacher owing to her not taking the Scholarship Examination last december as she was then absent with typhoid fever.
The horses have been very troublesome around the window again.
Have been taking the Second class for Reading this morning.
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The attendance has not been so good this week as last. There are two children absent with ringworm.
Average for week 150.6. Percentage 89.1. percentage over 5 – 92.4; percentage under 5 – 85.8.
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The Head Teacher has gained the Honours Education Certificate of St Andrew’s University – the result of the examination held in May last.
The horses in the adjoining field have have been very troublesome around the window of the first room.
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The returns for the past quarter ended July 28th show an average of 144.7 and a percentage of 89.2.
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It was very wet this morning and only 129 children were present.
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Thye pictures have all been taken down this morning so that the necessary cleaning may be done during the hliday.
The attendance this weekm has not been so good as last week.
Average for week 148. Percentage 88. Percentage over 5 – 89.7; percentage under 5 – 86.2.
We broke up this morning for the Summer holiday – four weeks and we re-assemble on September 4th.
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We commenced school this morning after the Summer holiday. I admitted four new children and 166 were present. The Head Teacher has gained the Cutting Out certificate of the London Institute of Needlework, this completes the full diploma of that institute. The exam was held in June.
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The woodwork around the boys’ office has been broken during the holiday, and is unsafe in its present condition as it seems liable to fall. I have informed the Managers, and asked for it to be mended.
Mr Mantle, the Attendance Officer, called this morning and asked for the number of childrenj who will be over five at the end of the school year and for the number who will be under five at that time.
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William Richardson came too late to be marked this afternoon. He had been out with his father.
I took the second class for Reading this morning.
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The attendance has been very good this week and there appears to be no sickness among the children now. This is the first week since last November that no one has been absent through sickness.
I have admitted eight children during the week.
Average for week 166.4. Percentage 94.5. Percentage over 5 – 97.5; percentage under 5 – 91.4.
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Florence Thomson came in this afternoon just before three; she had been taken up Wymington Road by an older girl.
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I have been taking the second class for Reading today. The bad readers begin to show some improvement now.
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Mr W H Wilkins, one of our Managers, died very suddenly yesterday afternoon while out with his bicycle. The cause of death was heart failure.
The attendance has not been quite so good this week as last. The decrease has been among the children over five, several of whom are out visiting. There is no case of sickness.
Average for week 165.1. Percentage 92.2. Percentage over 5 – 93; percentage under 5 – 92.2.
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Inspection (1)
W H J Salt
21/09/05
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Mr mantle called this morning and announced that two days holiday are to be given for the Feast viz: Sept 25th and 26th.
The attendance has been good this week especially with the children under five.
Average for week 165.3. Percentage 92.8. Percentage over 5 – 91.5; percentage under 5 – 94.3.
The two days holiday for the Feast was announced to the children before closing this afternoon. We commence school again on Wednesday September 27th.
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We commenced school this morning after the Feast holiday. Only 155 children were present. One case of chicken pox was notified this morning.
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The attendance has not been so good this week as last.
Average for week 163.5. Percentage 91.8. Percentage over 5 – 94.5; percentage under 5 -88.9.
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Reginald Dickens is away from school and in Northampton Infirmary having having his eyes attended to. He was very cross-eyed.
Horace Cox is absent with an attack of bronchitis.
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I have been holding the bi-monthly examination of all the classes this week and report on the progress of the work as follows:-
Class 1 Reading is rather weak among the boys who should receive some special, attention; but all the girls read very well. Arithmetic is very good throughout and the Writing and other subjects are making good progress.
Class 2 Reading is still a rather weak subject in this class – better phrasing is required. The Arithmetic also is weak and needs more energy and thoughtfulness. The Object lessons have improved. Writing has made good progress and all the other subjects are satisfactory.
Class 3 Reading in this class is also weak – sufficient individual practice appears not to have been given. Writing has not made the progress it ought to have done and Arithmetic needs some attention. The other subjects are making satisfactory progress.
Class 4 (Babies) Reading is very well done and the Writing has improved. There is still some weakness in the Object and Conversational lessons although they show improvement. Kindergarten and Recitation are very satisfactory.
The discipline of all the classes is good, but the classes in the top room are large and very near together, with no means of separating them, so that it is difficult to keep the attention of each class wholly on its own work. Reading and Recitation lessons are specially difficult under these conditions.
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The attendance has improved a little this week, but three children have been absent through illness viz:- Reginald Dickens at Northampton Infirmary to have his eyes attended to; Horace Cox with an attack of Bronchitis, and Alfred Scoble with chicken pox.
Average for week 165.5. Percentage 92.4. Percentage over 5 – 95.8; percentage under 5 – 88.8.
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I have made an alteration in the Scheme of Work respecting the multiplication tables –
Class 1 is to take tables up to number 36.
Class 2 is to take tables up to number 30.
Class 3 is to take tables up to number 20.
Class 4 (Babies) is to take tables up to number 10.
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The attendance has not been quite so good this week as last, the falling off has been among the children under five.
Average for week 166.3. Percentage 91.8. Percentage over 5 – 94.1; percentage under 5 – 89.4.
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Reginald Dickens returned to school again this morning, but has to wear glasses.
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Visited this school
David F Gotch
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It has been notified today that Horace Cox is absent with scarlet fever and marion Robinson is absent with whooping cough.
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A half holiday has been announced for this afternoon at the request of Mr Salt.
Average for week 165. Percentage 91.6. Percentage over 5 – 97.5; percentage under 5 – 85.1.
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I have been taking the second class for Reading this morning and the third class for Writing.
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Miss Ginns is absent from 10.45 for the remainder of the day in order to attend the funeral of an aunt at Kettering.
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Archdeacon Kitchin visited the school this afternoon.
The attendance has not been so good this week as last. Several children have bad colds and there is one case of scarlet fever, and one of whooping cough.
Average for week 157.1. Percentage 87.7. Percentage over 5 – 89.8; percentage under 5 – 85.4.
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It was very wet this morning and only 149 children were present.
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Miss Ivy Morris has been absent from duties the whole day.
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Visited the school and tested the registers which were correct.
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A holiday was announced this afternoon for Monday the 6th inst because of an election to a vacant seat on the Urban Council, and some of the schools are being used as polling stations.
The attendance has been about the same as last week taken as a whole but the under five attendances are better and the over fives worse than last week. Several children are absent with bad colds and one has been absent with sores.
Average for week 157.4. Percentage 86.5. Percentage over 5 – 86.4; percentage under 5 – 86.5.
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Miss Ivy Morris returned to duties today after being absent from Nov 1st through illness.
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Several children are absent with bad colds. Reginald Vine is absent because of sores on his face and ears.
Rhe returns for the quarter ended \nov 3rd give an average of 162, this is an increase of 18 on that of the preceding quarter. The percentage is 91 and the number on register 178.
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The attendance has been rather better this week than last.
Average for week 161.2. Percentage 88.1. Percentage over 5 – 88; percentage under 5 – 88.2.
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A new timetable for the Babies’ class is beingb tested this week.
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Mr Inkins and Mr Sadler, of the County education Committee, visited the school this afternoon.
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The attendance has been better this week, but Reginald Vine is still absent with sores, and Horace Cox with scarlet fever.
Average for week 165.8. Percentage 91.1. Percentage over 5 – 94.4; percentage under 5 – 87.1.
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Several children are absent from school this week with various ailments. Two are absent with ringworm, two are absent with broken chillblains and unable to get their boots on, one is away with sores on the face and head, several have bad colds and one is still away with scarlet fever.
There is a very bad smell in school today, arising from the adjoining farmyard.
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Received the signed Babies’ timetabke this morning which has been framed and hung up in the Babies’ room.
The attendance has been very poor this week especially for the last three days. There is a drop of 6% for the week.
Average for week 157.3. Percentage 85.4. percentage over 5 – 90.8; percentage under 5 – 79.9.
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I sent Florence Parker home this morning as she was very unwell and very hot and feverish.
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I have been holding the bi-monthly examination ofall the classes and report on the work as follows:-
Class 1 The Reading of the boys has received attention and is much better and all the other subjects in this class are making good progress.
