✨ Education Inspector's Report
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.
(February 23—March 29, 1866.)
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.
Sixteen schools, including 717 children, have been examined.
Sixteen schools have benefited by supplies from the Educational Depot to the amount of £16 18s. 2d.
The prizes awarded by the Board have been distributed.
OF THE SCHOOLS EXAMINED :—
Lower Heathcote school, February 23, present 27—New school.
Lyttelton Wesleyan school, February 26, present 41—Improved.
Lyttelton Church of England school, February 27, present 53—Satisfactory, except as to lower classes.
The alphabet class is one-fourth of the whole school.
N.B. The building appears to be unsafe.
Governor’s Bay school, February 28, present 11—Very creditable.
St. Luke’s school, March 1, present 82—Satisfactory.
St. Andrew’s school, March 6, present 30—Satisfactory. The exemplary neatness, cleanliness, and good order, are very commendable.
St. Michael’s school, March 7 and 8, present 180—Satisfactory. There is not room for the present numbers; there are children enough for separate girls’ and infants’ schools.
St. Paul’s school, Papanui, March 9, present 71—Satisfactory.
Ashley Bank school, March 12, present 12—Improved since last examination, but unsatisfactory on account of the very small attendance, and alleged dissatisfaction of parents.
Oxford school, March 13, present 20—The buildings in want of repair; no proper out-door offices: the organization imperfect at present, both as to requisites for use, and the classification of children. The master earnest and painstaking.
Rangiora school, March 14, present 42—Satisfactory, except as to the spelling of the second class.
Kaiapoi Wesleyan school, March 19, present 30—Satisfactory. Note.—There is some rivalry between this and the neighbouring school.
Kaiapoi Church of England school, March 20, present 45—Satisfactory for the most part; the arithmetic was remarkable for accuracy: want of books in a junior class seemed to have hindered their progress in reading and spelling.
Woodend school, March 21, present 88—Satisfactory on the whole; but although the upper classes did remarkably well, yet the lower classes did disproportionately badly; better, however, than at the former examination.
Saltwater Creek school, March 21, present 13—Very satisfactory progress so far in elementary knowledge; great pains taken, Bible knowledge good, spelling good, neat figures, careful writing.
Leithfield school, March 23, present 23—Satisfactory.
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.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1866, No 37
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🎓 Education, Culture & ScienceSchool Inspection, Educational Report, Canterbury
- J. P. Restell, Inspector of Schools
- H. J. Tancred, Chairman