SOUTH RAKAIA SCHOOL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2322, 7 January 1890, Page 3

SOUTH RAKAIA SCHOOL

The usual monthly meeting of the Committee wan held cm Monday evaulng. Present—Me>ars Oxloy, Llddy, Hardy (Chairman), aad Dor?llng. I Apologies <vere received from Messrs 0. Dlxon and Shannon foe unavoidable absence, The aab-commlttee repotted on matters tn the (school es pei reqaaat at tho last meeting. The school opened tbla morning) when the attendance was not np to expectation, balng only 135 oat of 206 on itae soil. Doting the holldaya the horizontal was broken. It was resolved to make onqatry ar. to how the damage was done, aud to apply to the Board for a new one. rlbe Board wrote a&klng for the Committee's 1 acoonnts and return of property. The total receipts were £570 18 a 2d. The expendltnre, £550 17s 7i, leaving a osedlt balance cf £19 18s 7d. Tne Chairman undertook to forward alt the papers required, Ace junts wece paised for pr^ment. The Inspector's report w«s read and dlsonisad, and waa considered ta improve- j ment on last year's report, and the Comrai,teo were pleaa9d to record the improvement', and congratulated the teaching staff on the same, and trust the same wil) ba continued. A resolution to thai effect, moved by Mi Oxiey, and seconded by Mr Llddy pas circled un*uimoasly, It was resolved to give the children a treat, and Messrs Hardy, Ox ey and Dowltng, wera appointed a fmb-oommittee to arrange date aud details. Tha following ia the tepost of the iQßpootor: —

Percentage of paesea—4B 02, Peroentege of failnteß— 22 40. ll—Cuss Subjects. Ill—Additional SubMarks (0 to 100) jects -Marks(o to 20) Repetition and reDrawing 25 oitation .. 10 Drill and Exeroise 19 Eiatory .. .. 50 Singing .. ..13 Needlework .. lo Geography ... 55 Subject matter of Elementary,soienoe reading lessons 12 objeotlesßonß, etc 40 Sxtra drawing .. •— Total t. 170 Additional marks 70

Percentage on eiasa 0 tbjo's—4'i!'6 Staff ahd Distribution. -St 6 and 4 W, Dlxon, maate.'. 8t 2, E. Larraman, 4th year pnpll teacher. St 3, Miss Beiton, a»sltt»nt mistress, St 1 and P, Miss R. Seymour, Infant mistress ; R. Bruc? 4h year pnptl teacher, Atkkaos ages of Pants in Standibds St 6; 14 year* 10 montbs ; St 5, 14 years j &t4,12 years, 2 mouths ; S 3, 12 ye*Tß,l month ;St 2, lOyeara, 5 months; S. 2, 8 jeara, 10 months. General Remibks.—Oonalderlng the want of continuity in work of Instruction consequent upon tbo obnDges of the staff dating the year, we mny tak^ tho results of the present examination sb satisfactory on tha whole. In the Infant department the children m*ke » good appearanca In counting, and they give evidence of a oarefal preparation in spelling, drawing snd writing. They are bsokwa'd Id readi g, and there la aoma weskness In discipline. The second standard olasa, ttnght for tha moet part by a pupil 1 teaober, nndir the dlreot Bcpetvielon of (be maetsr, makea a good record cf parses, bu 1; the qu*H'y of the work is not in nny particular sabjeot of striking merit. Tee class presented In standard 111 paieei a 1 fair examination on the whole. Attainments Id grammar and composition are dlotlnclly good and the oral answering generally of a considerable section of the olaea shows several psornialng elements of iutellgenoe. The meohanioftl part of the work (a In tbe mtin poor, the readings writing, and drawing being all more or less weak. In »U three upper classes on the other hand the mechanical work with the exception of spelling Is done with oommendable acouraoy, while the subjects which require the moet intellignt treatment thon^h very oredltably clone ia standard IV, show aigni of weakness In stacdarda V and VI. (signed) L. B Woop, MA. Inspector, No? 1889.

'▲SB 'OBJECTS. Standard olass. "a 2 04 a & U 3 "S. I H i*4 ra m I ____—! I S. 7 „ 6 „ 5 „ 4 ' » 3 „ 2 .» 1 P. 4 9 i 21 30 30 35 73 ~ - 1 1 2 2 5 4 9 3 5 2 4 16 20' 25 30 - ~ Total 202 I 4 1 28 ! 97