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BLAKETOWN SCHOOL

The Blaektown Home and School Association’s monthly meeting was presided over by Mrs Herring, in the absence of Mr Walton. There was an attendance of approximately 30 members.

The following stall holders were appointed for the school show on December'lo: Homecraft, Mrs Maughan; ice-cream, Mrs Kelly, Mrs McMinn, Mrs Rollinson, Mrs Mosley; cooking, Mrs Herring, Mrs Sweetman; sweets, Mrs Viecelli, Mrs Cleghorn; jumble, Mrs Paul; school section, the teaching staff; afternoon tea, Mrs Gordon, Mrs Richardson; produce, Mrs Hughes, Mrs McNee; competitions, Mrs Sheard, Mrs Spender; pay out, Miss Cambridge; vegetables, Mrs Cleghorn, Mrs Goodall; gates, Messrs Viecelli Bruhn and Sara. The headmaster reported health stamps to the value of £4 5s had been sold, and food parcels to the value of £S Ss sent to Britain. The money was raised by the pupils from Std. I to Form 11.

In reply to questions, the headmaster discussed the subject of attainment groupings in the school, and the question of corporal punishment. It was claimed that attainment grouping aimed to secure the development of two aspects of child growth. Firstly each pupil was busily occupied with work appropriate to his stage of development, and not misusing time by endeavouring to tackle something well below or well above his reach. Secondly, but by no means less important, the children gained much of social value when working in such groups. Successful group work required of each child the best of which he was capable, so that the “group result’’ was satisfactory. Children gained from the experience of working co-operatively with their fellows in solving the problem set the group.' Each has to pull his full weight to' promote the welfare of the group, and the greater the “group result”, the more each individual receives from the group. The analogy of this system to conditions obtaining in the community as a whole was obvious. So far as corporal punishment was concerned, it could obviously have little part to play where.the keynote of activities was co-operation. It is most doubtful if any really valuable co-bperation could be obtained from compelling co-operation through fear of corporal punishment. Only in extreme cases of moral lapses does it play a part, and then only when the welfare of the school as a whole has to be considered.

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Grey River Argus, 14 October 1949, Page 2

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BLAKETOWN SCHOOL Grey River Argus, 14 October 1949, Page 2

BLAKETOWN SCHOOL Grey River Argus, 14 October 1949, Page 2