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The Bible knowledge of Edward Reese, George F. Bridge, William H. Herbert, A. O. Merton, W. Charles Bean, and W. B. D. Wilson, is very creditable; that of Lawrence, Blake, Dixon, Burrows, Willmer, and Bannister, very deficient.
In Reading, most boys have done fairly well.
The Spelling of W. H. Herbert, Edward Reese, and Benjamin Connal, is very accurate; they have only made one mistake in a large number of difficult words.
The Writing of A. E. Bird, W. G. Napier, and J. R. B. Craig, is good.
The Arithmetic of Bean and H. J. Knowles is very accurate; that of Bridge, Merton, and Wilson, very deficient.
In Geography, Reese and Bean have done the best; Bridge and Herbert very fairly.
Bridge, Bird, and W. B. D. Wilson have done best in History.
The English Grammar seems to be very imperfectly understood; but better by Bird, Bean, Connal, Bridge, Wilson, Knowles, Samuel Jones, and Frost, than by the rest. The subject seems to be imperfectly understood, and unsuccessfully taught, in the majority of the Ordinary Schools.
The examination afforded a test of several different classes of instruction—those of Superior Schools, Private Schools, Home, and the Ordinary Schools. The Bible knowledge and English are at a discount in some of the Superior and Private Schools; progress in these subjects seems inconsistent with a higher course.
Home instruction favours special subjects, to the partial or total neglect of others. The pupils suffer also from want of competition. Some other advantages probably compensate for what is thus lost. The course in the Ordinary Schools varies with the relative efficiency of each; but, time not being required for a superior course, a more even and accurate standard of general knowledge is attainable.
Possibly the acquirement of habitual accuracy in a simple course may be the best security for sounder progress at a later age in a higher one.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
J. P. RESTELL,
Inspector of Schools.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1870, No 21A
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Inspector's Monthly Report on Schools
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🎓 Education, Culture & ScienceSchools, Inspection, Examination, Student Performance, Canterbury
38 names identified
- Edward Reese, Student performance in Bible knowledge
- George F. Bridge, Student performance in Bible knowledge
- William H. Herbert, Student performance in Bible knowledge
- A. O. Merton, Student performance in Bible knowledge
- W. Charles Bean, Student performance in Bible knowledge
- W. B. D. Wilson, Student performance in Bible knowledge
- Lawrence, Student performance in Bible knowledge
- Blake, Student performance in Bible knowledge
- Dixon, Student performance in Bible knowledge
- Burrows, Student performance in Bible knowledge
- Willmer, Student performance in Bible knowledge
- Bannister, Student performance in Bible knowledge
- W. H. Herbert, Student performance in Spelling
- Edward Reese, Student performance in Spelling
- Benjamin Connal, Student performance in Spelling
- A. E. Bird, Student performance in Writing
- W. G. Napier, Student performance in Writing
- J. R. B. Craig, Student performance in Writing
- W. Charles Bean, Student performance in Arithmetic
- H. J. Knowles, Student performance in Arithmetic
- George F. Bridge, Student performance in Arithmetic
- A. O. Merton, Student performance in Arithmetic
- W. B. D. Wilson, Student performance in Arithmetic
- Edward Reese, Student performance in Geography
- W. Charles Bean, Student performance in Geography
- George F. Bridge, Student performance in Geography
- William H. Herbert, Student performance in Geography
- George F. Bridge, Student performance in History
- A. E. Bird, Student performance in History
- W. B. D. Wilson, Student performance in History
- A. E. Bird, Student performance in English Grammar
- W. Charles Bean, Student performance in English Grammar
- Benjamin Connal, Student performance in English Grammar
- George F. Bridge, Student performance in English Grammar
- W. B. D. Wilson, Student performance in English Grammar
- H. J. Knowles, Student performance in English Grammar
- Samuel Jones, Student performance in English Grammar
- Frost, Student performance in English Grammar
- J. P. Restell, Inspector of Schools