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BOARD OF EDUCATION.
SPECIAL REPORT ON THE PROPOSED BROADFIELD SCHOOL.
Examined October 19—Present 32.
The site is nearly equi-distant—about 3 to 3½ miles—from the Springston, Lincoln, Prebbleton, and Templeton Schools.
It is likely to affect the attendance of them all.
Only eleven of the thirty-two children present, were those not formerly attending either Lincoln, Prebbleton, or Templeton. It is doubtful whether any of the remainder would have been provided for by the Springston School. The proposed School is, however, much nearer to those attending it, none of them living within two miles of either of the other Schools, and some of them close to this one.
The proposed School-room is a lofty and airy Chapel, a fine building of about feet inside dimensions.
It is well finished and is lined with T. & G. Baltic Pine.
It is, however, very drafty from the windows on three sides of the room, from the door, and from two large ventilators. The latter require shutters for use in cold and stormy weather.
There is neither fireplace, stove, nor other provision for warming.
The desks are insufficient, unsuitable, and badly made.
A Member of the Committee states that they are willing to remedy every defect, and to provide every requisite in the event of the School being approved by the Board.
The School fees are one shilling weekly, and should supply an income of about twenty-five shillings weekly from this source alone.
The School presented an unfavourable appearance as to organization and discipline, owing to the unoccupied state of some classes not under instruction at the time; also, owing to the distribution of the children on all sides of the room, and to other faulty arrangements.
The ages range from 4 or 5 to 17 or 18.
In conclusion, the room in its present state and arrangement is not well adapted for a School.
Its proximity to other Schools may prove objectionable.
The present Teacher, quite a youth, trained at St. Michael’s School, and of good promise, is hardly equal to the conduct of so large a School, of such varied ages and attainments, and including several elder Scholars of a first-rate Master.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
J. P. RESTELL,
Inspector of Schools.
October 24, 1868.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1869, No 5
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Special Report on Broadfields School
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🎓 Education, Culture & Science24 October 1868
School Inspection, Building Conditions, Educational Attainments
- J. P. Restell (Inspector of Schools), Authored the report
- J. P. Restell, Inspector of Schools