SHANNON SCHOOL.

Shannon News, 17 April 1925, Page 3

SHANNON SCHOOL.

| HOME WORK FUii THE WEEK. 1 STANDARD 1. Learn up to 6 tinieo tables—multiplication and division. Practice addition extension tables with these numbers—5. 3i fi 5 7 3 9 3 2 8 6 9 859687 4. 8 11 12 14 10 16. 9 17 10 6 16 Do a few sums front Standard 1 Progressive Arithmetic every day. Practice adding up a column of figures at least once every- day. Write out a_ few lines or verse of poetry from your journals every day. Write a short story about your garden. Use lined paper and keejg- your letters between the lines. STANDARD 11. Essay—-My Pet, or Cinderella. Recitation. Continue with las.t week's recitation. ' Drawing.—Draw and colour with crayon one of tlie following—Cinderella's slipper, dog's collar or rolling pin. > ~ ' Beading.—Finish reading March Journal. Nature Study.—\Y|rite about cows, the kinds of cows.you know, tlie food ihey eat, their uses. Arithmetic—Write out tables 8 and 9. Commence at 4 and add on as 4, U), 16 up to 100. Sums; (1) 632 plus 5 plus 726. (2) 92.1 plus 82 plus 355 plus 10. (3) 5523 plus 262 plus 242 plus 51. (4) 9?26 multiplied by 5. (5; SSI multiplied by 10. (6) 621 minus 26. (7) 96 divided by 2. (8) 100 divided by 5.' (9) How many sixpences in lour shillings. STANDARD 111.

English.—Take notice of instructions and work exercises, 13 and 14. Essay, write about twenty lines on one of the following: A sribtry, you have read, A day with father 'mustering, Helping mother. Geography.—Write the names of the Provincial Districts of New Zealand and name the capital city of each.

Arithmetic—Read carefully instructions on page 14'and then work Exercise 9 A arid B. STANDARD IV. Kng.'ish.—Read "page 109. / Essay.—"A Blacksmith's Shop." Bead" pages. 19 and 20 and do Exe-r----r-i.se .16. 80-Citation J earn. "The Pedlar's Cara-vanff I—2. Drawing.—An axe or a vegetable dish. Arithmetic—Exercise 4 C I>. Geography.—Draw a map of New south Wales. :via<rk the following: Boundaries, Blue.Mts., New England Range, Australian Alps, th e Murray Biver and three < f its tributaries, Port Jackson, Jei;yis Bay, Canberra, Sydney, Newcastle, Cotulburn, Broken HUE History..—'Read all you can about the Feudal Syste.n and write answers to the following' questions:. What were tlie advantages of this System? Were there any disadvantages? Do we use this' System now.' Nature Study.- Name fhiree commoai weeds. Write ad you (know about two ways of getting rid of weeds. STANLXARD V. Beading.—Bead carefully the rest oi the March Journal. Essay.—Shannon from a hill fop, or a port or harbour visited. Lessons in English.—Exercise 18, NOs.' ,13—24. the next verse. Drawing—A s;:ray of Cosmos or a Vase. Arithmetic—Exercise 2 B. Geography— V\ rite all you can of six large towns in England. Historv Write notes on Davis, Franklyii, Stanley, Shackleton. Nature Study.—Write a list of common weeds and how tjos get rid oi them.

STANDARD VI. Beading.—Real carefully the second half of the March Journal and write out twelve .lines of information from the lessons' read. English.—Essay; The travels of a letter through the post, or, The building- of a house, or What I would do with £IOO. r , . ~ Lessons in English.—Exercise li and 15. Drawing.—A group oi- thiee gaidening tools, or a vase of flowers (col°U4riflimptic—Pacific Geography, read lessons on Icebergs, movements of the atmosphere, and write a short paragraph, under each heading. • H'story—Write a short account oi how India .became part of the British Empire. Name any great men connected with British rule in India. Nature Studv.—Name any pests or diseases that are at present noticeable in the vegetable and flower gardens and in the orchards.