SCHOOL REPORTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 944, 10 April 1930, Page 11

SCHOOL REPORTS

COMMITTEE NOMINATIONS The annual report of the Devonport Public School, to be considered at the householders’ meeting on Monday next, states that the inspectors commented on the high efficiency of the school, only one pupil out of 40 failing in the last examinations. The most important effort during the year was the finalising of the scheme for a dental clinic. The Education Board had fixed new boundaries for areas to be served by Devonport schools and this would probably bring up the attendance at the school to the average of 491 requisite for maintaining the present status. Householders had responded liberally to appeals for financial help and this had enabled the committee to recondition the sports fields, make better provision for tennis and basket-ball, erect a wind-break around the small children’s play area, purchase a gramophone for use in th f infant classes, and the purchase of trees for beautifying the grounds. A record increase in the roll number is shown in the annual report of the Avondale School, the number increasing to more than 800. If the Richardson Road School had not been opened and a number of children withdrawn to the Convent School, the roll would probably have reached 900. In 1930. however, the roll had shown a sharp decline, being now about 40 less than it was in April of last year. The attendance had been good. Eighty proficiency and eight competency certificates were issue-d. In the junior national scholarship examination three pupils, Eileen Dubois, Xorman Rackham and Burton Turley, were awarded scholarships, while five others gained free places. John Bollard Memorial Scholarships were also awarded to these three, and also to Tau Iliaka, while another pupil, William Weir, won a Rawlings Scholarship. The finances showed a credit balance of £55. Additional commit'tee nominations are as follow: Cambridge District High School.— Messrs. A. X. Macky. G. Calvert, H. Ferguson, J. Hay, C. F. Ruge, W. Grummitt, V. G. Boulton. S. X. Ziman. W. R. Garrard, H. Possenniskie. G. G. Taylor. Maungawhau.—Messrs. F. G. Astley. F. J. H. Harrison. P. Landells, J. Mars. G. McCathie, R. J. Mills. W. Monteith. C. J. Moore, R. Mortimer, L. S. Piper. J. Rattrav, P. Sinel, G. E. Spooner. G. W. Smith, A. IT. Thomas. D. H. Thomas. J. G Turner T. C Webb. S. D. Whitehead. Mrs. H. Clark, Mrs. M. M. Johnston.