✨ School Inspection Reports
1865.
QUARTER ENDING JUNE.
Schedule as to the Efficiency of the Schools examined during the Quarter.
| List of Schools examined. | Date of Examination | Number present. | Site, Buildings, and Premises. | Books and Apparatus. | Organisation and Discipline. | Knowledge and Teaching. | Elementary Knowledge of Bible. | Secular Knowledge. | Ordinary Needlework. | Remarks. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Michael’s | June 13 & 14 | 128 | A | A | B | A | A | A | A | Steady and constant care sustains a standard of attainment very creditable for so large a school. Attainments, &c., improved. Children remarkably clean and orderly. |
| 2 | Christchurch Wesleyan | May 18 | 120 | A | B | A | B | A | B | — | — |
| 3 | St. Andrew’s | June 15 | 35 | B | B | A | B | A | B | B | Buildings defective. Very creditable improvements in the organisation and attainments. |
| 4 | St. Luke’s | June 16 | 52 | A | B | B | A | — | — | — | Large school, taught with great care and much skill, by one mistress. |
| 5 | Lyttelton, Ch. England | May 16 | 65 | B | A | B | B | A | B | B | Considerable improvement in elementary knowledge. Buildings much exposed, defective, and dangerous. Cleanliness and order not well sustained. |
| 6 | Wesleyan | June 6 | 35 | B | E | C | B | C | — | — | Weak control. |
| 7 | Kaiapoi, Ch. England | May 29 | 87 | A | A | A | A | A | A | B | All very creditable, except the writing. |
| 8 | Wesleyan | May 8 | 35 | C | B | B | A | A | — | — | Steadily improving. |
| 9 | Woodend District | May 30 | 46 | B | A | A | A | A | B | — | A very improving school, except a disposition to attempt too much. The needlework appears to give great satisfaction to the parents. |
| 10 | Saltwater Creek | May 31 | 19 | B | A | A | B | B | — | — | A fair commencement. |
| 11 | Leithfield | June 2 | 21 | A | A | A | B | B | — | — | Improving. |
| 12 | Ashley Bank | May 21 | 14 | A | A | B | B | — | — | — | Not quite up to the mark, owing to harvest and sickness. |
| 13 | Rangiora | June 23 | 58 | B | A | A | A | A | B | — | A very striking improvement, more especially in the boys’ classes. Improving. |
| 14 | Akaroa | May 3 | 30 | A | A | B | B | B | — | — | Fairly recommended by the new teacher. |
| 15 | Duvauchelle’s Bay | May 3 | 24 | B | A | B | B | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Riccarton | Apr. 28 | 23 | B | A | B | B | B | — | — | Premises more satisfactory. Elementary attainments still very moderate. |
| 17 | Prebbleton | May 28 | 6 | B | B | C | B | B | — | — | Bad attendance; small return for large expenditure. |
| 18 | Templeton | May 24 | 13 | A | A | B | A | B | — | — | Too many little classes multiply unprofitable work. |
| 19 | Lincoln | June 4 | 10 | C | A | C | B | B | — | — | A small and unprofitable school. |
| 20 | Upper Heathcote | June 10 | 31 | B | A | B | B | B | — | B | Fairly recommenced by the new teacher. Building and apparatus renewed. A fair commencement. |
| 21 | Halswell | June 11 | 18 | B | B | B | B | B | — | — | — |
| 22 | Heathcote Valley | May 7 | 38 | B | B | B | B | B | — | — | Progress retarded by agricultural character of district. |
| 23 | Lower Heathcote | June 9 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Recommenced June 6th as a temporary school. |
| 24 | Papanui, St. Paul’s | June 22 | 67 | B | A | A | A | A | — | A | Good order and fair efficiency well kept up by the constant and unflagging care of an excellent master and mistress. Children come from other districts to so good a school. |
| 25 | Wesleyan | May 19 | 25 | A | B | B | C | C | — | B | Improving. |
| 26 | North Road | Apr. 12 | 21 | B | B | B | B | — | — | — | Fair. |
| 27 | Harewood Road | May 13 | 20 | B | B | B | B | B | — | — | — |
| 28 | St. Alban’s | June 6 | 73 | B | B | B | B | — | — | — | Improved, but scarcely commensurate with the constant employment of two adult teachers. |
Total: 1073
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1866, No 37
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