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Oct. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2503
(5.) Morals. (See clause 17.)
(6.) Singing. (See clause 18.)
(7.) Physical Exercises and Laws of Health. (See clauses 19 and 20.)
STANDARD IV.
(1.) English.
(a.) English language: Oral and written composition, including descriptions of simple objects or phenomena, or of simple incidents, or of pictures, or the oral reproduction of easy stories and fables; letter-writing; the analysis and synthesis of easy sentences, distinction between singular and plural, present and past, present and future, taught by examples.
(b.) Reading: Two books suited to this stage.
(c.) Writing: Transcription of prose and poetry; copying simple invoices.
(d.) Spelling and word-building continued, and dictation from one of the reading-books.
(e.) Recitation of suitable poetry.
(2.) Arithmetic.
Long multiplication of money, reduction of money and the common weights and measures, simple practice, and easy bills of accounts; the following tables—money, avoirdu pois, long measure (inches, feet, yards, chains, miles), square measure (inches, feet, yards, chains, acres), capacity (pint, quart, gallon, peck, bushel, quarter), time and angular measure (degree only); simplest cases of mensuration; meaning of proper fractions, with denominator not greater than 20, and applied to concrete examples—e.g., ⅗ of £4 10s.; mental arithmetic and problems suited to this stage.
(3.) Handwork.
(a.) Drawing as for Standard III, but more advanced.
(b.) A definite course of elementary manual training, e.g.,—
(i.) Modelling in carton, cardboard, and plasticine.
(ii.) Woodwork.
(iii.) Practical agriculture.
(iv.) Needlework, } For girls only.
(v.) Domestic duties, }
(4.) Nature-study (extended).
Further observation of animal and plant life, and further study of natural processes by observation and experiment; more extended plans and maps; New Zealand topics of geographical interest; life in the South Sea Islands and Australia; introduction to life in other lands.
(5.) Morals. (See clause 17.)
(6.) Singing. (See clause 18.)
(7.) Physical Exercises and Laws of Health. (See clauses 19 and 20.)
STANDARD V.
(1.) English.
(a.) English language: Oral and written composition on suitable topics; letter-writing; analysis, synthesis, and variation in the form of easy sentences; distinctions between the various tenses as taught by their use in sentences; correction of common errors of spoken and written language.
(b.) Reading: Two books suited to this stage.
(c.) Spelling: Word-building continued; other words from one of the reading books; dictation of suitable passages therefrom.
(d.) Writing: Transcription of prose and poetry, and of invoices and other commercial forms.
(e.) Recitation.
(2.) Arithmetic.
Simple proportion (by unitary method); practice, and harder bills of accounts; easy cases of vulgar fractions; meaning of decimals of the first three orders—e.g., ·1 as one-tenth, ·01 as one-hundredth, ·001 as one-thousandth; simple applications to concrete examples; easy sums involving the
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