Class 2 The subjects noted last time as being weak have had special attention bestowed on them and are very much better now. This is very noticeable in the Arithmetic and Reading which show much improvement and the Arithmetic is much brighter and more thoughtful. The other subjects are making satisfactory progress.
Class 3 The subjects pointed out last time as needing special attention because of their weakness have improved and the work appears to be progressing satisfactorily throughout the class.
Class 4 (Babies) This class is making fairly good progress in most subjects but some of the work has suffered through lack of individual practice, notably in the sounds of letters and in the Object lessons. I have drawn the teacher’s attention to this fault and asked for her to give plenty of individual work in all subjects in the future so as to bring out each child’s capabilities and to give self-reliance.
The discipline of all the classes is satisfactory and the attendance has been good during the past term with the exception of the last week. Reading and Recitation are difficult subjects to teach in the top room as the classes are large and very close together with no means of separating them.
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It has been a very foggy and raw, cold day and the attendance has been very low – only 141 were present this morning and 148 this afternoon. Several children have bad colds, two are away with sores and one with ringworm. Two children who were in attendance have gone into the workhouse.
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The attendance continues very poor, only 144 were present this morning and only 142 this afternoon.
Miss hiull was absent this afternoon with a bad throat.
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I find that several of the children who are absent are away because they have blister pox. Alfred Lodge was knocked downin the street after school hours and had his arm broken.
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It was very wet this morning and only 142 children were present.
Miss Hill has been absent again all day with a bad throat.
The attendance has been very poor indeed throughout the week – there appears to be much sickness among the children again – chiefly minor ailments – bad colds, broken chill blains, sore throats etc. Several children also have blister pox and two are away with ringworm.
Average for week 143. Percentage 79.4. Percentage over 5 – 87.8; percentage under 5 – 70.3.
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It was a very foggy morning and only 133 children were present.
Miss Hill is absent through illness and Miss Ivy Morris is absent for the Scholarship Examnination.
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I find on enquiry that there are eight children absent with blister pox, 3 are absent with sores and two with bronchitis. Jane Darnell is absent with croup. Manfred Cook is absent with burns, having fallen on the fire at home. George Parker has ringworm and Ernest maddams a bad foot. Besides these several children are absent with bad colds.
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Miss Hill returned to duties today, having been absent since the 8th Dec.
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The attendance has been very bad throughout the week.
Average for week 142.9. Percentage 79.3. Percentage over 5 – 84.5; percentage under 5 – 73.0.
The attendance of the children under 5 has increased a little during the week, but the attendance of those over 5 has decreased.
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A case of scarlet fever and a case of measles have been notified today. The fever case keeps another child away.
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I have written to the Managers today asking if the bricks in front of the Babies’ fire place can be repaitred during the holiday as they are dangerous in their present condition.
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A Christmas tree is being decorated in the Babies’ roo m so they are not working according to the timetable.
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The attendance has been very low all the week. We broke up this morning for the Christmas holiday and re-assemble on January 8th 1906.
Toys, sweets and cards were distributed to the children before they were dismissed.
Average for week 145. Percentage 80. Percentage over 5 – 85.3; percentage under 5 – 73.3.
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We commenced school this morning after the Christmas holiday. It was very wet and the attendance was very low, only 144 children being present.
During the gale on Saturday the 6th inst, three panes of glass were smahed in the windows of the first room and a large piece of plaster fell from the ceiling of the Babies’ room. I have written to the Managers asking if they can be repaired. I have also asked again about repairing the bricks in front of the Babies’ fire place.
Mr Gotch, the County Inspector, visited the school this afternoon and I pointed out to him where the repairs were necessary.
The attendance was better this afternoon, 158 children being present.
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It is very wet again this morning but the attendance is better than it was yesterday. On making enquiries about the absentees I find that two children are absent because of scarlet fever and two others with eczema, one child has a broken arm and several have bad colds.
The broken window panes have been mended. There was a very heavy shower of rain and hail about two o’clock and the attendance was low in the afternoon in consequence.
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A case of measles has been notified today. The attendance this week has been much better than just before the hoiday, but there are still several children absent through illness.
Average for week 155.8. Percentage 85.6. Percentage over 5 – 89.5; percentage under 5 – 80.2.
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The ceiling in the Babies’ room was repaired during this weekend. A new cupboard for keeping the stock in was received this morning also three new chairs and two small folding tables. They have been supplied by the County Authority.
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I have made out the lists of the children who attended well during the school year ending 30th April 1905. There are 22 entitled to an Honours Certificate and 13 to a First Class Certificate according to the County Scheme.
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A day’s holiday was given today because of the Parliamentary Election.
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It was very wet indeed this morning and only 126 children were present. In the afternoon 160 were present.
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The attendance has not been quite so good this week as last.
Average for week 156.6. Percentage 84.6. Petrcentage over 5 – 87.5; percentage under 5 – 78.8.
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Another case of measles was notified today.
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A case of whooping cough was notified today.
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There are still two children absent with scarlet fever and there are several othjer cases of sickness.
The attendance on the whole has been rather better than last week.
Average for week 158.5. Percentage 85.2. Percentage over 5 – 86.69; percentage under 5 – 83.2.
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Three cases of blister pox have been notified today.
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The attendance of the girls has been much better this week, but the boys not so good as last week. The percentage shows an increase of 2½ for the week.
Average for week 164.2. Percentage 87.8. Percentage over 5 – 89.4; percentage under 5 – 85.5.
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Visited the school and tested the registers which were correct.
A Kitchin
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The attendance has been very good today.
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Ther was a heavy storm of thunder, hail and snow about 2 o’clock and many children were absent this afternoon in consequence of the storm. Only 142 were present - in the morning 173 were present.
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There was a heavy fall of snow during the night and the attendance has been very low today.
Average for week 158.8. Percentage 84.0. Percentage over 5 – 89.3; percentage under 5 – 76.5.
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Elsie Darnell is absent from school with ringworm.
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I have been holding the bi-monthly examination of all the classes and report on the work as follows:-
Class 1 This class shows very good progress with all its work and gives evidence of careful and intelligent teaching.
Class 2 The improvement noted in the Reading last time has been maintained and the same applies to the counting, although tables are still rathjer week. The conversational lessons have improvedand all the other subjects are making good progress.
Class 3 A good start has been made with Writing on paper inspite of the inconvenience of the gallery, and all the other work is making satisfactory progress. The teacher is painstaking and all the children are encouraged to put forth their best efforts.
Class 4 (Babies) Number and Object lessons are still rather weak but the other improvements noted last time have been maintained, and the class as a whole is making steady progress with its work. Kindergarten and Recitation are very satisfactory.
The discipline of all the classes is good, but the classes in the top room are large and very near together, with no means of separating them, so that it is difficult to keep the attention of each class wholly on its own work. Reading and Recitation lessons are specially difficult under these conditions. Proper sitting room is often a difficulty in the second class.
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The attendance has been rather better this week.
Average for week 163.3. Percentage 87.7. Percentage over 5 – 91.8; percentage under 5 – 82.0.
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The Diocesan Examination was held this afternoon. 171 children were present but the registers were not marked.
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As the workmen are in the Babies’ room, repairing the floor in front of the fire place, the work for the morning is not being done according to the timetable.
Ada Judge, the monitress, is absent this morning, being unwell.
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It was snowing this morning and the attendance has not been very good throughout the day.
Average for week 163.7. Percentage 88.5. Percentage over 5 – 89.6; percentage under 5 – 86.7.
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On making enquiries about the absentees this morning, I find that Lily Crain is absent with blister pox. Lily Willmott ha a badly sprained leg, the result of a fall on Saturday. Nelly Alderman has scalded her arm and Arthur Darnell has ringworm. Ada Judge, the monitress, is still absent from duties with influenza. Horace Griffin Childs returned to school today after a very long absence at northampton Infirmary with kidney troubles. He is a big boy, nearly seven years of age and is very backward. I have put him in the third class.
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Another case of blister pox was notified this morning.
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Received the timetable from the Education Offices this morning, after being duely signed.
