SCHOOLS INSPECTION.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2062, 16 June 1896, Page 2

SCHOOLS INSPECTION.

GERMAN BAY MAIN SCHOOL.

Examination repoTt on Germin Bay Main Public School, examined April 30th 1896:—1. Pass Subject*.— Stmdard 6: Presented 1, present 1 fail _1. Standard 5 : Presented 5, present 5. passed 5. Standard 4: Presented 7, preßent 6 failed 3. passed 3. Standard 3 : Presented 15, present 15, excepted I, failed 2, passed 12. Standard 2: Preset t?d 10, present 10, passed 10 Standard 1 : Presented 7, present 7, passed 7. Preparatory : Presented 14 present 14. Totals : Presented 59, present 58. excepted 1, failed 6 passed 37. 11. Class Subjects (marks 0 to 100)— Grammar 55 ; history 55 : geography (S2 only) 75 ; etemertuy science; object , Wain?, &c 55 ; arithmetic 45. 111. Additional Sub] era.— Repetition and recitation very fair; drill and exercises (hoys only) good; singing not taught.; needlework good : comprehension of reading lessons much improved. Organization —Standards 6 to 3, Mr H. Ryde, master ; standards 2 t) preparatory, Mips Grace Brown, mistress,* (recent appointment). Remarks—Tlie schnoi has made a marked advance in efficiency since I last examined it two yesrs ago ; and more especially is the imorovement nnt'ceable in t'ro subjects taken in oral examination. For several years 1 found it a moat tying ordeal to elicit any information from the pupils of this sobool by oral questioning ; bnt now all the children, without escepiion in Ihe lower classes, and a considerable number of those in the upper division, answer brightly nni intelligently to the best of their ability, and render the examiner's ta „ a cnmpimtive'y light one. Of such promise is the work presented in this examination that I confidently predict a large measure of success for the school in tho immediate future, if only a good average attendance cm be maintained.

L. B. Wood, Inspector

c Tt is only fair lo stats tbat Miss Armstrong, now teaching in th»< Borough school, waa the mistress at tho German Main school to within three weeks of the examination, so that to her is due o share of the excellent results obtained,,