SCHOOL COLUMN.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 7 March 1925, Page 2

SCHOOL COLUMN.

CHILDREN’S HOME LESSONS. ENGLISH. Answers to Friday’s questions. Standards VI and \ . 1. Tlte cuek'oo’s movements—a wandering voice, from hill to hill it seems to pass, at once far off and neai, that cry which made me look a thousand ‘its invisibility—a voice, an invisible thing, a mystery, that cry, a hope a lover longed* for. never seen. 2. Just then one of the customers at the far side rose suddenly and made for the door. It was close by him. and he was out in the street in a moment; but his. hurry had attracted my notice ; and 1 recognised him at a glance. It was the tallow-faced man who had come first to the “Admiral Benbow.’’ Standards IN’ and JIT. 1. Ben. 2. Tom’s Aunt Polly's. “Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day 4. The core of his apple. 5* He owned a, great many things. NEW WORK. Standards VI and V. 1 Study this passage and then answer the questions which follow. No doubt', a horse fair is a very amusing place to those who have nothing to lose; at any rate, there is plenty to see.

Long strings of horses out of the country fresh from the marshes, and droves of shaggy little Welsh ponies, no higher than Merry legs; and hundreds of cart horses of all sorts, some of them with their long tails braided tip and tied with scarlet cord; and a good many like myself, handsome and high-bred,* but fallen into the middle class through some accident or blemish, unsoundness of wind, or some other complaint. There were some splendid animals quite in their prime and fit for anything; they were throwing out their legs and showing off their paces in high style, as they trotted out with a leading rein, the groom running .by the side. But round an the background there were a number of poor things, sadly broken down with Hard work'; with their knees knuckling over, and their legs swinging out at. every step; and there were some very dejected looking old horses, with under lip hanging, clown, and the ears lying back heavily, as if there was no more pleasure, in life, and no more hope ; there were some so thin you might see all their ribs, and some with old eores on their hacks and hips; these were sad sights for a horse to look upon, who knot's not hut he may come to the same state? , 1 a. Suggest a suitable title for this passage. b. Give a list of all the various kinds of horses which are described. c. How were the cart.. horses deorated ? d. What had caused some high-bred horse-s to fall into the middle class? e. Describe the horses which were in their prime. f. By what signs were the brokendown animals distinguished? g. Describe the appearance of the old horses. 2. Join these sentences into one well-arranged sentence: The. largest rivers carry ships to the sea. They fertilize continents. Tlieir sources are in mountain gorges. The gorges are barren. They are wild. They are incorrectly laid down in maps. They are rarely explored by travellers. The ships are often richly laden. 3. Learn to spell these words: —A horse fair, shaggy ponies, braided tails, accident, blemish, complaint, rein, knuckling. Standards 111 and IV. 1. Read from your Journal, “The Morning Bathe.’’ Then write the answers to these questions:— v a. What were the gossamers I). What was meant by the “stars on the grass? e. IVrite down some of the early morning signs that are mentioned in the poem. 2. Learn to spell these words:—The shadows of the elms, gossamers, ankles, float, across the meadows, the boughs of the oak, the blue hill. ARITHMETIC. ' Answers to previous day’s work. Standard Vl.—Long tot., £46,242 8s 3d. (1) 49-60. (2) 7-23. (3) 11 1-9. (4) l 28-37. CM 8 4-45. Standard V. —Long tot., £20,267 9s lUd. Bills.—(1) £132 5s lOd. (2) £97 3s 4RI. (3) £340 3s Hi, less discount £1 15s Hd, equals £338 8s Old. (4) £7 9s sd-, less discount 7s od, equals £7 2s. Standard (1) £7l 17s 6d. (2) 7,045 times. (3) 459,457. (4) 725. (5) 208,960. t Standard III.—(1) 36,142. (2) 35,961. (3) 100,449. (4) 901,254. (5) 575,235. NEW WORK. Standard VI. —Ex. 3, A, Nos. 1,2, 3. 4, 5. This exercise, like the two previous ones, is really a, revision of the Standard V work, and few of the sums should present any difficulty to careful pupils. Show clearly the method by which, the answer ,is obtained. £)o also Ex. 2, A, No. 10. Standard V.—P. 101. Compound practice. Study the worked example given. Afterwards work this sum for yourselves, and then compare with the working in the book. Ex. 55, Nos. 1,2, 3, of A. If the decimals prove too hard for you at this stage, work to the nearest penny. Standard IV. —Ex. 4, A, Nos. 1,2, 3,

A, 5. To' multiply by 19, it is best first to multiply by 20' (factors 5 x 4) and then subtract once the top line. Also note that to multiply by 47 you multiply by 48 (factors 6xß) and subtract once the top line. Standard lII.—Ex. 4, A, Nos. 6,7, 8/9, 10. Remember that neat work and accuracy go hand in hand.