PRIMARY EDUCATION.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 87, 13 April 1927, Page 16

PRIMARY EDUCATION.

ROLL NUMBERS ON INCREASE.

I 111-: POUTS OX PROGRKSS

The primary school committees' reports to In- present I'd to meetings of bondholders to-nicht reveal that satist.ictorv progress has been made, and that roll numbers are on the increase. Further report* are as under: — HUNT CHEYAIJEK. Tin' fact that the roll number at Point t1 i> r has increased so rapidly that it hail hi'i'ii ln'i I'ssary seenri' the use of tin- l'ri-shj ti-rian Church as an additional clas>roi.m. i* commented upon in the chairman's report. A start would shortly he made with the erection of mhlitional building- tn relieve the corniest ion. as the nucleus of a separate infants' school. The school roll hail inereasei] from -too nt the beginning of l'.cjii, to s nt the present time, tine liundri'il per cent of proficiencies hnd been secured, anil improvements to the ground had been effected In the value of c 'J'.is. 1 lespite the fact that all this work hail been at tended to, there was n sum of i. left for the incoming committee. AVONIIAI.i;. The roll number nt Avondaln has Increased from CiKS to 7'JS. according to the annual report, while the average attendance had been affected by n series of epidemics toward* the end of last year. Two new classrooms, acconimodat ing 100 children, hnd been added, and attached to this was a dental clinic, a nurse's room and a teacher's room. The receipts for the jenr amounted to U ."S- and the e.\pendit tire c ,'il!o. leaving a credit balance of t; The inspector had reported favourably on die tone of the inst it nt ion. AICKLAXD CITY. The report of the Auckland City district committee states that the income for the year had been i; ,YJ7 and the expenditure C i'iL'o, and for the first time for many years the committee did not have a surplus to show. The attendanee at lit*' school had been good, but the number on the roll was much lower than it was. being now not much more than two-thirds of the number a few years ago. The inspectors' reports had been satisfactory. showing that the teachers had done their best for the children. The new school at Napier Street had been completed, and the children transferred to it from the old st ructurc. M.U'NCAWHAC. A credit balance of c'_'!i was revealed on the year's working at Maungawh.au. and the insi had reported that the school was an excellent one. At the annual proticlencv examinations all the candidates had passed. Tin- roll number at the cml, of the year was 77; i, and the average attendance 707. At the present time it stood at Sso, despite the fact that the opening of the Brixton Itoad institution causiil the withdrawal of ninny children, following a referendum the Nelson system of bible in schools had been instituted and was working satisfactorily. During the year great attention had been given to the physical as v.ell as the moral welfare of the children. Mi >1 NT Kt(SKILL. At Mount Koskill several improvements to the grounds have been made, slates the report. Satisfactory results had been obtained in the examinations. The side school was working satisfactorily under trying conditions. There was poor lighting and ventillation and the building was not suitable for school purposes. An important milestone In the history of the school was reached nt the end of lii'Jf'i, when the increase in the attendance placed the institution in grade