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(7.) History—Course A, including civic instruction.
Instruction of the kind indicated in clauses 48, 49, and 50 must also
be given.
Additional Subjects.
Group I.:
(1.) Elementary Science or Lessons on Objects.
(2.) Handwork.
(3.) Geography—Course C.
(4.) History—Course B.
Group II.:
(1.) Needlework.
(2.) Military Drill.
STANDARD V.
Compulsory Subjects.
(1.) English :
(a.) Reading—Two books.
(b.) Composition—Oral and written composition, including
letter-writing suited to this stage; structure of sen-
tences; correction of common errors.
(c.) Spelling—Word-building and spelling continued.
(d.) Writing—Transcription more advanced than for Standard
IV.; easy commercial forms.
(e.) Recitation—Not less than 200 lines.
(2.) Arithmetic—Simple proportion; practice and bills of accounts;
easy vulgar fractions; easy direct percentages; meaning of
decimals, to three places; mensuration of rectangular areas from
actual measurements; cubic measure; easy metric standards.
(3.) Drawing. (See clauses 45, 46.)
(4.) Singing. (See clause 54.)
(5.) Physical Instruction. (See clause 47.)
(6.) Geography: Course A—Scale of the map of New Zealand; first
ideas about glaciers and the work of ice; the sea and its work,
winds and currents; coasts and capes; general distribution of
land and water on the globe; mountain and river systems in
outline of some one continent. Course B — Mathematical
Geography. (See Course B, Standard VI.)
(7.) History—Course A, including civic instruction.
Instruction of the kind indicated in clauses 48, 49, and 50 must also
be given.
Additional Subjects.
Group I.:
(1.) Elementary Science. (See clauses 56, 57.)
(2.) Handwork.
(3.) Geography—Course C.
(4.) History—Course B.
Group II.:
(1.) Needlework.
(2.) Military Drill.
STANDARD VI.
Compulsory Subjects.
(1.) English :
(a.) Reading.—Two books.
(b.) Composition.—Revision and extension of the work of pre-
vious standards.
(c.) Spelling.—Word-building continued; also, technical words
in every-day use and the words from one of the reading-
books.
(d.) Writing.—More advanced transcription.
(e.) Recitation.—Not less than 250 lines of poetry or prose.
(2.) Arithmetic:—Vulgar and decimal fractions (excluding recurring
decimals) more advanced percentages, compound proportion;
easy partnerships; troy weight; metric weights and measures;
square root; easy mensuration; shorter methods.
(3.) Drawing. (See clauses 45, 46.)
(4.) Singing. (See clause 54.)
(5.) Physical Instruction. (See clause 47.)
(6.) Geography:—Course A—Scale of maps generally; the following
subjects treated somewhat more fully than in earlier classes:
ice, deltas, and alluvial plains; winds; climate; the seasons;
geographical zones. Course B (Mathematical Geography, &c.)
—The following subjects, to be taught as far as possible from
actual observation: Daily rotation of the earth; meridians,
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