GISBORNE HIGH SCHOOL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19315, 4 May 1937, Page 11

GISBORNE HIGH SCHOOL

NOTES FOR PUPILS FOLDING OF .WOBK The following notes for pupils of Gisborne High School are supplied /by the rector) Mr. .J. Hutlon:— (1) VI Form postpone the French essay set until next week and it will form pari of thai, week's assignment. Note correction of the mispint, Bete-noire. (2) All envelopes addressed by you to yourself must show the mime of your form at the bottom lefthand corner.

(3) The folding of work is often very inconvenient. Work lor each teacher should lie so folded ilint, the name of Ihe teacher appears hi a prominent' position. Put it. oftr the outside of each paper as well if necessary. (I} A letter has been received from a pupil (girl) in Manitoba. Canada, whose age is 15 years, through the secretary of the local Rotary Club and- a Canadian inspector of schools. Will anyone interested please ask me for the address. This pupil.wishes to correspond with some New Zealand pupils and exchange ideas and information a bom the respective countries. (5) Coronation medals will be available to school pupils at £1 Is for 'large silver medals, •"•s for small silver ones, and .Is 3d for bronze ones. If you desire one order it by the next mail.

Golden cornfields . . . The stormy ocean . . . A white mantle of snow . . . .fagged lightning . . . Proliant flowers . . . Arithmetic.—Change to shillings (1) £4 13 (I) £l4 .11 (2) £7 .1(1 (5) £l3 ' S (3) £9 15 (0) £2O .19

Geography.—Draw a map, marking in the -Main Trunk line, Auckland to Wellington. Mark in stations on the line and any railway junctions in colour. Standard 2 Reading.— "The Room with Look-Jng-Glass'Walls," aloud. Take parts and act the story. What did the prince say the princess had done? Give a good word that describes these children. How did The doctor cure them of quarrelling? Spelling.—Write out and learn: Princess, doctor, minute, cotton, fault, servants, treacle, laughing, laughed, laughter. Writing.— Practise right ovals, letters v and y (round turn like not sharp like u and w); two lines each of ivy and very.

Arithmetic.—Addition and subtraction tables, numbers making .17. Revise 8 times table with your clock. Write down: (a) number of pennies; (b) threepences; (c) sixpences in a florin, half-crown and 10 shillings. For those with Grey Bpok, Ex. 178. Multiply by 8: 57, 89, 10G, 143, 237, 200. English.—Rewrite these sentences, making them tell of two of everything:.. (1) The boy was not in his place. (2) The girls has an aching tooth. (3) Tho baby cries when he is hungry. (4) Tho monkey ate a nut. (5) The fox is a cunning animal. Standard 1

Arithmetic. —Count by sevens to 300. Learn table 7 to 12 X "'■ Addition table 1 -j- G; 11 + 0; 'J] -f 6 etc. Substraction table: 7 <>; .17 G; 27 (i, etc. Make little drawingsc. which will help you do these sums: (J) 3 loaves at 7«1 each; (2) 7 books at 4d each; (3) 5 tops at 7d each; (4) G halls at 7d each; ("») 2 kites at 7(1 each. Beading.— "Murphy and his Driver." Write the answers to these questions: (1) Who was Murphy? (2) What does a Tied Cross worker do? (3) In what two ways did Murphy help the wounded soldiers? (4) What journey did Murphy find his new owner take each day? (5) Find out what a "charmed life" means. Writing.—Practise circles moving to tho right. Lines of rrr. ' Write this sentence twice: Raindrops pittor patter down. Recitation.—" The Blot." Learn to say it slowly and clearly. Spelling.—ED words. Learn, and write three times: Weeds, need, speed, seeds, greedy, feed, bleeding, deed. Write need, greedy, seeds in sentences. Geography.—Find pictures of lakes and paste them in your scrap-book.