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Visited this school, tested the registers and found them correct.
Davis F Gotch
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Average for week 165.8. Percentage 88.6. Percentage over 5 – 90.8; percentage under 5 – 85.0
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Another case of blister pox was notified this morning.
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The report of the Diocesan Examination, which was held on February 20th, came this morning and is as follows:-
1. Religious Knowledge Very good indeed.
2. Recitation Often excellent.
3. Discipline and tone Very good.
4. School in regard to
Religious Education as a whole Excellent.
Infants of all ages again answered brightly and correctly and were able to say their repetition very nicely.
Signed:- W W Dennett
Diocesan Inspector
Endorsement of Head Teacher’s parchment as follows:-
In each of the classes the Infants acquitted themselves admirably.
Signed:- W W Dennett
Diocesan Inspector
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Ada Judge, the monitress, has been absentb all the week through illness.
There has been a very ofensive smell all the day arising from the adjoining farmyard.
The attendance this week has been rather better than last week especially with the children under 5.
Average for week 166.7. Percentage 89.6. Percentage over 5 – 89.0; percentage under 5 – 90.6.
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It was very rough and snowy this morning, and it was snowing very hard just about 9 o’clock so that several children were absent.
Ada Judge, the monitress, returned to duties this morning, after being absent from February 22nd with influenza and a bad throat, enlarged and inflamed tonsils.
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There was a heavy fall of snow during the night and only 132 children are present this morning.
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Ada Judge, the monitress, received instructions this morning about attending the Wellingborough Centre for lessons. She is to commence going on March 19th.
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Received instructions from the Managers to get some new blinds for the windows where the sun has been so much in the eyes of the childen.
The attendance has noy been quite so good this week as last.
Average for week 162.5. Percentage 87.3. Percentage over 5 – 88.8; percentage under 5 – 84.6.
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It has been very cold today with heavy snow storms at intervals, but in spite of the weather the attendance has been good.
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The attendance has been much better this week than last, but there are still a few cases of sickness.
Average for week 171.5. Percentage 92.2. Percentage over 5 – 92.1; percentage under 5 – 92.2.
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It is a very rough snowy morning and only 141 children are present.
The new blinds were put up at the windows on Saturday.
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Inspection (2)
W H J Salt
30 March 1906
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The attendance has not been quite so good this week as last, probably owing to the snowy rough weather at the beginning of the week.
Average for week 170.4. Percentage 91.1. Percentage over 5 – 92.7; percentage under 5 – 88.1.
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The scholl caretaker had an accident and broke the thermometer belonging to the top room this morning.
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Visited the school and tested the registers which were correct.
A Kitchin
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The attendance has been good this week with the exception of Monday morning.
Average for week 173.5. Percentage 90.3. Percentage over 5 – 91.5; percentage under 5 – 88.2.
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Miss Ivy Morris is absent from duties this morning through illness.
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Miss Ivy Morris has been absent all this week.
We broke up this morning for the Easter holiday and commence school again on the 23rd April.
Average for week 173.7. Percentage 90.4. Percentage over 5 – 93.8; percentage under 5 – 84.2.
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We commenced school this morning after the Easter holiday.
Miss Ivy Morris is still absent from duties.
There has been a bad smell arising from the adjoining farmyard.
I admitted two new children today.
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The attendance has been fairly good this week, the under 5’s has been least satisfactory.
Miss Ivy Morris has been absent all the week through illness.
Average for week 177.6. Percentage 90.6. Percentage over 5 – 93.2; percentage under 5 – 86.0.
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Miss Ivy Morris returmed to duties this morning having been absent since April 9th.
The children to be transferred to the Mixed Department were moved there this afternoon and the other children have been moved into their respective classes ready for the work of the coming school year. 51 children have been drafted to the Mixed Department.
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We began with new registers and new work according to the scheme drawn up for the year ending 30th April 1907.
I admitted ten new children this morning, and there are 153 children on the books.
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The classes are arranged as follows:-
Class 1 in first room under Miss Knott (C)
Class 2 in top room under Miss Campion (U)
Class 3 in top room under Miss Ginns (S)
Class 4 (Babies) in Babies’ room under Miss Hill (U)
There is not sufficient sitting room for the children of class 2 for writing lessons and some of them have to stand at the table for this lesson.
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The returns for the year ending 30th April show the following:-
Average for year 157.2. Percentage 88.5. This shows an increase iof average and of percentage over those of last year which were:- Average for year 150.2. Percentage 80.8.
During the past year three children viz:- Ida Helsdown, Emma Hodby and Thomas Myers have attended every time and the following three have only missed once viz:- Olive Childs, Lily Wrighton and Harold George.
Ida Helsdown and Thomas Myers attended every time last year as well.
29 children are entitled to an Honours Attendance Certificate from the County Education Authority having made more than 410 attendances during the year.
22 children are entitled to a First Class Attendance Certificate having made over 400 attendances during the year.
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Visited the school and tested the registers which were correct.
A Kitchin
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The attendance has been very good this week.
Average for week 146.6. Percentage 956.2. Percentage over 5 – 98.4; percentage under 5 – 91.7.
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The following is a copy of the Annual Report received this morning:-
Form 35
Northants Local education Authority
Rushden National School No. 192. Copy of Report made by H M I Mr Cartwright after visit of March 28th and 30th 1906.
Mixed
The children are orderly and diligent. The teaching is earnest and intelligent. Very good progress is being made in all subjects of instruction. The girls might have instruction in Cookery. The premises remain as before.
Infants
Order is very satisfactory. The teaching is earnest and kindly. On the whole the children are making good progress. But one of the rooms is habitually overcrowded and the old fashioned galleries prevent proper supervision by the teacher. The premises are in several respects not well suited for use as a public elementary school and it is most desirable that they should be replaced by a new building.
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Staff for coming year
Miss E A Taylor Mistress (Certificated)
Miss P A Knott Assistant (Certificated)
Miss M Hill Assistant (Uncertificated)
Miss H Campion Assistant (Uncertificated)
Miss E Ginns Assistant (Supplementary)
Miss J C Morris Indentures run out in June
Miss A Judge Probationer
A Kitchin
Summary of schemes of work for year ending 30th April 1907 as approved by the Board of Education.
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Class 1 Word building – constructing and reading short sentences from the words built, two Readers and a Tale to be read through.
Class 2 Word building of words not exceeding four letters; constructing and reading short sentences from the words built, two Primers to be read through.
Class 3 Word building of words not exceeding three letters; constructing and reading short sentences from the words built, reading sheets to be read.
Class 4 (Babies) To know the sounds of all letters and to easily recognise small and capital letters. To name and build words of two and three letters.
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Class 1 To write simple sentences in exercise books with lead pencils; and to write their own names and Rushden from memory.
Class 2 All small and capital letters and combinations of letters into easy words in exercise books with lead pencils.
Class 3 All small letters on writing blocks.
Class 4 (Babies) The elements of letters and seven of the easiest of the small letters.
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Class 1 The composition of numbers up to 20. Notation up to 100. Tables to number 36.
Class 2 The composition of numbers up to 14. Notation up to 20. Tables to number 30.
Class 3 The composition of numbers up to 10. All figures and their values to be known. All figures to be written. Tables to number 24.
Class 4 (Babies) To count as far as 20. To know and recognise figures and their values up to 6. To know and recognise numbers of objects up to 6. Tables to number 10.
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Class1 Free-arm drawing on boards. Objects to be drawn in connection with the Object Lessons as far as possible. Simple brush-darwing withwater colours.
Class 2 Free-arm drawing on boards in connection with the Object and Conversational lessons as far as possible.
Class 3 Fre-arm drawing on boards. Some simple objects and perpendicular, horizontal and oblique lines and simple combibations of these lines.
Class 4 (Babies) Upright and lying down lines and simple combinations of these lines with chalk.
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Class 1 Girls to hem and boys to stitch on buttons. Boys and girls to knit.
Class 2 Hemming. Knitting pin drill.
Class 3 Needle threading and thimble drill with rhymes and songs. Position of work drill and putting in needle for a stitch.
