SHANNON SCHOON COMMITTEE.

Shannon News, 4 May 1923, Page 3

SHANNON SCHOON COMMITTEE.

ANNUAL MEETING OF HOUSEHOLDERS.

The annual meeting ui householders wa ; s held in the on Monday evening when there was an attendance ol about forty persons. Mr 1. Murray (chairman) presided. The annual report and balance sheet were read and confirmed. 1 Mr W. Murdoch stated it was not generally known that children-suffer-ing from tonsilitis and adenoids on obtaining a certificate from the school could be treated free at the Palmerston North hospital, and he moved that • the incoming committee be asked to : make the matter known.—Carried, j A vote of thanks to the retiring Committee was carried, j As stated in last issue Messrs Carl--1 yle, Murray, S. Anderson, G. Watkins, ‘ H. V. Hudson, E. Warrington, G. P. | Anderson, Tippler and Watterston were elected a committee. After the householders’ meeting the new committee met and Mr J. Murray j was re-elected chairman and Mr W. ; Carlyle was re-elected secretary, it | was decided to hold the monthly meet- 1 ings on the second Thursday in the ' month. - j ANNUAL REPORT. | The annual report was as follows: j The school was visited on May 1 and 2, 1923. for inspection purposes by In- j spectors Bujrns and Raymond and i again, for examination purposes on October 2, 3 and 4, 1922, by Inspectors j Burns and Biackie. The inspectors' j report showed that the work of the school was maintained at the usual standard of efficiency. On December 6, 1922, the school was honoured by a visit from Mr T. B. Strong-, Chief Inspector of Primary j Schools for the whole of New Zealand.

IJie customary visits were made during the year by the Board’s Truant Officer and. by the Department’s physical instructors and the medical officers.

The examination for proficiency and competency certificates were held on November 21, 1922, by the senior inspector, Mr Bakewell, and this examination was attended by candidates from, Makerua and from, Koputaroa. At this time last year there were 392 children on the roll of the school, whilst the present roll number amounts to 401, a gain of nine children for the year. On February 26 of this year the annual school picnic was held on the beach at Plimmerton. A special train was granted by the Railway Department for the occasion and all who attended had a! most enjoyable outing. It is with great regret that the committee has to mention the death of Mrs Barnes, a member of the teaching staff, in September of last year at ,a private hospital in Palmerston North. The deceased lady was most painstaking and conscientious in the- discharge of her duties and her loss was keenly felt.

Her position on the staff was filled by the appointment of Mrs Mason, a teacher who formerly taught in the school and who, by the way, has recently received word of well-merited promotion to a school in the Nelson district.

The School lia,s been kept well-sup-plied with firewood for the winter months; the usual repairs to buildings and fences have received attention, and moreover, beautiful hand-paiTed pictures, supplied by the Education Board, have been placed in position on the walls of the Infant School. Your committee has also m hand the asphalting of a portion of Hie ground attached 1,0 the infant sched; it is needless to say that this rtnn hneeded improvement will be a peat boon to the younger children. The Headmaster 'peaks. in terms t i praise of the loyalty and efficiency of the staff, and in conclusion, the committee desires to mention its appreciation of the happy relations that have existed between the teachers and the School Committee,