FIRST LESSONS FOR UPPER FORMS OF HIGH SCHOOL OUT

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 22, 17 February 1948, Page 4

FIRST LESSONS FOR UPPER FORMS OF HIGH SCHOOL OUT

The District High School reports that correspondence lessons for Forms IV, V and VI have been posted, and that some of the completed work has been sent in, but not sufficient yet to enable an opinion to be formed regarding the effectiveness of the correspondence scheme. In the case of the Form IV lessons, too few copies were received from Wellington, so those available were sent to pupils who had reenrolled. Further copies have been telegraphed, for. and will be despatched to pupils more recently enrolled as soon as they are received. The Form 111 lesson’ booklets have not yet arrived, but they likewise will be posted to pupils as soon as possible. For the v/ork of senior pupils one of the essential requirements is text-books. Some of the books to be used are now available, but others have not yet arrived from England. If ordinary school work were in progress, this deficiency would not be so serious—it could be remedied by class teaching and blackboard work.

In the circumstances, however, pupils will have to rely a good deal on text-books, and their shortage will naturally prove a very serious handicap. An urgent appeal is therefore made to any ex-pupils who have left school within the last three or four years to make available to the school any such books that they may have to sell.

One book that is particularly sought after is “A School Algebra” by H. S. Hall which could not be obtained all last year, and which is necessary for the progress in mathematics of two classes.

New Enrolment Procedure For Infant Classes

To facilitate the organisation of the ihfant department of the school, the infant mistress, Miss H. A. White, wants the Beacon to ask parents with children who will be five years old during February or March to enrol them as soon as possible. Teachers are at school daily from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will be glad to interview parents. Alternatively, enrolments may be posted in, but on no account are children to be brought to the school.