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Five songs to be taught in each class. Some of these are to be action songs. The songs selected are to be connected with some of the other lessons as far as possible and all are to be bright and tuneful. Kindergarten and marching songs. The Sol-fa scale and intervals and the application of these to the staff notation. Modulator and staff exercises. Hand signs.
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Four simple poems to be taught in each class. These are in connection with the Object lessons or with a picture storyand are as follows:-
Class 1 1. The small seed.
2. The story of a leaf.
3. The fly.
4. The Policeman.
Class 2 1. The bees in the clover.
2. The Crocus.
3. Jack Frost.
4. The black sheep.
Class 3 1. The snowdrop.
2. The clever sheep dog.
3. Ten little servants.
4. The violet.
Class 4 (Babies) 1. When the bees come.
2. Little Boy Blue.
3. Jack and Jill.
4. My kitten.
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Class 1 Mat weaving, paper folding, clay modelling, Brush drawing, kindergarten games.
Class 2 Mat weaving, paper folding, clay modelling, Building with gifdt 4, kindergarten games.
Class 3 Paper folding for balls, bead threading, Building with gift 3, stick laying with stories, kindergarten games.
Class 4 (Babies) Actions with gift 1, rainbow lath, Building with gift 3, stick laying with stories, kindergarten games.
Some of the kindergarten occupations to be done daily by each class, and they are arranged to assist the other lessons.
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Object and Conversational Lessons
All classes are to have one lesson daily. They will be suited to the time of year and will be taken from the detailed lists given below. Some of the Conversational lessons are to be on form and colour.
The first class will have the following Picture stories and Conversation lesson on English History.
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1. Ancient British Life.
2. Caractacus before the Emperor Claudius.
3. Alfred and his book.
4. King Alfred and the cakes.
5. King Alfred and the Danes.
6. Canute and the sea.
7. The Battle of Hastings.
8. The Spanish Armada.
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Object Lessons
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1. General appearance of nature in spring.
2. Germinating seeds and what they become.
3. Plants – their parts.
4. Spring flowers:- Buttercup, daisy and primrose.
5. Birds and their nests.
6. The snail.
7. The sheep and its wool.
8. The cow and its milk.
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9. General appearance of nature in Summer.
10. Grass and hay making.
11. The Railway.
12. The seaside.
13. The fly.
14. The bee and its honey.
15. The butterfly.
16. The hen and an egg.
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17. General appearance of nature in Autumn.
18. A corn field and corn.
19. The trees in Autumn.
20. Fruit in Autumn.
21. Nuts in Autumn.
22. The Herring.
23. The fisherman.
24. The horse and leather.
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25. General appearance of nature in Winter.
26. Snow and ice.
27. Trees in Winter.
28. The dog.
29. The cat.
30. Coal and its uses.
31. Iron and its uses.
32. The street lamps – a lamp post.
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Form
1. Straight, bent and crooked lines.
2. Curved and parallel lines.
3. Squares and oblongs.
4. Cubes and bricks.
5. Angles and lines.
6. Triangles.
7. The circle.
8. The ball.
9. The cylinder.
10. Round shapes compared.
11. Ovals.
12. Ovals and circles compare
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Colour
1. Red and yellow.
2. Blue and green.
3. Green and its composition.
4. Orange and its composition.
5. Violet and its composition.
6. Black and white.
7. Greys.
8. Browns.
9. Light and dark colours.
10. Colours connected with objects.
11. Colours connected with flowers.
12. Colours of rainbow.
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Arm and foot exercises as specifid in the code.
Dumb bell drill in class 1 and 2.
Lash drill for Babies, marching, games, breathing exercises.
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A case of scarlet fever was notified today viz:- Alice Litchfield which also keeps her brother harry away also.
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The attendance has not been nearly so good this week as last. Several children have had bad colds.
Average for week 139.9. Percentage 90.2. Percentage over 5 – 93.5; percentage under 5 – 86.4.
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A half holiday was announced for this afternoon because of the Park Road Wesleyan Sunday School tea treat.
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The Head Teacher will be absent by permission from 9.30 and the school will be in charge of Miss Knott.
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The attendance is very poor indeed this week. I have made enquiries and find that many are absent with bad colds and influenza. The second class has the lowest attendance and is the most affected, for with 45 children on books only 30 are present. Another case of scarlet fever has also been announced viz:- Reginald Vine.
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The attendance has been very low throughout the week. Many children have bad colds or influenza and 3 are absent with scarlet fever.
Average for week 129.7. Percentage 83.7. Percentage over 5 - 88.3; percentage under 5 – 78.6.
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A holiday was announced for this afternoon for the Mission Sunday School tea treat.
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The attendance has been rather better this week, but there are still several absent with bad coldsor influenza and three are away because of scarlet fever.
Average for week 135. Percentage 87.6. Percentage over 5 – 91.1; percentage under 5 – 83.6.
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Miss Ivy Morris has failed at the recent Scholarship Examination.
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The Head Teacher will be absent today by permission of the Managers in order to attend one of the LLA Examinations in Bedford, and the school will be in charge of Miss Knott.
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We broke up this morning for the Whitsun holiday and commence again on June 11th.
Average for week 133. Percentage 87. Percentage over 5 – 89.5; percentage under 5 – 83.5.
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We commenced school this morning after the Whitsun holiday. I admitted six new children.
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Several children are absent from various causes. Baden Driver broke his arm during the holiday. Three children are still absent through scarlet fever and Clara Griffin and Nelly Alderman are absent with influenza.
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The attendance has been better this week thyan it was before the holiday.
Average form week 139.7. Percentage 90.1. Percentage over 5 – 89.2; percentage under 5 – 91.1. The children under 5 have attended better than yhose over 5 this week.
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I commenced the bi-monthly examination of the classes today.
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It was very wet indeed this morning and only 103 children were present.
Average for week 137.2. Percentage 88.5. Percentage over 5 – 91.1; percentage under – 5 85.5.
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Alice and Harry Litchfield returned to school today after being absent seven weeks through scarlet fever.
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I have been holding the bi-monthly examinations of the classes and report on the work as follows:-
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Class 1 The whole of the work of this class is making satisfactory progress. A good start has been made with Brush work. The teacher is energetic and the lessons are intelligently given.
Class 2 A fairly good start has been made with most of the work. Arithmetic and tables are rather weak, and would probably improve with more demonstration. Writing and Reading are making steady progress.
Class 3 The work of this class is making steady progress in all of the subjects and the new work has been well commenced especially the writing on paper.
Class 4 (Babies) A good start has been made with the work of this class, by the children who have attended all the term, but there are several who were not in attendance until after Whitsun.
The discipline of all the classes is good, and the children are interested in their work. Classes 2 and 3 are difficult ones as they are very full and one class looks into the other, with no means of separating them, so that it is very hard to keep each class wholly on its own lessons. Reading and Recitation are especially difficult under these conditions.
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Frederick brown and Hector Childs were playing truant this morning and on making enquiries I find that a boy from the Mixed Department took them away with him up Wymington Road.
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The attendance has been better this week than last, and the children under 5 have attended better than those over 5.
Average for week 144.2. Percentage 91.8. Percentage over 5 – 91.0; percentage under 5 – 92.7.
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I admitted two new children this morning. A half holiday was announced for this afternoon for the Sunday School Tea Treats of the Park Road baptist and the Primitive Methodist Chapels.
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The attendance has been about the same this week as last – the under fives have attended better than the over fives.
Average for week 144.7. Percentage 91.0. percentage over 5 – 90.4; percentage under 5 – 91.7.
Miss Knott has gained a first in Physiography.
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Several children are still absent through various illnesses. William ichardson has been away a month with ringworm and is still absent. Mabel Dawson is attending Northampton Infirmary for ricketts and and has been away a fortnight for that purpose. Nelly Alderman has been away five weeks with sores and is still unfit to attend. Frederick Willmott has influenza and Edna Mason has been absent a fortnight with measles. Ida Crain is laid up with rheumatism and Clara Griffin is unfit to come to school.
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A half holiday was announced for this afternoon on account of the Church Sunday School Tea Treat.
