WHENUKURA SCHOOL.

Patea Mail, Volume V, Issue 489, 3 January 1880, Page 2

WHENUKURA SCHOOL.

Till', ali.jvc school closed for Iha (’hrisimas vacation on Friday Ll't. The heavy i.Ju which fell hid not, pi-event a great many parents am! others interested from 1> ing present. A feast, and a very in gc number of pCze-a lia i been it ■■■■.:.; • ! by the kimhiess of the settlers. Ewry one lamv.’s ilui way in which clnhhvm Lem, a feint, so it will lie unnecessary to abudn to that ]j.lrt of the jir.,c ceoi egs. i'lie children received prizes varying- in vahm according |.i< the number of marks , nued tin: iug;heycar. Tin* highest marx-ho. . rs were allowed a cnoicc ; ihco tin- re.-a. oii the prizes were rath! at am-tion. for marks, Mr Mon l 11 timer b>-ing so rai l as to a--t as auctioneer. Bach on • tens g.g so ;n ,.. thing in orop r: mn to tin: marks In- lea 1. Some of tile pnz -s eon gc !o! b ns. iialis, Inn t le-doors ami shut i m-eoek-, skipping rones. the tench- r wishing to h'b.cc. rational outdoor c espe. i,,] y am mg the old ( r girls, who bmk tin.l lio t y big which, is giv-u in nil large and g., ,1 schools, an • v, iheh is of Mfii g-re; ■ i in improving t:i--ir •.•-«!<. Ib-arc, an i m- i.:n. Thee teacher (Mr W.-Hs) ailed -i g, ; very liberal way in whieii :1m el; j mu c ,d been provided lor, and urg'd the i!ite .-Me: rewarding voiing people Jor \v<-rk ju-i as well as nltle p--on;<-, • rtpre.s.-ane; a h«.,»n tli-i! a on- fniiy fund'-it'd ntan o. uiv.ng rewards, not. necessarily cosily,may snwlly be adopted, by which industry and g-od conduct may he steadily encouraged. He did not consid'er that- we iiad yet chos n school sob; -e's attrac! tve enough in themselves to disii -use with extra sdmulus; neither was our present- way of placing these subjects before children as pleasing to litem ns it might be mad He regretted that no dill ! had obd-im ■ 1 (lie Ist class attendance carl die do tor having Iven present every day dining Iho year ; imr ilm 2nd class, for limsc wlto had been aiis-nt live times only. Several children, esp.-c, d!y in the upper c’ass, had been away for weck.< at it tiiue, utterly destroying Lite developing power of .system. Wuhout regular attendance. teaching was deprived of the greater part of its power ; indeed, the more! systematic the teaching, thu more, helpless becomes fill- person not it: possessi on of each of its links. Mr R. Horner urged on pica-rcs the necessity of children -.blending regularly and punctually, adding that ho had sw-u loiterers on the road at nearly 11 o clock. Cheers were than given by the children for everything and everybody, in tin-most, approved roof-raising style, their st.nhn-'ss and intensify positively penetrat mg nr. o the inmost recesses of one’s cramum. It was evident that the inlisluro without had not damped the spirits within.—Communicated. [The above was in type for last issue.]