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BOARD OF EDUCATION.
(AUGUST 6—SEPTEMBER 2, 1872.)
INSPECTOR’S MONTHLY REPORT.
To THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
Sir,
I have the honour to submit a Summary Report on the schools examined during the month.
Addington (Boys’) ... August 7 ... Present 18 (average 21) The attendance is at present at a low average, a new master having but recently been appointed.
Addington (Girls’) ... August 7 ... Present 21 (average 21) Satisfactory.
Hillsborough and Opawa (inspected) August 8 ... Present 33 (average 29) Attendance increasing. Order and registers fair. School opened July 22.
St. Albans ... August 12 and 13 Weather unfavourable. Present 157 (average 166) The progress since last examination very satisfactory. Organisation and discipline superior. Room very cold the first day, and too close the second. It is surprising how the school can have been conducted all the winter without a fire.
Lyttelton Borough School ... August 14, 15, 16 ... Present 238 (average 220). The present space is insufficient for the accommodation of the large and increasing attendance.
The Committee have added to the staff an assistant mistress in No. 3 division of the school. Two candidates for pupil-teachership nominated by the Committee, have subsequently been examined; they are both eligible, but David Grubb being the more successful competitor, is first recommended for the proposed appointment; the other candidate, Thomas Grange, might also advantageously be employed in this school, and the two being of nearly equal attainments, would study well together under the competent training of Mr. Ross.
The attainments are generally satisfactory in each department; any minor defects for future correction were sufficiently indicated at the time, and also on the forms of report annexed.
The distribution of the classes is of too mixed a character.
Mr. Ross being a trained and certificated teacher, is more competent for the instruction of the senior pupils.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1872, No 51
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🎓 Inspector's Monthly Report on Schools
🎓 Education, Culture & ScienceSchool Inspection, Attendance, Teaching Staff, Pupil-Teacher Candidates
- David Grubb, Nominated for pupil-teachership
- Thomas Grange, Nominated for pupil-teachership
- Ross (Mr), Senior teacher at Lyttelton Borough School
- Inspector (unnamed)