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The attendance has not been so good this wek as last. There are several cases of sickness.
Average for week 141.5. Percentage 89.0. Percentage over 5 – 90.0; percentage under 5 – 87.7.
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The Head Teacher has gained the Comparative Religious Certificate of St Andrew’s University – the result of the examination held in May last.
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Visited the school and tested the registers which were correct. Also presented the attendance certificates.
A Kitchin
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The attendance has not been very good this week.
Average for week 142.1. Percentage 89.3. Percentage over 5 – 91.1; percentage under 5 – 87.3.
We broke up this morning for the summer holiday – Four weeks, and commence school again on 3rd September.
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We commenced duties this morning aftyer the summer holiday. All the staff werev present with the exception of Miss Ivy Morris and no reason has been given for her absence. I admitted eight new children and the number present was 156.
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Miss Ivy Morris returned to duties this morning having got back from the holidays yesterday.
The Head Teacher has gained the Botany and Blackboard Drawing certificates of the Science and Art Dept from the examinations held in May last.
A letter of sympathy was sent from the teachers of this Department to Mrs Vann on the death of Mr Vann who was for many years Head master of the Mixed Dept.
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We commenced school at 1.40 this afternoon instead of 2 and are dismissing at 3.40 instead of 4.5 so as to allow the teachers to attend the funeral of Mr Vann which takes place at 4pm at Higham ferrers.
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Visited this school.
Davis F Gotch
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The attendance has been good this week.
Average for week 158.3. Percentage 92.0. Percentage over 5 – 91.3; percentage under 5 – 92.8.
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The attendance is very good this afternoon, 169 children being present out of 172 on books, and two of the absentees have been away some time with sores.
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The attendance has been good throughout the week.
Average for week 163.5. Percentage 94.5. Percentage over 5 – 95.1; percentage under 5 – 93.8.
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Archdeacon Kitchin visited the school this afternoon and brought the result of the Pupil Teachers’ Scripture examination held in June last. Ivy C Morris has passed in the second class and thus completes the examination for the Diocesan certificate which she will receive in due course.
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The attendance has not been quite so good this week as last.
Average for week 159.5. Percentage 92.1. Percentage over 5 – 93.2; percentage under 5 – 91.0.
Two days holiday was announced for the Feast. We commence school again on Wednesday September 26th.
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We commenced school this morning after the Feast holiday, but the attendance was not very good, only 149 being present.
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The attendance is better today, 161 children being present. I sent notes of enquiry round to the absentees yesterday.
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The under 5 children have attended better than the over 5 this week.
Average for week 157.5. Percentage 91.0. Percentage over 5 – 90.5; percentage under 5 – 91.6.
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I have been holding the bi-monthly examinations of all the classes and report on the work as follows:-
Class 1 The work of this class is making satisfactory progress in all subjects. The teacher is painstaking and careful in the preparation of the lessons, and the children are interested in their work.
Class 2 This class appears weak in Reading and Arithmetic and I have pointed these out to the teacher so that special attention may be given to these subjects in the future. The other subjects are all making good progress.
Class 3 The work of this class is making steady progress in all subjects. The teacher is painstaking and the children are interested in their work.
Class 4 (Babies) The work of this class is on the whole making good progress. There are several new-comers who have been admitted since the summer holiday, but all have been encouraged and make creditable efforts. The sounds of letters should show improvement and the Object Lessons might be made rather more interesting.
The discipline of all the classes is good and the children all appear interested in their work.
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Arthur Bailey happened of an accident at home and broke his arm, so is unable to come to school.
The teachers sent a parcel of work for the bazaar at Northampton this month for the Benevolent and Orphan Fund of the NUJ.
The attendance of the over-five children has been very good this week; but the under-fives have not attended so well.
Average for week 162.8; Percentage 92.5. Percentage (over 5) 97; percentage (under 5) 87.
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It was very wet at school time this afternoon and so several of the Babies were absent.
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The attendance has been very similar to last week.
Average for week 162.2. Percentage 91.6. Percentage (over 5) 95.1; percentage (under 5) 87.3.
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Mr Mantle, the Attendance Officer, called this afternoon and told me to take Laurie Richardson and Ivy Cumley off the books.
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There has been a bad smell all day from the adjoining farmyard.
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The attendance has not been quite so good this week as last. Several of the children have colds.
Average for week 161.0. percentage 91.0. Percentage (over 5) 93.9; percentage (under 5) 87.2.
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A half holiday was announced fro this afternoon on account of the bazaar at Northampton in aid of the Orphan Fund of the NUJ.
Visit 26 October 1906. G Jenkins.
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The attendance has been rather better this week than last.
Average for week 164.6. Percentage 93.0. Percentage (over 5) 93.9; percentage (under 5) 91.8. Average (over 5)m 93; average (under 5) 71.6.
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Elsie Darnell is absent through sores on the face and hands and Wilfred Myers is absent through burns caused falling on the fire when at home on Saturday.
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Reginald Vine is absent this morning through being knocked down with a bicycle as he was coming to school.
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The attendance has not been so good this week as last, several children are absent through illness.
Average for week 163.7. Percentage 92.4. Percentage (over 5) 96.2; percentage (under 5) 87.5.
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The returns for the last quarter, ended on November 2nd, show an average of 159.7 and a percentage of 91.9 for the quarter.
Only 154 children were present this morning and on making enquiries I find that most of the absentees are away with bad colds. 158 children were present this afternoon.
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Owing to the rainy, stormy weather the attendance has been very low today. 138 children were present in the morning, but only 137 were present in the afternoon, as it rained very hard during the dinner hour.
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Owing to the bad weather at the end of the week, and to several children having bad colds, there has been a considerable decrease in the attendance.
Average for week 149.5. Percentage 83.9. Percentage (over 5) 91.5; percentage (under 5) 73.8.
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It was very wet this afternoon and so several of the babies were absent. The attendance on the whole has been much better this week than last. Several children who have been absent with colds and other ailments have been attending again this week.
Average for week 161.9. Percentage 91. Percentage (over 5) 93.6; percentage (under 5) 87.2.
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Sylvia Tunn is absent with whooping cough.
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There was a bad smell in the Babies’ room arusing from the adjoining farm yard.
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Mr Mantle, the Attendance Officer, called this morning.
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The attendance has not been very good this week. Several of the children have bad colds and coughs.
Average for week 157.6. Percentage 88.5. Percentage (over 5) 89.9; percentage (under 5) 87.0.
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Nelly and Alfred Alderman are absent with croup.
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The attendance has been very low today. 10 children from the second class were absent and 21 from the Babies class. The cause of absence is bad colds and coughs, in most cases.
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Visited.
G Shaw
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The attendance throughout the week has been very low, especially with the children who are under five. Most of them have bad colds.
Average for week 144.8. Percentage 80.8. Percentage (over 5) 90.2; percentage (under 5) 68.1.
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There are still many children absent with bad colds and coughs. Alice and harry litchfield are absent with croup, and Ruby Busby is absent with sores. Only 138 children were present this morning.
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William Richardson returned to school this morning after a long absence with sores. At the commencement of the school year he was away a long time with ringworms and consequently has only attended 11 weeks out of a possible 30. As he is very backward I have put him down into the third class.
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I have been holding the bi-monthly examination of all the classes and report on the work as follows:-
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Class 1 all the work of this class continues to make satisfactory progress. The teacher is diligent and painstaking and the lessons a intelligently given.
Class 2 The Reading of this class has improved but phrasing of sentences still requires some attention. The children speak out better in their Recitation and Writing is well done. Number is still weak and Conversational Lessons are not made sufficiently interesting and useful.
Class 3 All the work of this class is making satisfactory progress, with the exception of Number which is rather weak. The teacher is painstaking and the children are interested in their work.
Class 4 (Babies) The knowledge of sound values has improved and a good start has been made with simple word building. The Object Lessons are still rather weak but all the other subjects appear to be making steady progress. Several children from this class have been absent during the two past weeks with bad colds and coughs.
The discipline is good in each of the classes and the children appear interested and diligent in their work.
