SCHOOL WORK.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4826, 23 March 1925, Page 2

SCHOOL WORK.

HOME STUDIES FOR CHILDREN.

SET 6. The next section ,of the series of home lessons for the Paeroa. District High School pupils is’as follows: — HIGH SCHOOL. French.—Third year: Un Conscrit, page 156, No. 7, 13, 15, 16. Lesson 5 : Know wordjs in article 136. Verbs : Assaillir cueilllr. Second year: Le Tour du Monde, pages 1 and 2'; keep and know list of new words. Page 166 question's 1-3.

Algebra.—Third year : Exercise 7c, No. 19-24 ; exercise 7d, No. 5, 12, 15, 25, 35, 10. Second year : Exercise 7a, No. 33-35 ; 7c, No. 2,8, 11, 15. Arithmetic. —Exercise 43, No. .24-25; exercise 44. No. 18, 23 ; Exercise 45, No. 37, 40, 45 ; exercise 47, No. 2, 24, 27. 17 ; exercise 18. No, 14, 15, 24 ; exercise 49, No. 6-8.

Geography.—Write a brief essay '.m hyd'o-electrie developments in .New Zealand and their relation to the industrial and general welfare of the nat'on. Illustrate your answer by tsketch maps showing the; locations of the generating stations. (1) Distinguish with careful. brief descriptions the chief way in which lakes have been formed. Give, examples ol each type both in New- Zealand and abroad. .

Science. —To be handed in on tri-

Agriculture. —All boys: Make i Isit of common weeds at the present tinm (at.least 8) ; collect and press a specimen of each, to be brought to school later. Make a list describing each under the following headings : (1) Habit of growth ; (2) how it is spread ; (3) best method of eradication.

Second year: Mifke sections of r i carrot lengthwise and across ; sketca each.

Third year: Revise Connell and Hadfield soils —chemical composition, value of anaysis, plant food available and dormant; make a summary.

Chemistry.—All second and third year : Explain why a ship of iron will float in water.. Change ,16deg C and S 3 deg. C into Fahrenheit; 135 deg. F. am’ .u23deg. F. into Centigrade.

Home Science. —Second ■ and third year girls : Obtain a. wipply of gluten from flour, oatmeal, potatoes; describe your method and the appearance cf the product in each case. Make a isketcn of the hot water system in your home.

Juniors : Geography and Science a-s above.

Arithmetic. —Division of decimal's, odd numbers, exercises 36, 37, 38, 39. English—Pages 129-130, exercise 11 and 12. History.—Revise pages 1-21. STANDARD VI. English.—Write page 58, no. 1-5. Arithmetic.— Study carefully pages 11. and 12, exercise 1,2, ,and 3 ; write exercise 4A. Geography.—Read pages 174-176, "The People of Canada” and “Historical Outline, 55. History.—Read pages 165-167 ; write an account of how Wolfe took Quebec. Spelling.—Learn all words on list sent. STANDARD V. Arithmetic, —Lowest common multiple, exercise 8B and 9B; study the method and example on p 16 very carefully. English.—Page 27, exercise 14 ; see note at foot of p 26. cGography.—Products of Europe, p 78-80. Spelling.—Learn second column — opportunity to committee. STANDARD IV. Arithmetic.—Exercise 80'. Long Tots A, 1 to 12 ; send in answers only. English.—Page 13 : Read "Capital Letters” ; do exercise 10. . History.—Read to page 31, book 5. Spelling.—Learn all words on list pent. STANDARD HL Arithmetic. —Exercise 4 A, revise tables. English.—Eexrcise 6. Spelling.-—Learn remaining words. STANDARD 11. Arithmetic. —Tables to ■lO times ? exercise 3, C and D. English.—Exercise 4. Spelling.—Learn remaining words.'