THE TINWALD SCHOOL REPORT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1532, 14 April 1887, Page 2

THE TINWALD SCHOOL REPORT.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,— Aa the report of the Tinwald School has appeared m the " Guardian," '_ will you oblige by inaerting the explanation forwarded to the Committee m reply ' to their enquiry at to the unsatisfactory • Datura of the report, i I am, etc., , George QrAßTanaiAiN, Headmaster Tinwald School. The Chairman, ' School Committee, Tinwald. Sib, — Jn compliance with your request, > I beg to Bubmit the following explana--1 tionß respecting the report furnished by . Mr Hogben:— On taking charge of the sohool m April last, th-3 pupil teacher ' expressed a wiah that he might be allowed 1 to take the work of the upper classes, 1 with tbe exception of aolence and einglng, h aa by bo doing he would get. more a practice m the subjects reqaired for hla f own examinations. Members of the c Committee 6xpreaaod the same opinion, 3 and no one raised the slightest objection. Having extmined eaoh olaßa m succes* 3 alou, I came to the conclusion tbat the 1 111 and II classes were the most back--3 ward and the most unruly. I therefore . decided to toka those claesea myself, and arranged the time-table so aa to give weekly lsßßnnß m Bcienca to Classes VI r V. IV, and 111, and m einsjing to Classes , VI, V, IV, 111, and H. The pupil 1 teacher waa present during the science ! lesaon, and waa thui able to revise the 3 work of the classes m his charge, and to teat them at the examination. The children m the 111 Class were not given r an opportunity of showing what tuey had r learned from the science lesßons, O.i 3 referring to laßt year's report, I found that the 111 Clasß waa weak m geography i and arithmetic, and tbat the reading was given bo hurriedly as to oauße frequent ' blundering. I therefore gave special I attention to these subjects, but failed to E raise them to a fair standard, with the , exception of geography. The fallnre m ! these, and m some other sulj;ota la due, m a great measure, to the irregularity on the part of the children, many of them having been absent from fifty to two hundred times aa shown by the enclosed , liat. The failure In writing, however, isdue to a higher standard being required this year than formerly.' As regards the failure of the I( Class, I must say that this olasa never had the slightest chance, owing to irregnlar attendance. Out of the ten presented for Standard 11, but one had attended more than two-thirds of thepoaaible number of times, whila six attended leas than twothird s, and three Uss than half. Yours respectfully, George QcJAKTfIRMAiN:, Headmaster Tinwald Sohool,