The classes in the top room are large and very near together with no means of separating them, so that is difficult to keep the attention of each class wholly on its own work. Reading and Recitation lessons are specially difficult under these conditions. Proper sitting room is often difficult in the Second class.
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The attendance has been fairly good with children over five, but very low with the children under five, especially among the girls.
Average for week 140.7. Percentage 79.4. Percentage (over 5) 88.2; percentage (under 5) 67.0.
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Ivy Rose is absent because there is measles in the family.
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I sent herbert green home this morning because he was very sick.
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Miss Ivy Morris will be absent today and tomorrow in order to attend the Examination for the first part of the Preliminary Certificate at Kettering.
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It was a very rough and snowy morning and only 129 children were present. There has been a poor attendance throughout the week on account of many of the children having bad colds and coughs and 5 have been absent with croup.
Average for the week 144.2. Percentage 82.0. Percentage (over 5) 82.0; percentage (under 5) 73.8.
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The attendance is better this week than last. 157 children were present this afternoon.
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Two children are absent today with blister pox.
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The attendance has been better this week than last.
Average for week 153.4. Percentage 87.1. Percentage (over 5) 89.3; percentage (under 5) 84.0.
We broke up this morning for the Christmas holiday. We had a Christmas tree for thje Babies and distributed the toys from it before they were dismissed. The other classes were also presented with cards and toys before going home.
We commence schoola gain on January 7th 1907.
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We commencec school this morning after the Christmas holiday. The attendance was very poor this morning, only 142 children being present, and on enquiring this midday I find that 7 are absent with the measles, 2 with mumps and 1 with eczema. The other absentees have bad colds and 1 has whooping cough.
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Another case of measles was notified this morning.
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The attendance has been low throughout the week owing to measles and other sickness.
Average for week 145.4. Percentage 82.1. Percentage (over 5) 84.5; percentage (under 5) 78.2.
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The attendance is still low – only 144 are present this morning. There are 10 cases of measles, 3 cases of mumps and several children have bad colds.
Miss Ivy Morris is absent with influenza.
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Miss Hilda Campuion is absent this afternoon by permission of the Managers, to attend a wedding at Wellingborough.
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The attendance on the whole has been rather better this week, and no new cases of measles have been reported.
Average for week 147.9. Percentage 83.5. Percentage (over 5) 85.0; percentage (under 5) 81.
Miss Ivy Morris has been absent from duties all the week with influenza
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The attendance was very low yhis morning, only 127 children being present. It was a very damp and foggy morning. One new case of mumps has been reported, and one child, Doris Willis, met with an accident on Saturday which will prevent her from attending this week.
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It was finer and brighter this afternoon and 140 children were present.
Miss Ivy Morris returned to duties today.
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It has been intensely cold today and attendance has been very low indeed. Only 118 children were present this morning and only 116 this afternoon.
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Visited the school and checked the registers which were correct.
A Kitchin
Owing to the intense cold and the sickness among the children, the ttendance has been very low indeed throughout the week.
Average for week 120.9. Percentage 67.9. Percentage (over 5) 71.7; percentage (under 5) 61.6.
The average and the percentage are the lowest of the present school year.
Received the date of the Diocesan Examination which is to take place on February 12th.
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The attendance is very low this morning, only 124 children being present. Six new cases of measles were notified. This afternoon the Sanitary Inspector called to make enquiries about the cases of measles and the number absent through them.
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The attendance has been very low through out the week, although on the whole rather better than last week. Fifteen new cases of measles have been notified since Monday.
Average for week 125.0. Percentage 70.6. percentage (over 5) 74.5; percentage (under 5) 63.3.
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The attendance has been very low both this morning and afternoon – only 110 children being present. It has been very cold and snowy.
Three new cases of measles have been notified today. Reginald Dickens died of measles.
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Four new cases of measles have been notified this morning.
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The attendance has been very low throughout the week and twelve new cases of measles have been notified this week. 23 boys and 26 girls have not been in attendance at all this week.
Average for week 108.8. Percentage 62.1. percentage (over 5) 64.5; percentage (under 5) 58.1.
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The attendance has been very low all day, 104 children were present this morning and only 102 this afternoon. Ten new cases of measles have been notified today.
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The Diocesan Examination took place this morning. 95 children were present but the registers were not marked. The remainder of the day was given for a holiday. It was a very wet day.
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It is a very wet morning and only 87 children are present. Measles are spreading rapidly and the children are falling with them daily. During the last three days 32 new cases of measles have been notified. Mr Mantle, the Attendance Officer, called and took particulars of the children who are absent.
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Miss Ivy Morris heard this morning that she has passed the first part of the Preliminary Certificate examination held in december last.
I have acquainted the Managers of the very small attendance owing to measles. Only 89 children are present this morning.
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The attendance has been very low indeed throughout the week and new cases of measles have been notified daily.
Averag for week 90.3. Percentage 51.6. Percentage (over 5) 53; percentage (under 5) 49.4.
The second class is most affected by the measles, with 44 on the books only 14 have been present today.
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The following is a copy of a letter received from Mr Mason, Rushden, 16th Feb 1907.
Dear Miss Taylor
The Medical Officer has written advising the closing of your school for a month. The Managers will probably not give instructions for the closing for this definite period but please do not re-open the schools again until you receive further instructions.
Yours truly
G S Mason
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The children who were present, 74 in number were dismissed until further instructions are received about re-opening.
G Jenkins
18 March 1907
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We re-opened scholl this morning after being closed a month for measles. During the time of being closed, all the assistant teachers were sent to assist in other schools in the County; but all of them returned to duties here this morning. The attendance was very much better than before we closed, but the re are still children from three families that are absent for measles. 151 children were present this morning and 160 this afternoon.
It was impossible to hold the examination of all the classes at the time appointed in the syllabus owing to the closing for measles. The work of the school year as specified in the approved scheme was practically covered by the work of the syllabus made out to 14th February, when the last examination should have been held, and the time succeeding that was intended for a general revision of what had been done, but owing to the exceptional circumstances each class is going over the work of the syllabus made out up to February 14th instead of making out new revision syllabuses.
Two children have died during the recent epidemic of measles viz:- Reginald Dickens from the second class and Maggie Thorpe from the Babies’ class. I have admitted six new children today.
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The following is a copy of the Report from the Diocesan Examination which was held on Feb 12th
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The venerable J J Cockin reports:-
“This school is suffering by an epidemic of measles in the town and only about half the children were present. The answering was on the whole intelligent and general, and the singing in the two upper groups was praise-worthy. In spite of the large number of absentees the school did a creditable examination.”
Signed: W W Dennett
Diocesan Inspector
Endorsement of the Head Teacher’s parchment is as follows:-
The school was examined during an epidemic of measles, but passed a very creditable examination.”
Signed: W W Dennett
Diocesan Inspector
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The attendance has been fairly good throughout the week.
Average for week 158.9. Percentage 86. Percentage (over 5) 87; percxentage (under 5) 84.
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The first class girls finished hemming their handkerchiefs, dusters etc. today.
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The attendance has been fairly good all the week.
Average for week 158.0. Percentage 85.7. Percntage (over 5) 87.3; percentage (under 5) 83.2.
We broke up this morning for the Easter holiday. I admitted two children who have returned to this district again. I also admitted two new children. The attendance was good – 169 being present.
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Miss Ivy Morris is absent from school to attend the second part of the Preliminary Certificate Examination at Kettering.
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Visited the school Apr 10/07 checked registers and found correct.
G Miller
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Three children have left during the week – two having gone to live at Kettering, and one to live at Oxford.
The attendance has been better this week than before the Easter holiday.
Average for week 170.6. Percentage 92.6. Percentage (over 5) 98.4; percentage (under 5) 88.4.
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The examination of the work for the term ending February 14th could not be held then owing to the epidemic of measles for which the school was closed a month.
I have been examining all the classes this week and find that the work has been making steady progress since the re-opening. Although the loss of the month’s work is apparent, especially in the second class which was more affected by the measles, but the teachers and children have been working well and trying to make up for the lost time.
