Educational.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 95, 24 April 1883, Page 3

Educational.

. » ' We make the following extracts from the report of Mr Foulis, Inspector of 'Schools, as relating to our own portion 'of the Manawatu District ; — —There were few failtnres except in the Ist Standard. It must improve.: '.i'Vhe work in the 3rd Standard was exceedingly well done. The results Were eminently good. The general quality of the* 4th Standard work was very satisfactory. Intelligence is employed in the tuition throughout. The neatness of the school andits appliances are praiseworthy. Two members of the school •committee were present in the course of the examination'.' The duplicate schedules tirer'e forwarded to the chairman of the school ccfniuiit tee on the 11th of October las£ AwAHUiti. — There has been ft change •of masters; in this -pcliool since, iny last visit. The present master, Mr Herbert ■Sanson, came in September last. He is ininowfty responsible for the meagreness of the results of the examination. This is tys .first -school. He is young for the superintendence of such a peculiar school as this is. It js, however; in very good order, ; aftd I tMnk will do well under him ultimately, if he be not unduly interfered with. The Ist Standard did badly ; the aritlimfe'tic was very week. The 2nd and : 3rtl> Standards ,made indifferent passes ; geography and arithmetic were bad. The 4tfo;SifcMldaril was a failure, and the sth ■was on the border-line of it. The chair4nan and three members of the committee were present in tlie course of the examination. FE£iraN&.r7-Though I find this large school conducted with the same skill and rigor as before, yet several of the classes in the lower section of it made a compt'rair/eiy 'less " favorable 5 appearance. The initiatory stage of tuition in the erred to is bad, and its effect is severely felt at the annual examination, <^ib.en 7 .the r classes are completely thrown Upftn their own' resources. And herein JiefliJ;he;tnj»m;def£ct of t)ie. school. The higher classes are better > disciplined, and laore -i thoroughly grounded than heretofore. Mir ; Dowling is an experien ced Wftohe'ri' and; evinces tact in managing his owtfclasg; 'But the superiority of the senior division' of tlie school does not justify or exeuse.his so largely confining llimself, to^t. The Ist Standard was veir^ larger and ill-prepared for examinThe results were, very unsatis&cfory, ;v tlie failures being in excess of the successes. "The quality, of the p&sses. -jn 2nd was inferior, and there were failures. -Arithmetic and geogfapbV^* 6^ very weak points; They musti^iprove.' The 3rd .was weak in almosfeyefy' subject. Failures were in excess of the passes. The 4th and s.th Stadaard^are the pillars of the school. TU«re.were fiVe failures. The work in tbesei iwa& .remarkably well done and neaily/i executed. , I. wis muck .pleased \tith {the -appearance of the 4th and sth, a^.'«speciany with' tlieir manner of ad- ;- mekS. ij X can- sky 1 that the writing will compare' favourably with that of any school in my district. The girls write tiet^er'thnriithe boys. The drawing-books exhibited ..were all of promising merit. Singing and needlework are taught successfully. In the former, theory and practice are .judiciously combined. The Q^airiuanjand a member of the committee were present.^: [tlie course of the examination.