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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 32

(7) history, including civic instruction. Instruction of the kind indicated in clauses 48, 53, and 57 shall also be given.

Military drill, as prescribed in the regulations for public-school cadet corps, must be taken by boys in every school in which there are twenty or more boys of twelve years of age or upwards. Boys who take military drill will be held to satisfy the requirements under the head of (5) physical instruction.

32. In the same classes the following shall be the additional subjects: viz., (1) a definite course of nature-study or elementary science, (2) handwork, (3) geography as defined in clause 43, (4) history as defined in clause 50, (5) needlework.

33. All the additional subjects may be taken in any school.

In schools of Grades 1, 2, 3, all the additional subjects may be omitted, except needlework as prescribed below.

In schools of Grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, at least one additional subject shall be taken by boys and girls.

In schools of Grade 9 and higher grades, at least two additional subjects shall be taken by boys and girls.

In all schools of Grade 4 and higher grades, boys and girls shall take either a definite course of nature-study or elementary science, or a subject of handwork that includes a training in elementary scientific method, such as cottage-gardening, dairy-work, agriculture, elementary physics, &c.; but in the case of girls in schools of Grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, this requirement may be held to be satisfied if they receive sufficient instruction in the geography of Course A, and in health.

Needlework must be taken by all the girls in classes S3 to S6 in every school where there is a female adult teacher, provided that girls who are attending a class in cookery, dressmaking, or laundry-work recognised under the regulations of the Manual and Technical Instruction Act need not take needlework while they are so attending.

CLASS S7.

34. The following subjects shall be compulsory in all schools for Class S7: (1) English, as prescribed in clause 38; (2) arithmetic, as prescribed in clause 39; (3) military drill, as prescribed in the regulations relating to public-school cadet corps. Attention should still be given to the kind of instruction that is indicated in clauses 48, 53, and 57.

35. In the same class the following shall be the additional subjects from which a selection shall be made: (1) Drawing, (2) geometry, (3) algebra, (4) elementary mechanics (5) physics, (6) chemistry, (7) botany, (8) bookkeeping as for Civil Service Junior Examination, (9) shorthand, (10) agriculture, (11) physiology, (12) geology, (13) geography as for Civil Service Junior Examination, (14) history as for Civil Service Junior Examination, (15) handwork, one or more branches.

In schools situated more than five miles from any secondary school coming under section 5 of the Secondary Schools Act, or from any district high school, and in schools attached to training colleges, but in no other schools, (16) Latin, (17) French, and (18) German, may be included in the list of additional subjects from which a selection may be made.

In places where there is a district high school or a secondary school coming under section 5 of the Secondary Schools Act, and in places from which the pupils can travel daily to such a school, the work in S7 shall not be required.

Subject to these regulations a pupil who has gained a certificate of proficiency shall be held to be qualified for admission to S7.

OUTLINE OF SYLLABUS.

36. The syllabus of the work required in the several subjects for the various standards is indicated, for the sake of convenience, in outline in the clauses below. It is set out in full detail in clauses 37 et seq.

STANDARD I.
Compulsory Subjects.

(1.) English (see clauses 37, 38):

(a.) Reading—Two books.

(b.) Composition—Oral formation of simple sentences.

(c.) Writing—Letters and figures; transcription of easy sentences.

(d.) Spelling—Easy words in common use, as in one of the reading-books, and other words of regular formation.

(e.) Recitation—120 lines of suitable standard poetry.

(2.) Arithmetic (see clause 39):

(a.) For preparatory classes—The numbers from 1 to 20, with concrete examples.

(b.) The numbers from 1 to 100, with concrete examples.