The following is the rport of each class:-
Class 1 All the work of this class is making satisfactory progress. The Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and general intelligence of the children are very good. The teacher is earnest and dilligent in her work and the lessons are intelligently given.
Class 2 This classes suffered more than the other classes in the recent epidemic, but the work is picking up again and is on the whole making satisfactory progress. The faults noted last time have been improved.
Class 3 All the work of this class is making steady progress. Number is still rather weak but shows improvement since last time. The teacher is painstaking and all the children appear interested in their work.
Class 4 Most of the work of this class has been making satisfactory progress. Object and Conversational lessons have improved but Recitation is weak. Several children in this class have been recently admitted.
The discipline in each of the classes is satisfactory and the children are diligent and interested in their work.
The classes in the top room are large and very close together with no means of separating them so that it is difficult to keep the attention of each class wholly on its own work. Reading and Recitation lessons are specially difficult under these conditions.
The attendance has been satisfactory this week.
Average for week 168.9. Percentage 92.3. Percentage (over 5) 95.1; percentage (under 5) 87.7.
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The new registers for the coming school year were signed today.
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The attendance has been very similar to that of last week.
Average for week 168.5. Percentage 92.1. Percentage (over 5) 95.5; percentage (under 5) 86.5.
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The children to be transferred to the Mixed department were moved there this afternoon, and the other children have been moved into their respective classes ready for the work of the coming school year.
47 children have been drafted to the Mixed department.
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We began with new registers and new work according to the scheme drawn up for the year ending 30th April 1908.
I admitted three new children and there are now 140 on the books.
The classes are arranged as follows:-
Class 1 in first room under Miss Knott (C).
Class 2 in top room under Miss Campion (U).
Class 3 in top room under Miss Ginns (S).
Class 4 (Babies) in Babies’ room under Miss Hill (U).
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The returns for the year ending 30th April show the following:-
Average for year 148.
Percentage 86.3.
These both show a decrease when compared with last year and may be accounted for by the long spell of measles for which we had to close a month.
During the past year three children have attended every time viz:- Thomas Myers, William Brown and Frederick Sharpe. This makes the third year that Thomas Myers has attended every time during the year. Bertie Ingram and Frederick Bayes have only missed once during the year, and Hector Childs, Lily Wrighton, Nelly Wesley and Arthur Brown have only missed twice.
Average for week 131.5. Percentage 94. Percentage (over 5) 95.6; percentage (under 5) 92.2.
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I have sent a copy of the Schemes of Work for the present year to Mr Cartwright HMI, and one to the County Office today.
I have admitted seven new children today. Harry Litchfield is absent through being run over by a bicycle.
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The attendance has been fairly good this week.
Average for week 137.3. Percentage 92.7. Percentage (over 5) 95.4; percentage (under 5) 90.2.
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A holiday was announced this afternoon for the Mission Sunday Scool tea treat.
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It has rained heavily all day.
Only 97 children were present this morning, and as the brook in front was rapidly rising, and the roas was covered with water, they were dismissed early. The drains were attended to, and the water had gone down before the afternoon, but as it was stull raining heavily only 102 children were present. It rained through the roof in the Babies’ room in two places and made pools of water on the floor.
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Owing to the wet weather the attendance has not been so good this week.
Average for week 125. Percentage 84.4. percentage (over 5) 87.3; percentage (under 5) 84.4.
We broke up this morning for the Whitsun holiday and re-open on May 27th.
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We commenced school this morning after the Whitsun holiday. I admitted two new children.
William Johnson is absent with a broken arm – the result of an accident during the holiday.
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The Head teacher will be absent tomorrow by permission of the managers in order to attend one of the LLA examinations in Bedford, and the school will be in charge of Miss Knott.
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The attendance has been better this week than before the holiday.
Average for the week 139. Percentage 92.6. Percentage (over 5) 93.2; percentage (under 5) 92.
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Constance bayes had an accident last night and broke her arm which prevents her from being at school.
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The attendance has been rather better this week than last and the children under 5 have attended better than those over 5.
Average for the week 141.9. Percentage 94. Percentage (over 5) 92.8; percentage (under 5) 95.2.
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Miss Hilda Campion is absent from duties today owing to illness and a bad throat.
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A letter was received by the Correspondent this morning asking for arrangements to be made for sparing Miss Knott to go and take temporary duties for one month at Kings Cliff.
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Miss H Campion has been absent from duties all the week through illness.
The attendance has not been so good this week as last owing to colds and sickness among the children.
Average for week 139. Percentage 90.2. Percentage (over 5) 92.7; percentage (under 5) 87.5.
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Miss Campion returned to duties this morning after being absent a week through illness.
No further information has been received about Miss Knott going to take duties at Kings Cliff.
A half holiday was announced for this afternoon because of the Sunday School tea treat of the Congregational Church.
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Annie Furniss is absent with bad eyes, and the doctor advises a month’s absence.
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Visited the school and checked the registers which were correct.
A Kitchin
I received a medical certificate this morning saying that Doris Tassell is unable to attend school.
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The County Committee require Miss Ivy Morris to go and assist at the Newton Road Infants School during the temporary absence of one of the teachers from that school. She has gone to commence duties there this morning.
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The following dates are to be announced as half holidays for the various Sunday School tea treats viz:-
Monday afternoon June 24th.
Monday afternoon July 1st.
Thursday afternoon July 11th.
Monday afternoon July 15th.
The Summer Holiday is to be from 2nd August at noon to 2nd September.
The attendance has been about the same as last week.
Average for week 139.6. Percentage 90.1. Percentage (over 5) 93.3; percentage (under 5) 86.6.
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A half holiday was announced this afternoon for the Sunday School tea treat of the Independent Wesleyans.
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Harold Smith and Florence bass are absent from school with ringworm.
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Summary of Schemes of Work for the Year ending 30th April 1908
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Class 1 Word building, constructing and reading sentences from the words built; two Readers and two story books to be read through.
Class 2 Word building, constructing and reading short sentences from the words built; two Primers and one story book to be read through.
Class 3 Word building consisting of words of three or four letters, constructing and reading short sentences from the words built; reading sheets to be read.
Babies To know the sounds of all letters and to easily recognise small and capital letters. To build and name words of two and three letters.
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Class 1 To write simple sentences in exercise books with lead pencils and to write their own names and Rushden from memory.
Class 2 All small and capital letters and combinations of letters into easy words in exercise books with lead pencils.
Class 3 All small letters on paper with lead pencils.
Babies The elements of letters and seven of the easiest of the small letters with chalk.
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Class 1 The composition of numbers up to 20. Notation up to 100. Tables to number 36.
Class 2 The composition of numbers up to 14. Notation up to 20. Tables to number 30.
Class 3 The composition of numbers up to 10. All figures and their values to be known. All figures to be written. Tables to number 24.
Babies To count as far as 20. To know and recognise figures and their values up to 6. To know and recognise numbers of objects up to 6. Tables to number 10.
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Class 1 Free Arm drawing on boards. Objects to be drawn in connection with the Object Lessons as far as possible. Simple Brush drawing with water colours.
Class 2 Free Arm darwing on Boards in connection with the Object and Conversation Lessons as far as possible.
Class 3 Free Arm drawing on boards. Perpendicular, horizontal and oblique lines, and simple objects made with combinations of these lines.
Babies Upright and lying down lines and simple combinations of these lines with chalk.
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Class 1 Girls to hem and boys to stitch on buttons. Boys and girls to knit.
Class 2 Hemming. Knitting pin drill.
Class 3 Needle threading and thimble drill with rhymes and songs. Position of work drill and putting in needle for a stitch.
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Five songs to be taught in each class. Some of these are to be action songs. The songs selected are to be connected with some of the other lessons as far as possible, and all are to be bright and tuneful.
Kindergarten and marching songs to be taught. The sol fa scale and intervals to be taught from the Modulator and with hand-signs.
In Class 1 the sol fa scale and intervals are to be applied to the staff notation.
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Four simple poems to be taught in each class. These are in connection with the Object Lessons or with a picture story and are as follows:-
Class 1 1. The Small Sedd.
2. The Bees in the clover.
3. december.
4. The Policeman.
Class 2 1. The Crocus.
