FOXTON STATE SCHOOL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2855, 7 March 1925, Page 3

FOXTON STATE SCHOOL.

HOME WORK FOR PUPILS

In order that pupils of the school might make a start, with their year’s work, the staff of the local school bus drafted (he .following assignment of work, which might be eon•.niently and easily done at. home hv the children ‘during the week commencing on Monday next, March Dili. It is suggested that three hours daily should be devoted to this work. One hour each in the morning, afternoon and evening. The work set should be completed by Friday morning and addressed to the class teacher. Benzine boxes !nhelled according to standard or class will be placed in the school porch, and the pupils are asked to have the work placed in these boxes on Friday morning before 10.30. The work sheets should bear the pupil’s name, standard and teach er’s name, and should be folded and tied neatly together and addressed to the class teacher.

The work will then be marked by the. teachers, re-folded and addressed to the pupils and replaced in the boxes by 3 o’clock on Friday afternoon, the pupils being asked to call again at the school in the afternoon to collect their work. Care will be taken to guard against congregation of children in numbers. Should circumstances necessitate such a course, a fresh assignment will appear in next Saturday’s issue. It is hoped that all written work will be carefully and neatly done, and the teachers look for a wholehearted response to this effort to get a start with the year’s work. BEACH SCHOOL. The pupils of the Beach School arc asked to do the same assignment of work as set for the pupils of the main school. The only exception is with regard to history, which is as follows: Stds. 3 and 4 Ley’s History Book I. Read pages 5 to 14. A box will be placed in the hall porch. All work to be handed in by S a.m. on Friday. Marked work will lie returned by midday on Saturday. EX-STANDARD VI. PUPILS In the ease of those pupils who have passed Std. A 7! and who, in the event of there not being a District High School, in .Foxton, will be coming hack to form a Std VII, the headmaster asks that they meet him at. the school on Monday morning at. 11 o'clock, when he will have a talk with, (hem on the work proposed for the year, and will give (hern a list of text books to procure. Already live or six children have submitted their names as being ready to form a Sid. VJI. ASSIGNMENT OF WORK. A ri t Innetic. —Progressive A rilb - malic books. Std. VI: Ex. 1.A., Ex. 2 B, Ex. 3 A and B; Std. V. S IV 7 book. Promotion tesls, A, B, 0, D ami E; Std. IV: Std. IV book: Ex. 1 \. B, C, and D. Page 6. Std. HI: Ex. 1, A, B. C and D. Ex 2 A and B. Sid. 2: Sid. I book page 78, Ex. <>2, \. B, C, D and E. Std. 1: Std. 1 honk, page 33. Ex. 29, A. B, C, D and E. All classes make up long tops and add them. Drawing. —All classes draw any object or combination of objects found in the kitchen. Nature Study.- —Make a. collection of grasses and their seeds; weeds and their llowers and seeds. Name, as many as you can. Geography. —Pacific geographies. All classes study first six pages. Map Drawing: Std. VI, North America; Sid. V, England; Std. IV, Nin th Island N.Z. History.—Story of British NaI'on. Read ami study lirst six pages or so. The responsible teachers are as follows: —-Std. VI, Mr Warwick; Std. V 7, Miss Beard; Std. IV, Mrs Siauley; Std. IH, Mr G. Procter; Std. H, Miss Browning; Std. 1, Miss limit. Infant Department: Miss Williams and Miss Edwards. Beach School: Mr Chris toiler sen. Reading:—All classes are asked to read carefully February School J ournal. Spelling.—Learn carefully all the common words in first half of journal. VVrife out sentences of own construction, selecting any ten words (S’s 1,2, 3) and any 20 (S’s 4,5, and (j).

Essay.—Write on any one of the following subjects: (a) Our Town; (b) A Narrow Escape; (e) A Bay at thu Beach; (d) The School Concert.

Letter.—Write a letter to a friend in Australia, telling of your prolonged holidays, the reason for same, and how you are spending your time. Wood-work.—Boys of Std. 5 and (i might make one or more of the following articles: (a) A corner bracket; (b) a towel roller; (c) a suit box; (dj a book shelf or case. Sewing.— (aj Burning, (b) patching; (o) hemming kitchen towel or handkerchief. Infant classes as per following: ft is suggested that older brothers or sisters assist the infants in dealing with such occupation as the following.— (Tj Bead to them simple stories. Children to read, write and draw illustrations given pages 1 to 3 Live Leader. (X) i'iay games in counting marbles, pebbles or other objects on hand to No. 10. Set sums dealing witii numbers 1 to 0 for Primer 2. (3) Children may be very profitably employed in doll dressing, making doll’s furniture and modelling in sand or clay the objects mentioned in Nursery lihymes “Jack and Jill” and “Little Miss Mullet.” Primers HI. and iV. — (lj Lead and write pages 1 to 3 Live Leaders. (2j Write out ouch f our' times and

learn to spell the following words: Baby, hush, tree, wind, blow, rock, fall, down, cradle, conic. (3) Write a little story about “Our Christmas Tree.” (-!) Work as many sums as you can, numbers 11 and 15. Count by twos and threes to 20 and 30.