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Lincoln School, October 20 ... Present, 14 ... More than half the
pupils have left, to attend either the Springston, or the proposed Broadfield School.
The new Master commenced his duties, yesterday.
Tai Tapu School October 20 ... Present, 34 ... (Not reckoning two
others, sent for, to attend the examination). The Schools is making generally
satisfactory progress. The reading is improvable.
Governor’s Bay North October 27 ... Present, 25 ... This new School
was opened in the new premises in July; the schoolroom and dwelling house are
well planned, built and finished. The light and ventilation are well adapted to the
room. There is a good supply of suitable apparatus and books. The junior classes
have, so far, been carefully and correctly taught; they are remarkably free from
the ordinary defects of diction. A few more advanced pupils are successfully
studying Latin, Greek, and French. Their accuracy, in the Latin Accidence and
Parsing, reflect considerable credit on their present and former Teachers.
Governor’s Bay October 28 ... Present, 11 ... The care and skill
with which three young children have been taught, result in a highly commendable
soundness and accuracy in Biblical and general knowledge.
The details of the examinations are entered in the Journal.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
J. P. RESTELL,
Inspector of Schools.
SPECIAL REPORT ON THE ADDINGTON SCHOOL.
Visited October 8, 1868.—Present, 35.
The School is a branch of the St. Michael’s Schools, and in the same parish.
It is situated nearly a mile from the latter, on a road leading from the vicinity of the
High School, and the Lincoln road, to the Orphan Asylum.
It is also nearly two miles from the Upper Heathcote School, on the Lincoln road.
The building, a schoolroom only, has an aspect nearly due north.
It loses much of the advantage of the sunshine, in fine winter mornings; and is ex-
posed to the strongest heat in summer.
The inside dimensions give an oblong of about 25 feet by 13½ feet; the room thus being
too narrow, and not convenient for good organization.
In its present state the building has been badly built and unfinished.
There are several cracks in the wood-work and weather boarding, the room is not lined.
From this cause it is very cold and drafty on all sides, and the draft is increased by the very
needlessly large ventilators, which cannot either of them be closed in wintry and stormy
weather.
The bad position of the door, at one of the gable ends, and at right angles to the fire-
place, both adds to the draft, exposing at least one-third of the children to this extra draft;
and, also, further obviates the convenient arrangement of desks and benches.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1869, No 5
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