OAMARU GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Education Office, Dunedin, February 10, 1877. Secretary Oamaru Schools Committee— Sir, —Along with this 1 forward my detailed report of the 6th Class of the Grammar School. I regret that it was not sent on as soon as furnished to the office. I am, &c., D. Petrie, Inspector. OAMARU GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Class VI., With Extra Subjects. ENGLISH AND COMPOSITION. Work Done.—Boys : Royal Reader No. VL, and "Macbeth," to end of Act 11., Scene 3. Work Done.—Girls : Royal Reader No. VI., including extracts from "King John." Number of Papers.—Boys, 17 ; girls, 8. Many of the papers were very creditable. Composition, and explanation of words and expressions, and of allusions, generally very fair. ENGLISH GRAMMAR. Number of papers, 28. Parsing, Inflection, and Syntax, very fair. Analysis excellent. DICTATION, Number of papers, 28. Rather unequal; average, very fair. geography (General of the World). Number of papers, 28. Answers rather unequal; average very fair. arithmetic (Vulgar and Decimal Fractions and Lower Rules). Number of papers, 28. A good many excellent papers with very few below a fair average. Work neat and methodical.
I » ALUSS&A. to £*•).. S w«*»w W n ' V.rygooJ. obometry. Cppef (Euclid, Books I. to iV.),paper#. Excellent. Lowar (Euclid* Book 1., 13 papers. > »f> uooil. * f.A'FtN. t; p pi)f (Du itmicitiie, chap*. Lto XIL. and toaramar). 2' papers* Translation. fair ; ptwsinyf anil accitUnc®, moderate t syntax. backward. , , OA Lowtn' (fmcip. tt> fables, t fc0..0. muUimplu K nvm.aar). ft Translatit.n, but f»f small «n?«»rs »» pt"p«r cendefmg „£ numbur* fc«as«. and veice* very go««i: pursing ami auudm.ue. very fan- ; synkas* iußt buyu a. I'UYSU-S. (Balfour Hkuwack's I't-iuiec p.p- t t025.) fiumboi' ot papers.. Rations an. sworatl with an<l accuracy. ><>t u tow w«r« «xia:Uent* aud most showed a i^ooil avasp of tlx- l>a*t g"»® wvtJA '- Tho work of the obiss is in nearly all the Dubjoota studie'l highly satisfactory. The nrouiimm# l"'»itioti given che stiuly o( English, ami the success* with which ic ha.< bona prosecututl. arc particularly gratify iug. Tho iutroihietiou of physics is a step which mus (j c:ounnt'U«l itself to the constituents of tho School, and to all interested, itv the pcoSjrosH of «ducatiou. A supply of apparatus is being procured. The discipline and tone of tho department are most satisfactory. l>. E'rtKtE.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 254, 14 February 1877, Page 2
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