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Fernside ... Dec. 15 ... Present 51 ... Satisfactory.
Great pains have been taken; the work is, mostly, very creditable; a higher course is aimed at, and some success has already been attained; it is important, however, to cultivate greater accuracy in the ordinary rules of arithmetic.
Papanui—St. Paul’s ... Dec. 20 ... Present 97 ... Satisfactory.
Heathcote Valley ... Dec. 21 ... Present 51 ... Satisfactory,
on the whole, but there are 21 (twenty-one) children who have not yet begun to use books—some of them might well do so; the large-type cards keep the learning out of the hands of the young children, who get on better when they learn to use their little books. Dairy work causes many of the scholars to come late; hence, they lose the reading of the Bible, and the knowledge of its simplest truths.
I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
J. P. RESTELL,
Inspector of Schools.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
(Quarter Ending December 31, 1870.)
INSPECTOR’S QUARTERLY REPORT.
To the Chairman of the Board.
Sir,
I have the honour to submit a Tabular Summary of the Returns as to Attendance and Payment, and a Schedule as to the Efficiency of the Schools Examined.
It will be seen from the Tabular Summary that, during the quarter, the number of attendants has been 8,662, an increase of 806 upon the corresponding quarter of last year; the average daily attendance 2,626, an increase of 260; the amount of school fees has been £1,232 19s. 5d., an increase of £68 19s. 5d.; that the increase in this respect is smaller than in former years, is due to a considerable reduction in the rate of school fees in several districts; it is also a nett amount, exclusive of unpaid arrears of fees. It will be seen from the Schedule as to their Efficiency, that the number of schools inspected or examined has been 48, including, in all, 1,667 children. This being the end of the year, it may be desirable to state, that all the ordinary schools have been examined at least once during the year, many of them three or four times. Those most frequently examined are chiefly the new schools nearest to Christchurch, also those less satisfactory on the previous visit; and as for instance the Lyttelton Wesleyan School, those which have fallen into the routine of visits, to the Bays or other localities, at a convenient interval since the previous visit.
The frequency of inspection becomes less and less necessary as the schools continue to attain a higher standard of efficiency; a half-yearly examination being, in most instances, all the inspection required, except casual visits to test, for the satisfaction of the teachers themselves and of the local authorities, as well as the Board, the accuracy of the average attendance.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1871, No 24A
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Inspector's Monthly Report on Schools
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- J. P. Restell, Inspector of Schools
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