STUDENTS' HANDWORK

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 112, 8 November 1930, Page 7

STUDENTS' HANDWORK

« TRAINING COLLEGE DISPLAY The handwork done by students of the Wellington Teachers' Training College was on view to visitors yesterday afternoon and this morning in the College Library. The great variety of articles were arranged according to the sections in which the students work — about thirty students to a section —and gave an excellent indication of the amoi/t and nature of handwork done at the college during the year. The value of handwork in all its forms as an aid to' teaching is more appreciated each year, and certainly the attractive models and illustrations made by this year's Traiuing College student.: could not fail to awaken youthful interest and curiosity, and turn.a possibly dull lesson into something real and worth remembering. Miniature sets of Maori weapons, a model of a Maori house (the roof cleverly thatched with raffia), flax sandals and head bands should make any instruction in Maori history pleasurable and "alive," while what child could fail to remember health rules when he has before him a coloured panorama of "Healthland," showing such places as Long Sleep Mountain and Hot Soup Springs, or a miniature shop with daintily, made glitterwax fruits and vegetables indicating right nourishment for his young body? Another novel idea had been carried out for use in geography lessons. This was a map of Australia drawn on blind material, the products of the different parts of the continent being made up separately—little bundles of wool, pictures of fruits and so on—and attachable to the districts where they are found by hooks and eyes. Pictorial modulators for music classes, story friezes, ■weaving,, clay models, sundials, all kinds of needlework, crayon illustrations, correctly dressed paper models of the people of various times to supplement social history, and some most excellent leather work, brass work, tapestry, and rug wo;-k by. third year students were other features of the display. This is the first year that specially selected students have had a third year for handwork at the local college. The Minister of Education (the Hon. H. Atmore) visited the college yesterday afternoon, aud made a close inspection of the different exhibits. He was received by the principal of the college, Mr. E. K. Lomas. A number of inspectors, and also representatives of the Education Board, besides teachers and others interested in the work of the college, were also present. Tea was served by the students, who were also most helpful in explaining the purposes of the different exhibits to inquiring visitors. _^___^^_