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BOARD OF EDUCATION.

INSPECTOR’S SUMMARY REPORT FOR THE MONTH.

(September 29th—October 26th, 1865.)

To the Honorable H. J. TANCRED,
Chairman.

SIR,—I have the honor, in obedience to your instructions, to submit a summary Report on the schools examined, and other business transacted during the month.

Six schools, including 122 children, have been examined.

Three Candidates for masterships have been examined.

Twenty-three schools have benefited by supplies from the Educational Dépôt, to the amount of £34 13s. 11d.

OF THE SCHOOLS EXAMINED :-

Heathcote Valley school, Oct. 13, present 36, Not satisfactory.

Riccarton ,, 17, ,, 23, Much improved.

Frebbleton ,, 17, ,, 13, Improving.

Harewood road ,, 18, ,, 18, Satisfactory.

Templeton ,, 18, ,, 14, Very moderate.

North road ,, 20, ,, 18, Satisfactory.

OF THE CANDIDATES EXAMINED :-

Robert Ferguson, for Lincoln School—Well qualified.

Richard Potts Pole, for any vacancy { Not qualified for
Samuel Tonks, { much more than an
{ assistant mastership.

With regard to the Heathcote Valley school, there is a great want of good order, and of precision, especially in the conduct and attainments of the lower classes, who are very backward; they are an unusually long time in learning the very rudiments; there is also a low average of accuracy throughout the school in the earlier rules of arithmetic.

The Templeton school also appears to make slower progress than might be expected from a teacher having an undivided interest in his work: there is some display of ideal, but there is not much real and effective system: the school has now been long enough at work to have arrived at an ordinary standard of efficiency; but there are several children who have made little progress during a long time at school.

The details of each examination are entered in the Journal.

I have the honor to be, Sir,

Your obedient servant,

J. P. RESTELL,
Inspector of Schools.

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

INSPECTOR’S SUMMARY REPORT FOR THE MONTH.

(October 27—November 30, 1865.)

To the Honorable H. J. TANCRED,
Chairman.

SIR,—I have the honor, in obedience to your instructions, to submit a summary Report on the schools examined, and other business transacted during the month.

Twelve schools, including 576 children, have been examined.

Fourteen schools have benefited by supplies from the Educational Dépôt, to the amount of £13 8s. 11d.

OF THE SCHOOLS EXAMINED :-

Christchurch Wesleyan School, Oct. 27, present 141, Satisfactory.

Papanui ,, Nov. 6, ,, 23, Improving.

Upper Heathcote ,, 7, ,, 36, Fair.

Halswell ,, 7, ,, 20, ...

St. Albans ,, 9, ,, 72, Improving.

Pigeon bay ,, 14, ,, 35, Superior.

Duvauchelle bay ,, 15, ,, 0, Unsatisfactory.

Akaroa ,, 15, ,, 41, Very satisfactory. The unambitious programme, and the very thorough manner in which the elementary work is being done, go far to make a new and good character for the school. The method and order are remarkably good. The accuracy in diction, spelling, punctuation, tables, and elementary knowledge, generally, is above the average. The master is not usually enthroned at his desk, but actively engaged about the room.

Okain bay School, Nov. 16, present 26, Satisfactory.

Christchurch Roman Catholic ,, 21, ,, 91, New school, (See special Report).

Lyttelton Wesleyan ,, 28, ,, 36, Much improved.

,, Church Eng., ,, 28, ,, 55, ...

NOTE.—The premises of both the two last named schools are unfenced, and too much exposed; those of the Wesleyan school are in a very dirty and unwholesome state. The building is in a precarious state at the Church of England School; the result of building without consulting educational authorities, is an unsatisfactory and unsuitable room. In other respects this costly erection is lofty, well-aired and lighted, and wholesome.

NEGLECTED EDUCATION IN LYTTLETON.

There was in the alphabet class of the Lyttelton Wesleyan school, a boy 15 years of age; he had been about six years in Canterbury, had forgotten anything he may previously have learnt; he had been most of his time at work; even now, not his parents, but his employer sends him to school.

The master informs me that he can, from the Sunday school, instance several other cases of similar neglect.

Such children are found in the Sunday school, which costs nothing, and does not lessen the childrens’ earnings.

I am glad to say that, in this instance, the boy knew the more important outline of Scriptural truth.

Special Report on the Duvauchelle Bay school.

The school had been dismissed by the master on the Monday previous to the Wednesday fixed for the inspection.