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SCHOOLS EXAMINED.
JClaxton ... July 3 ... Present 45 ... Satisfactory.
Fernside ... July 4 ... Present 38 ... Satisfactory.
Stoke ... July 5 ... Present 36 ... The order fair;
the registers satisfactory; writing good; but the work set down in the pro-
gramme supplied is of a lower and more elementary standard than might reason-
ably be expected; and the programme itself is very imperfectly fulfilled; there is,
however, reason to hope for improvement by next examination. The room is
cold and comfortless for want of a fire; the chimney is said to smoke whenever a
fire is lighted.
Note.—Since the chimneys so generally prove to be useless, either being blown down
or smoking, or failing to diffuse warmth; it may be advisable to decide on some
other means of warming the schoolroom.
Cast ... July 6 ... Present 48 ... Satisfactory,
allowance being made for the temporary want of an assistant or a pupil-teacher.
Oxford ... July 7 ... Present 34 ... There is a marked
improvement in the attainments and efficiency; but the attendance, so very dispro-
portionate to the population of Oxford and Harewood, shows that the school is
not in a sufficiently central position. The interior of the schoolroom has been
improved, but the state of the premises out of doors requires attention.
Eyretown ... July 10 ... Present 25 ... Satisfactory as
to the attainments, but some repairs are necessary both in the schoolroom and
out of doors.
SPECIAL REPORT.
Selwyn Station School ... July 15 ... Present 11, with fifteen names on
the list of attendants.
The schoolroom is situated on an unfenced quarter-acre section, near the Railway
Station. There is some intention of procuring another quarter-acre adjoining.
A side school here appears to be very requisite, one to be conducted by a mistress
who could bring on the girls and the younger boys; the distance of about four
miles to the Selwyn District School is too far for them.
The present schoolroom is of suitable dimensions—(about 32ft. x 17ft.); it requires
to be lined and provision to be made for warming it, as there is neither stove nor
fireplace. The position of the door should be altered, and a porch should be erected.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1871, No 51
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