GARDENING AT THE SCHOOLS.
I BENEFITS OP THE SYSTEM. The, success being achieved by a I number of schools in the Auckland dis- ! trict in respect to school and home garI dening by the pupils was highly comi mended at yesterday's meeting of the | Education Boajrd. In a report which j came before the board one instructor in ; agriculture said : "It is a very gratifyI ing feature to see children displaying this keen interest in the 'solid' things of life, devoting their energies toward ' changing the 'house and section' into" j homes in the real t ense of the term 7 "No *" better means of improving the/status of home life, of stimulating a sturdy selfreliance, the cultivating a love of the home beautiful and- the better things of life could be devised - than _.the home i garden competitions as conducted by the j New Lynn school district;" "OtherreI ports had a similar, tone.;'-Aft," H. S, "W ! King remarked that one Northcote girl of 13 years had made a beautiful garden ! designed according -to the' man: of Aus-. ! tralia- Mr. J. P- Kalaugher,."supervisor ; of the manual and .technical bran'efar ssSd • it was proposed to develop ejdoisively this side of the. work this; year, "'■"
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIVIII, Issue 17684, 20 January 1921, Page 7
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GARDENING AT THE SCHOOLS.
New Zealand Herald, Volume LIVIII, Issue 17684, 20 January 1921, Page 7
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