2. The Black Sheep.
3. November.
4. Jack Frost.
Class 3 1. The Snow Drop.
2. The Bird’s nest.
3. The Clever Sheep Dog.
4. Hurrah for the Postman.
Class 4 1. Jack and Jill.
(Babies) 2. My Kitten.
3. My Playmates.
4. When the bees come.
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Class 1 Mat weaving; Paper folding; Clay modelling; Brush drawing; Kindergarten games.
Class 2 Mat weaving; Paper folding; Clay modelling; Building with Gift 4; Kindergarten games.
Class 3 Paper folding in balls; Bead threading; Building with gift 3; Stick laying with stories; Kindergarten games.
Class 4 Gift 1; Building with gift 3; Stick laying with stories; Rainbow laths;
(Babies)Kindergarten games.
Some of the Kindergarten occupations are to be done daily by each class, and they are arranged to assist the other lessons.
Object and Conversational Lessons
Each class to have one lesson daily. They will be suited to the time of year and will be taken from the detailed list given below. Some of the Conversational Lessons are to be on Form and Colour.
The first class will have the following Picture Stories and Conversation Lessons on English history.
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1. Ancient British Life.
2. Caractacus before the Emperor Claudius.
3. Alfred and his Book.
4. King Alfred and the cakes.
5. King Alfred and the Danes.
6. The Battle of Hastings.
7. The Spanish Armamda.
8. The Battle of Trafalgar and death of Nelson.
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Object lessons
1. General appearance of nature in spring.
2. Germinating seeds and what they become.
3. Plants – their parts.
4. Spring flowers – Buttercup, Daisy and primrose.
5. Birds and their nests.
6. The Snail.
7. The sheep and its wool.
8. The cow and its milk.
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9. General appearance of nature in summer.
10. Grass and haymaking.
11. The Railway.
12. Rhe seaside.
13. Birds that swim.
14. The bee and its honey.
15. The butterfly.
16. The hen and an egg.
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17. General appearance of nature in Autumn.
18. A cornfield and corn.
19. The trees in autumn.
20. Fruit in autumn.
21. Nuts in autumn.
22. The herring.
23. The fisherman.
24. The horse and leather.
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25. General appearance of nature in winter.
26. Snow and ice.
27. Trees in winter.
28. The dog.
29. The cat.
30. Coal and its uses.
31. Iron and its uses.
32. The street lamps – a lamp post.
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Form Colours
1. Straight, bent and crooked lines. 1. Red and Yellow.
2. Curved and parallel lines. 2. Blue and green.
3. Squares and oblongs. 3. Green and its composition.
4. Cubes and bricks. 4. Orange and its composition.
5. Angles and lines. 5. Violet and its composition.
6. Triangles. 6. Black and white.
7. The circle. 7. Greys.
8. The ball. 8. Browns.
9. The cylinder 9. Light and dark colours.
10. Round shapes compared. 10. Colours connected with objects.
11. Ovals. 11. Colours connected with flowers.
12. Ovals and circles compared. 12. Colours of rainbow.
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Arm and foot exerises with music as specified in the Code.
Dumb bell drill for class 1 and 2.
Games, marching, breathing exercises.
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Connection of the Occupations
This is taken by the first, second and third classes. It gives expression to some of the Object and Converstional Lessons, and helps the lessons on Form and Colour. It also indirectly aids the Number lessons, and trains the hands and eyes.
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This is taken by the first and second classes. It aids the lessons on Form and Colour, and through the patterns taught gives an idea of symmetry and pattern-making by means of weaving. It also indirectly aids the Number lessons and deveops the muscles of the hands.
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This is taken by the first and second classes. It gives expression to some of the Object and Conversational Lessons, and draws out the childrens’ own idea of things. It develops the muscles of the hand and trains the eyes.
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This is taken by the babies. It gives exercise to the eyes in distinguishing colours and trains and develops the muscles of the hands and arms. It also indirectly aids the Number lessons.
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This is taken by the third class and the Babies. It gives expression to some of th Object lessons and it also aids the Number lessons and the lessons on Form. It indirectly aids the Reading lessons by forming some of the letters with the cubes. It teaches how to handle and move the cubes about, and so trains and strengthens the muscles of the hands.
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This is taken by the second class. It gives expression to some of the Object Lessons, and aids the lessons on Form and also the Number lessons.
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This is taken by the second third and Babies’ classes. It is taken with stories and gives expression to the Object and Conversational Lessons. It aids the Number lessons by counting the number of sticks used for the various objects, and it helps the Reading by forming letters and combining them into words. It trains the hands and eyes and develops and trains the memory and intellect.
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This is taken by the third class. It assists the lessons on Form and Colour and aids the Number lessons by counting the number of beads threaded. It also indirectly aids the Reading lessons by threading them into letters and forming them into words. It also gives ease in using the fingers and develops the muscles of the hands.
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These are taken by all the classes. They are chosen so as to give emphasis to some of the Object and Conversational lessons. They encourage and stimulate the childrens’ natural love of activity and movement and give exercise to all the muscles of the body, at the same time they give knowledge and increase the intelligence. They also help to form the moral character by teaching the children to be kind and considerate towards each other.
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Four easy poems are to be taught to each class. These are selected so as to illustrate and emphasise the Object and Conversational lessons. They train the memory and exercise the voice and lungs.
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Five songs are to be taught in each class. They are connected with and give expression to the Occupations, Games, Object and Conversational lessons. They train the memory and exercise the ear, the voice and the lungs.
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Brush Drawing is taken by the first class and Free-arm Drawing by all the classes. It is taken to give expression to some of the Object and Conversational lessons. It also aids the lessons on Form by drawing perpendicular, horizontal, oblique and curved lines and joining these lines to make the outlines of objects. In the two lowest classes the drawing of letters indirectly assists the Reading. It also helps to develop the muscles of the hands and trains the eyes and the memory.
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Staff for coming Year
Miss E A Taylor Mistress (certificated)
Miss P A Knott Assistant (certificated)
Miss M Hill Assistant (uncertificated)
Miss H Campion Assistant (uncertificated)
Miss E Ginns Assistant (supplementary)
Mis I C Morris Pupil Teacher
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Miss Ivy Morris has been successful at the Preliminary Certificate Examination.
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I have commenced the bi-monthly examination of all the classes today.
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The attendance has not been quite so good this week as last owing to bad colds and sickness.
Average for week 137.1. Percentage 88.4. Percentage (over 5) 92.1; percentage (under 5) 84.3.
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I admitted two new children this morning. A half holiday was announced for this afternoon for the Sunday School tea treat of the Park Road Baptists.
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I have finished the examination of all the classes and report on the work as follows:-
Class 1 All the work of this class is making satisfactory progress and a good start has been made with Brush drawing. The teacher is energetic and the lessons have been intelligently given.
Class 2 A good start has been made in Reading from books and the Writing is making satisfactory progress. Figures are well made and their values known, but counting and tables are rather weak and would probably improve with more demonstaration. The other subjects are making steady progress.
Class 3 The new work of this class has been well commenced, especially the writing on paper and in between lines, and all the subjects appear to be making steady progress.
Class 4 (Babies) A good start has been made with the work in this class by the children who have attended all the term, but there are several who have been recently admitted.
The discipline of all the classes is good and the children are interested in their work. Classes 2 and 3 are difficult ones as they are near together with no means of separating them, so that it is hard to keep each class wholly on its own work.
Reading and Recitation are especially difficult under these conditions.
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The attendance has not been so good this week as last. Several children have bad colds and two are absent with ringworm.
Average for week 134.4. percentage 86.1. Percentage (over 5) 89.9; percentage (under 5) 81.8.
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The attendance was lower than any previous ,morning this week owing to the heavy rain.
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A half holiday was announced for this afternoon for the Church Sunday School tea treat.
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The attendance has been low throughout the week.
Average for week 134.7. percentage 85.8. Percentage (over 5) 87.4; percentage (under 5) 84.
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The Head Teacher was absent this morning through illness.
A half holiday was announced for this afternoon for the Baptists’ Sunday School tea treat.
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