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BOARD OF EDUCATION.
(JANUARY 28—FEBRUARY 24, 1870.)
INSPECTOR’S MONTHLY REPORT.
To THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
Sir,
I have the honour to submit a Summary Report on the schools examined, and on the preliminary examination of the Candidates for Scholarships.
Akaroa School ... February 2 ... Present 28 ... The Scottish School-book Association’s books having been substituted by the former master for those in the Board’s catalogue, their use is still continued. The books are good, but a course more uniform with that of the rest of the schools would be preferable. There is no very great objection to the means or method, so that the results are satisfactory; but the progress of the lower classes here has hitherto been unusually slow, and a ready comparative test has been baffled by the substitution of a different set of books. The necessity of a clock, and of inkwells, was pointed out to the Chairman of the Local Committee, who will, I believe, attend to it.
Duvauchelle’s Bay ... February 2 ... Present 17 ... Satisfactory.
Pigeon Bay ... February 3 ... Present 28 ... The removal of the school, to a more central site, in accordance with the growth of population up the valley, seems desirable. But possibly in a few years a school on the present site, and another elsewhere, may be required. The neatness of the registers and the copybooks has fallen off; several columns formerly kept in the register have been neglected. The clock having stopped, affords a screen for want of punctuality; five children came in very late. The Bible knowledge, Reading, and other attainments of the two lower classes are very deficient. There is a want of personal cleanliness and of ventilation; a very unpleasant odour prevailed.
Christchurch Roman Catholic Schools (inspected February 7)—
Boys’ School ... Present 57
Girls’ ... Present 64
Same day Girl’s school examined.
The discipline is excellent; the cleanliness of the room, the children, and their books, are highly commendable; the soundness and accuracy of each class in Secular knowledge are very satisfactory. The knowledge of Sacred History is limited to the outlines given in the reading-books, and is, so far, satisfactory.
The Boys’ School, February 8.
The discipline and attainments are fairly proportioned to the teaching power—one efficient master.
Lower Heathcote School, Ferry Road ... February 10 ... Present 30 ... The attendance and efficiency are decreasing. The last quarters of 1868 and 1869 show a decrease of 13 actual attendants, and of 11 in the average of daily
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1870, No 21A
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