Foxton State School.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 30 September 1890, Page 2

Foxton State School.

Mr Yerikeh-Bindox completed his examination of tins school on Friday afternoon, and wo now have the re--6U ts before ug. "We regret to say that the percentage of passse3 is small, -.being only 62.5 ou the nuinler examined, made up as follows : — S. 1, 666; S. 2, 51 2; S. 3, 84.4; S. 4, 50 0; S. 5,33.8. Mr Wviker-Bindon notes that • l something should be done towards competing pupi'g to attend more regularly. Besides the large number l! excepted " (failed to make lmlf the possible attendances) several of those whohave failed haveattended only just over ha f the possible times " The average ages of the pupi's in iv the different standards are— S. 6, 14yrs. Ouaths. ; S. 5, 13yrs. 9mths. ; S. 4, 13yr*>. 3mths. ; S. 8, llyrs. Omths. ;'S. 2, lOyrs. 6mths. ; S. 1, lOyrs lmth. Wo find however in S. 1, a pupil, absent from examination set down as 15yrs 7mths of age ! Another P\lPJ]J.3jM ri L o^ failed. In Standard 2" the eldest boy failed. The work of a girl over 14 is described as bang "quiet unable to read." Ono girl's work in S. 3, is described as " senseless work," and another's as " very untidy work." In S. 4, the oldest boy failed to pass, owing to bad attendance. Amongst the first divisi hi of the infants appears the name of a girl 12 years and two nvmths old ! In writing on this in (a t division the Inspector states " I trust a great effort wi-1 be made to prepare a laige first Standard out of this luij-e " Infants" class for next exam inn tion. Either something mu->fc be radica ly wrong with the past toaehi g of infants and the sch >ol mauamemefnt or the parents must be totally indiffent to the interest of their cliifdren, when so many pupils over 8. 0, 10, 11 and even 12 years of age are considered still unfit to be presented for a pa«siu the simple requirements of Standard 1." We append below the names of the scho'ars who have passed in the various Standards. Standard, VI : — No. in standard 1 failed 1 -tandurd, V:— No. in Standard 3 ; Passed,— Denis Putcell. Failed 2 Standard IV: No. in standard, 13 ; Passed, Boys Arthur Thynue, Arthur 'Better. Frederick Spring. Girls -- Annie Austin, Margaret McL-an, Ellen Newth -Failed 6, excepted, 1, Standard IK : — No. in Standard, 41 ; Pass- d, Boys- Wa ter Ingram, Sydney Easton, William Howan, Thomas Hughes, ! ugh Wil iatn, Ewiud Ingrain, Reginald Yautier, Ambrose Purcell, Charles Retter, Walter Honor. 1 , William Easton, Charles Collins. Girls — Olive Ingram, Matilda Coiey. Clara Wood ham, Lillian Austin, Ethel Woodham, Charllotte Hakar, Jessie Furrie, Josephine White, Alice Coley, Maud | Liddell, Margaret Trask, Annie Hawkins, Isabel' S-'aton, Emma Westwood. Failed, 5 excepted 5, 'ab-ent 1 Standard II: -No. in Standard, 51; Passed, Boys Elwavd Webb, Water Ihynno, Albert Murray, Lionel c tan ? ell, William Yalden, William' Wirk, Archibald Thomas, Leonard Furrie, David \her« Girls — Hannah' Easton, Emma Howan, A^nes Allen, Alice F. Tapp, Mabel Hughes, June Buchan, Kate Murray, > Annie Perreau, Annie Pettersou, Annie Robinson, Ada Huff, Hilda Co'lins, Matilda Chftdeß. Failed 21, excepted 7, absent 1. .<• tr.ndard I : — No. in Standard 25 ; ; Passed, B >ys — David Thompson. Ernrst In^mm Girh — Elhm Hand Flort White. Ada Yautier, Alice! Mops, Elizabeth Easton, EIU-n ! Harris, Emma Oldfield, Alicfi : Purcell, Maud G'dfie d, Mand Sathcrley, Eliz -.both Winteragill, Ethol Littlp. Failed 7. excepted 2, absent 2.