PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHING.
TIMARU, Last Night, At a meeting of the Teachers' Institute on Saturday, a paper was read by an infant mistress of long experience in infant teaching. This led to a discussion on the remarks of the,,. Inspector-General that children are kept too long in the preparatory classes, and on a suitable age for children entering ■ school. Regarding the formerpoint, the contention was that from two to two-, and-a-half years for bright children, and half a year . more for .an - average child, was not t6o long for infant room tuition; ? As to the early age,- some thought six, some seven, and a fe'w eight, as early enough. • The returns from six -.of the largest schools in South Canterbury showed; the average ages of admission to be from 5 years 5 months to 5 years llmonths, the mean of all being 5 years' 7 months. Resolutions were adopted that pupils are not spending too much time in the infant room, and that the Department be asked to replace pupil teachers in infant rooms by assistants.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10203, 3 April 1911, Page 5
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176PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHING. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10203, 3 April 1911, Page 5
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