AKAROA BOROUGH SCHOOL.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2060, 9 June 1896, Page 2

AKAROA BOROUGH SCHOOL.

A sppoifl nieeting of this Oomrii'ittee was held last evening to consider the following report :—

pVB Rni.-j.M* —Rfc.,nH r! Y1..-P'"----s-e-t. d II O'H.pril 11 f i'-d 3 p>f»sed. 8, S'.md«rd 'V. — 24. nr.went 24. f,»ilpd 9 ri-.s-ed 15. Pf-ndardJV.-Pr«-upnipd 12. 12, f'ti'pd G. p-ssed-G. !■*■*; i"dairl 111 — pr»Bpn'pd 18 i.'rpeen* 18. p,.ss..d 7 laih'd 11. S-a-d.irrlTl.-P.e-" -■Mcd 28, p-»s-nt 28 f.ilpd fi i)..Hw.'d 22. Sr„tul-i-d '1. —Pi-r-üßiHed ;14, ores nt •51, fni <>r< 9 p>is-e.) 22. Prep-.ratory — Pre«.Mi-prl GO. present 55 Cl.-H Sol jets (mirk- oto 100) —Grammar '55 mw'ks In-toy SO geography 30. pi »iiipniary ►ci»"o ,, > oh-j ct le-son->, &c. 30. mental arithmetic 35. Ad'U'ional Snhj ct- — Repetition and r ..,.;,, ton — Pi. c»* n..» well enough known Drill nri-l Kxerc-HP"—Boys only fair. ' Vimying —Part H.-fg- i.r<»'.w.-H sung. 'Oomp-phen-ion of Raiding Lupous— Snri.t-rd-. V. and VI ve.y f«ir. lower el ..w-es f-ir. Or.>r. z ' •<>"—Stnnd.'ds VI, V. and IV.— Mr Nicboll-, H»adma-»»Hf. Standard- 111. and ll.— Mi— I. Armstrong, A-i-t-.rt Mi-tre--. Rand-rd L—Dora Ni.-bo'l-. P-'tvw. try — Mb* Alice Cook, Tof.ni Mis.h>»-.

R.-m«rl<M — o>ving $ > mow' exceptional ehan_ps in the ppr-nnnel of the a'pff dnr • ins the pant year Br, d interruptions t'l ths continuity of top teAcliinj. limVo been PO Rprious. tbflt the pc-hool could scarcely ba exp'-ct'd to <fo w»il at thip examination. Fi'P', th" Infant Mi-trp*H having retired from 'he pprvif.f» at tlie middle . f tha ya-ir. a locum tenum disch>'T_ed +,'•« dutiea of her po~it'(>r! tur two months, and then the present mrs'rp'-n was nponitred. This appointment, I m-y bpre in likely (o prove a pood one, for judged by In r succe-a in ethT pop : t one., MiVh Cook m«y be trusted to tench on approved linpß. and though plio bas heen only thr-e weeks in charge of ibe deptr'mert, the children have nlrp.-dy learned ti yie'd her a ready obedier.ee and good habits of order and n'temion which were fo-merly very much neglected, are now rporemng careful attention. In the second plare. several pupil teachers having been fi"d- in

low sti n lard cl«sses without any prnnii.e of- sneers'", the Board granted an' aspbtmt mat-ter on supply for two met th ", and he was succeeded nbout a mnrth ago hy the present assistant, mi-tr-pp, appoi. tmen', let hope; will &s>nirp some degrcH (if peiuninepry. Moanwhi'e, the pupil fc"flehor qpertion is in abeyance The hendmaster'n dftiigl t n r has been act - ing fr.r e'<rne week-* as a prob> t'or-er, -nr.d her q'islifiot'ons for th.v pot't'on will com» under ihe review of t « newly elected Committee »t an. enrly dnte. . Tln.t cha-ea po iinfortunatel}* situated f-hou'd be backward in iheir work almost trues without paying-. In Siar.d»rd I. and 11., wpftfcip** i" ril'-et p.on,amc-rI in rea.l it.g Boelliog ftnd A'"t''tn'ti c;"" while 71rawing is th" only sn' j •< t in wl ith s re* pec'--b!e. level of m.rii is rc-Hcheil. Standaidr' 111. and IV.. ttinugh Ip-"« bi-ck-vard, are far from snnnd the importiit «ot of

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intr « g0...' d.-al lo *je def-irpt l . Standards V. i"d VI m»ke a nearer pprroscb to a si-isfa. t'»>y degree of attainment • their geograiiby i v ve.y good indeed ano read" ing Mpel'ing. wriiir.g, d'awing and gr-im* in-..r are m<-re o. less w< rt''V ot commeoriaiir)n> A'ihui tcVm the r fier hand is vi ry weak and most t>f 'ho c. in position exerciues are feeble. In connection with the mechanical work in to lower standards genera'ly I lake this oppo't-mi-y to poio' out tha 1 slov-nlinps.i ar-d inaeenrory phouhl mil be tnler.ited for » d->y, at.d I Innk to ibe Fiipervi-ion of the Headma-ter to remove the defects of this nature which am fttt present much too prominent. L- B. Wood.

Inspector. A leltpr was ren-l frmi the Board of Education as'- ing if the Committee had any recommendation to make. The Cotiimiltee, after l..ng discussion oassel the following resolution to bo forwjird.'d to th-* Ibmrd nf Education :—. Ii al thi> Committee having had before them tl.e Insp?ctor's report of April l.HfJti, and the I'ord's letter of 3rd inst., feel vitli the Board tbnt the report is unsatisfactory. At the same time, having regard to the n<>n continuity oftlie teaching as pointed out in the Inspector's report, lhi-y think that with the present stuff hi t't'r results are likely to bo secured fnr ihe coining year. 'Ihe Committee will direct the hea-l master's rtteution to the slovelinossand inaecurncies mentioned in tho report, and will expect him to remove iho defects.