KILLINCHY

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 903, 2 May 1891, Page 2

KILLINCHY

'"'" T^einuaaT ttieetiiig v of 'hotiseholdera for the purpose of electing W School committee, to^kp.^aqe |pn Monday erening. Mr- Speijce^ ((^h^rnaaji,' 'of the late committee;) -.presided; ,, „' ' The report and balance, a, heet were rend and adopted; •> Votes 6f thanks werepaesed to the 1 ' outgoing committee and to the stafl:^ The i meeting l til6n proceeded' to elect, i a .committee t the result,, given m our last' Wane. ' ' The fpllowin£ ; js. a , snn^mary oE th& Chairman's > ..:,"..' ',*.V:';.'..j^-,j''' REPORT " During the' past, j.tvr he was glad to say there had been no change m the staff. The teachers had worked bard m the interest of the children and obtained good results which the report of the Inspector shows. Your committee agrees with the -Inspector .that the children had avade r r6pjcl progress during the /<*ar. The Inspector noticed that a number of children had attended rerj h regular; This w»s> a niatter of great regret as it was impossible for children to make progress m their school work if they w re kept! bt- home. [It was the duty of the parents to send their children regularly to school' ! a*nd ' thus help the teachers m their 1 '$6^ ■ Most of tha fai'ings at the last' examination were due to. irregular attendance, ilfc'is a difficult mntter for the. comm,Utee, to induce parents to send theitfcUildcon to school regularly ; but m justice tb the teachers, parents ought to go and tbu«. benefit teachers atid'chil^efl alike. H« was present at the exanunation and was • of the opinion *hat the inspector tried to find out all the we?k ppints of the childrea go that there was no favour abown towards the staS and h8 thooj?ht

or inspection to go through. The coo\mittee. have held eight rnee ;- , ings m the year and carried out vario is jniprdTemerits. A new bell hniW beln f addeoVso the^jßcb,ool,> the dividirig fen ;e between the t\ro play-grounds has bp m «, .thoroughly repaired,, The M desks ha ire been planed and. varnished and mater al has been procured -..for the teaching of l?i '^Agriculture Ghemisfcry, i Arq^antity, of % material has'been ip'rooured for the gi Is , to make'uto i ußoftil ( ' l ar f tielea :! of clothi \g ,' v 'wilf be^Ws the '6f f l he cpmrpittee but . pjarents, may piurcht se their children' ajwork at the' cost pr cc of the material if they caopse to do 30, The Inspector expressed a, wish ttat girls m the standard should' ail, be doing the s»me work and the committoe hare" carried out his wishes. The Board hjive taken measures' to have ' the «chool painted and 'a'.neW'.pprph erected j at the entrance of .' the inf ant xooai, Ap - plication was made , to have jrbn put fon the roof andthii:t,oo ii.to be done, j A school treat was' held m a :padd^ck belonging tb the oh'airiban ' which jwas well attended. Parents had responded liberally to the request of the committee and provided an abundance of refreshments. Gdme's'Wre provided for (the children and ! 6ach ; child received a p!rize m thekHape'fef a' small sum of moneyU Through the' kindness of the parenii,' the comnSittJee' did 'not appeal to! the peneral public f op -m subscription. ( Thefe'was a'bilancQ'in band inlaid of the prize—fund of £4 8 3 Which ,wojaldf^e 7^ap^ed )h OTer,t t o the? npw j;ora- --. •' mi*teei^i';. ': ; .V'j \ 7i .J ; ' j ',:',"'i'!^'- ' !•-» j