✨ Annual Report of the Inspector of Public Schools
NELSON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 119
made either in arithmetic or dictation, and the reading was generally of fair quality.
No Town: Mr Robb.—(20.)—The present master had been at work five weeks only when I examined his school. He appeared to be thoroughly competent. The children read distinctly, and could give a good account of what they had been reading. They were also well grounded in their tables, and in other respects showed unmistakable signs of having been carefully taught. It is only fair to attribute the good state of this school to its late master, Mr Haswell.
Lyell: Mr Goldstucker.—(8.)—The few scholars who were present at my examination were fairly taught. The work of the school was being carried on in a small cottage at a great disadvantage, the former school-room having been recently blown down.
Granville: Miss Melody.—(22.)—This school was unfortunately closed for the winter holidays when I last visited Granville, in April. I was, however, very favorably impressed by what I saw in November, great progress having been made during the previous six months. The mistress, though very young, possesses a considerable power of controlling and instructing scholars, some of whom are nearly as old as herself.
Nelson Creek: formerly Mr. Conolly, now Miss Gavne.—(15.)—The inhabitants of Nelson Creek, who had last year the ambition of maintaining two schools within a few yards of each other, have hitherto found it impossible to retain for many months together any teacher in the single school that now survives. Three teachers have left the place during nine months. A mistress has lately been appointed under a twelve months' engagement, an arrangement that offers some prospect of being permanent. The master whom I found in charge of the school had taken office merely in order that the school might not be closed again, and was evidently not at home in his work. The children were disorderly, and, as might be expected, knew very little.
Totara Flat: Mrs. Thurogood.—(13.)—Although this little school had been open only seven months when I inspected it, much had been done during that period. The scholars read and spelt remarkably for their years, and were thoroughly grounded in their tables. The extraordinarily high rate of attendance (90 per cent.) shows that the services of the teacher are properly appreciated in the neighborhood.
Karamea: Mrs. Naylor.—(35.)—The teacher of this remote, and, indeed, almost inaccessible school, has contrived in a short space of time, and under unusual difficulties, to produce excellent results. When I examined the school, at the end of March, it had been open only nine months. The 35 children present were huddled together in a room measuring only 15ft. by 9ft. Yet the older scholars read fairly, wrote tolerably well from dictation, and worked money questions in arithmetic very correctly, not one in the first class failing to pass the second standard. The other class were equally well taught, and all the scholars were remarkably well drilled and orderly.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
W. C. HODGSON,
Inspector.
July 6, 1876.
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🎓 Education, Culture & Science6 July 1876
Education, School Inspection, Nelson Province, School Report, Teachers
8 names identified
- Mr. Robb, Master of No Town school
- Mr. Haswell, Late master of No Town school
- Mr. Goldstucker, Master of Lyell school
- Miss Melody, Mistress of Granville school
- Mr. Conolly, Former teacher of Nelson Creek school
- Miss Gavne, Mistress of Nelson Creek school
- Mrs. Thurogood, Teacher of Totara Flat school
- Mrs. Naylor, Teacher of Karamea school
- W. C. Hodgson, Inspector