School Lessons

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 52, 17 March 1937, Page 9

School Lessons

SCHEME OF WORK Publication in Herald-Tribune From To-day APPEAL TO PARENTS In order that the pupils of the various schools in Hastings and ' district will not suffer in their education through the schools being closed, a scheine has been eyolved by the headmasters of the schools concerned, with the co-operation of the HeraM-Trihune whereby a daily scheme of work will be«published in the Herald-Trihune. This scheme will enahl'e pupils to cariy out a systematic course ■ of study during the period that the schools are clcsed, and will ensure that the children wifll be employed during the day. The co-operation of all the parents concerned is aolicited, and they are asked to note the following lines on which. tho work is to be carried out: — s 1. All work previously set by teachers to be cancelled and the schemes ns s'et out to be adhered to. 2. All work to be done neatly and carefully in a new 3d. exerciso book. These books will be carefully examined whon the children return to school. 3. All work to be corrected by t>ar.ents, errors to be rectified by pupils and suins wrong to be worked out again correctly. 4. Where possible, all work to be done in pupil's own home^under the supervision/ of a parent and work to commence at 9 a.m. 5. When spelling has been thoroughly learned, a written test to be given by a parent and corrected by that parent. * ARITHMETIC STANDARDS 1 and 2. Tests will appear in te-merrow 's paper. STANDARD 3. (1) — 67,849 plus 26,847 pluB 38,496 plus 86,765 plus 62,976. (2)— 83,476 plus 35,469 plus 29,, 308 plus 27,148 plus 34817. (3) — From 68,349 take 57,468. (4)_Prom 83,146 take 67,357. (5) — 786 multiplied by 9. (6) — 594 multiplied by 8. (7) — 72,546 divided by 6. Write in figures: Fifty-ilve thoiisaud, three hundred and four. Time: 5-hour. . Answers will be given with Test 2STANDARD 4. (1)— 7296 plus 84739 plus 867 pluH 9369 plus 782 plus 36475. (2) — Multiply forty-ilve thousand eight hundred and nine by 69. (3) — 596 multiplied by 786, (4) — 569 multiplied by 407. (5)— 198284 divided by 76. (6)— 357200 divided by 55. (7)— £29 13/6 multiplied by 11, (8)— £326 10/3 divided by 9, Time: f-hour. Answers to be given with Test 2. STANDARD 5(1) — £2 18/9 multiplied by 53. (2) — 736263 divided by 67. (3) — £326 8/1 divided by 88. (4) — Find the average of these sums of money: £39 18/7, £168 15/4, £7 19/5, £286 17/8, £6 12/11*. (5)— £47 16/8 plus £64 18/6 plus £36 12/8 i plus £85 14/7} plus £39 11/4 plus £18 13/7} plus £27 13/9. (6)— From 3qrs. 141bs. 9ozs, take lqr. 171bs. lOozs. (7) — 3-cwt. 3qrs. lllbs. multiplied by 7. From one-half of a million take throo hundred and nine thousand and sir. - Time: 3-hour. Answers to be given with Test 2. STANDARD 6. (1)— Multiply £79 13/4} by 178. (2) — Divide answer to No. 1 by 178 — thus proving your answers. (3)— 4 3-8 plus 5 7-12 plus 2 13-16. (4) — 12 3-10 plus 3 2-15 minus 7 11-12. (5)__3.7 plus .85' plus 39.008 plus \' minus 4.3 minus .082. (6)— £793 1/9} minus £37 12/2}. (7) — 79 tons 13cwt, 3qrs. 171bs. multiplied by 9. ' (8) — Reduce 31285 yards to miles, chains and yards. Time, 45 minutes. Answers will appear with Test 2. geography STANDARDS 3 and 4 Map of Hawke's Bay— show ehief rivers, mountain ranges, plains, towns, products — e.g., Hastings, fruitj Southern Hawke's Bay, dairy produce. STANDARDS 5 and 6. Forms I. and II. Map of .Noxth Island: — (a) Show chief rivers, mountain ranges, ports and inland towns of importance. (b) Indicate where fruit, timber, dairy produce, maize, wool, coal, gold, flax, flsh are produced. SPELLINC AND READING. STANDARD 1. 15 Minutes Read aloud "Raggedy Ann Leads the Way" on Page 7, February Journal, emphasising correct phrasing and clear articulation. Learn tbe following words — later to be dictated by parent or guardian as test.— -found, years, "girl, wbile, away, along, gone, turn, turned, finger.

STANDARD 9 Timo, 15 minutes. "The Way Of It," Journals, paaes 15 and 16. Read tbe whole piece aloud, saj'ing the syllables or parts, o£ thf big words very carefully. Note tlif words ending in "ow" and "ing," and underline them. Learn : lambkin, meadow, sparrow, ' lively, donkey, squeals, squeaking, sbouting, skipping, racing. STANDARD 3. February Journals: Pages 2 to 4. Time, 20 minutes, Spelling : gnawing, Jistened, anytbing, couple, traveller, wrapped. creature, fasliion, eoffee, errand, narrow, bundli STANDARD 4. February Journal, page 13, "How Animals Use Colour." Time, 20 minutes. Read th rough to the end of page 13. Rule a pencil line underneath these words, learn them thoroughly, and ask an adult to hear you . spell them: gaudy, pheasant, mammals, probably, various purposes, concealruent, desert, bamboo, thickets, vertical, jaguars, ploughed, scarcely, detected FORM » Reading. — Page 17, February Jour1 nal, "The Fourth - Junior Entertain1 ment." Page 22: "The Joys of the Road." Spelling. — Page 17 : vocal, dramatic, authority, society, performance, enthusiast, dj'namite, devolved, instrumental, enf.ertainment, president, fourth, orditiary, patiently, festive. Dictation. — Page 18: Commencing, "The programmo ..... with impatience " FORM 2. Reading. — "The New Goatherd," page 9 to 15. Saeter pronounced sayter. Comprehension of the passages read will be taken at school on the return of scholars to dnty after Easter. Spelling (20 minutes): From Journal read meanings from dictionary. — rythmic, infinite, dairymaid, diary, morass, desperate, loneliness, yodel, re-echoed, Lallooing. Dictation exercise. — Write out in your best writing Page 12 beginning, "Well it was plain . . . finish . . . . . her distance."