HUTT VALLEY SCHOOLS

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 213, 5 June 1931, Page 5

HUTT VALLEY SCHOOLS

Meeting of Headmasters The monthly meeting of the Hutt yalley Primary Schools’ Headmasters Association was held yesterday. Mr. Wilson Mr. Wilson, headmaster of the Waiwetu School, was appointed to represent the association on the Lower Hutt League of Nations’ Lnlon. The headmaster of the Hutt Valley High School, who also attends the association meetings by invitation, stated that it would be an ex cellent idea if the association had a representative on the Lower Hutt branch of the union. It was well for all phases of thought and activity to be represented. Formerly a sub-association of the Weilincton Primary Schools’ Headmasters Association, the Hutt Valley association was notilied that its application to be recognised as a separate association had been accepted by the New Zealand Primary Schools’ Headmasters’ Association. There is no Intention, however, on the part, of the association to lose touch altogethei with the Wellington association. In connection with the woodwork and domestic science classes which, on some days of the week, are attended by pupils for ■ the hours 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., it was reported that on those days, the pupils would have their lunch hour from 12 noon to 2 p.m. The two hours from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.. and the three hours in the morning (9 a.m. to 12 noon), would constitute the usual school day of five hours. The Education Department was looking to the headmasters to assist in the smooth working of the scheme. No apprehension was entertained by the association that any complaints would be forthcoming from parents at the fact that the classes extended an hour beyond school time. The headmasters were pleased that the schedule did not involve any change in the children’s regular dinner hour, a proceeding which it was considered would have been detrimental to the health of the child. It was decided to furnish the Wellington School Committees and Educational Federation with the Information It requested on the position of relieving teachers at the various schools in the Hutt Valley, aud on the numbers and particulars ot composite classes. The federation, said the chairman, had done, and was doing, excellent work, and the association should support it. It was very keenly interested in the affairs of the schools. He strongly advised the association to send delegates to the federation whenever possible. It was a body that had a good backing and carried a great deal of weight. It was trying to right some of the wrongs that teachers and schools were suffering under.