EDUCATION BOARD.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume I, Issue 21, 4 April 1890, Page 3

EDUCATION BOARD.

.:.; Theßoard met this morning. Present: Messrs A. P. Seymour, M.H.R..(chairman), J. Hutcheson, 0. H. Mills, E.Paul,- Lieut.-Col.Baillie, and W. B. Parker. COBBESPONDENCE. 'From Mr. E. V. Brown, declining to accept the Onamalutu vacancy, having obtained a Canterbury appointment. From the. C.anvastown Committee, stating that the school had had a narrow escape from fire, and asking £BS . for a wire fence. From Mr R. M'Callum, on behalf of Mr? Sumr.er, claiming from, the Board £3 10s, and from the Wairau Valley School Committee £8 5s on account of salary. From Waitohi Committer, asking for six d ily registers/.and enquiring what attendance would wairant the appointment of a pupil teacher, :From Havelock Suburban School, asking that a sewing mistress be , appointed. .From the architect (Mr Douslinj , reporting as follows:—(1) Tna Marina: repairs w< re urgently needed inside the house.; (2) Havelock : the well had been put in repair ; (3) Deep Creek: painting, glazing, and tank we>'e much required. From Miss. Mary Helen Crawford, resigning her position as I.M. at Blenheim, in consequence of her appointment' to the Waimate staff. ' From the Blenheim C'/mmittee, cover- : iug the above resignation, and transmitting their resolution re advertising the vacancy. From Mr Thomas Gould, a station cook, stating that he was paying the book-keeper £l2 a vear to teach his .four children, and asking the Board to give him some assistance. inspector's beport. ■-■■'.,, Fairhall—Mr G. A. Ogilvie, assistant Miss Jeffries. Ou the roll, 64 ; present, CO. Blenheim.(boys)—MrLucas, assistant Mr Simson, and two pupil teachers. On the roll, 161; present, 155. Blenheim (girls)—Miss Morgan, assistant Miss Linton, and two pupil teachers. On the roll, 146; present, 136. Blenheim Juniors—Miss Crawford and three pupil teachers. Oti roll, 277; present, 250. Springlands—Miss Stratford and a pupil .teacher. On roll, 74 ; pr sent, w. Picton Mr Howard ; assistants, Miss Hay, Miss Gilbert, and-a pupil teacher. On roll., 168 ; present, 161. jL:ftavelock—■ Mr Reynolds ; assistants, Matthews, and a pupil fce.-icher. roll, 108; present, 91. For the first time for some years Htvlwok came out of the examination only moderately well. A fourth of those scholars t/hose work was recorded were 'unequal to what they attempted. Spel-. ling was. evidently the weak spot, especially in tli e lower classes. Arithmetic, English, and geogrrphy were as usual, excellent. The, tone an.l disrcipline of the sch>ol, as hitherto, leuVu nocning to be desired. Havelock Suburban—Mr H. L.

t 0 , Severne. On roll, 43 ; present,, BS. "" [ Although the proportion jwho )e fell short of the required f nfriimunk of ie "attainment wag larger "tiffs ""year than it wa-i at the preceding 1 examination, " the neatness of the work, the perfect .. discipline, aud the good organisation "were as conspicuous as. they ; have 0 1 always been. ; Spelling and ! arithmetic 3 j were the subjects in which the scholar's did worst. The handwriting and draw-

' ing were excellent. M Oka'ramio—Mr Barry and a monitor ' I.On roll, 58 ; present, 55. Okaramic ' | has again passed a most unsatisfactory '[examination, the third in three; successive years. The junior classes, comprising half of the school, "under th<charge op the monitor have been miserably taught, and know next to nothing. The seniors werenot much better,: halt of them breaking down, some very badly. No scholar, succeeded with anythin beyond the third standard. The [ attendance, though far from being as reguhr as it ought to be, hascertainly 1 improved. ! Tua Marina—Mr Peake ;. assistant, Mrs Peake. On the roll, 77 ; present, 73. ; Kenwick—Mr Tissiman ; assistant, Miss Matthews. On roll, 102 ; present, «•. '■..■ .. . .

. Grovetown—Mr Ladley ; assistant, Miss Pritchard. On roll, 91 ; present, 81. Spring Creek—Mr Squire. On roll, 45, present 33. Waitohi—Mr Wilmott;.. assistant, Miss Williams. On roll, 89 ; present, 86. Kaituna—Mrs Williams. On roll, 23 ; present, 23. Last year's sharp lesson has evidently done good. Only one scholar on this occasion fell short of-what was r> quired, the children being obviously mueli better prepared than they were when last tested. Wairau Valley—Miss Macey. On r011....18 ; present, 16. , Marlboroughtown—Mrs Collins. On roll, 4-1 ; psesent, 85. Canvastown—Mr- Hart. On roll, 38; present, 33. The result of this year's examination was far from being satisfactory, more than half of those whose work was tested b. j ing plainly unequal to the tasks that they attempted. Reading and arithmetic were the subjects in which the scholars were most deficient. History and geography had evidently been •• well taught. Kekerangu—Mrs Sumner. On roll 13 ; present, 13.

Starborough (aided school) —Mr L. Hughes.' On roll, 8 ; present, 8... I Te Awaite (aided school)-—Mr C. Rampling. On roll, 11< ;'present, 14. Cullensville (aided seloo ) Mrs Farna. On roll, 28; present, 26. Good iise has been made of the nine mouths that have elapsed since the opening of the school and its examination. : The children are alert and intelligent, getting through their tasks quickly, independently, and in perfect silence.' Some of them had exidently been classified, too high, and were therefore unequal to the work that they a 1 tempted. Onatnalutu —Mr Chatwin. On roll, 41; present, 41. In losing Mr Chatwin, the Marlborough Board loses the services of a conscientious and thoroughly efficient teacher. During his fifteen months of tenure of office he has so transformed an exceedingly backward school that not a single scholar fell short of the requirements of the regulations. The rending and arithmetic were exceptionally good. Writing is the bubject in which the least improvement had been made. The tone and discipline of the school leaves nothing to desire.

Deep Creek (aided sehool)—Miss Pritchard. On roll, 18; present, 13. Tiie mistress of this liule school had evidently profited by the experience gained elsewhere, and did not again place her scholars too high. They got through their work fairly well, their quiet independent method of procedure deserving special notice. Robin Hood Bay (household)—Mr. Blake. On roll, 6 ; present, 6. Waikakaho (aided)—Mr Rieman. On roll, 9 ; present, 4. Bi'deavor Inlet (aided)— -Mr Twjstletoc. On roll, 28 ; present, 28.

Kaiuma (aided)—Mr Campbell. On roll, 4 ; present, 4. The. ; scholars here had evidently beon skillfully taught, especially in English ahd aiithme;ic. Tney also knew something of Latin aud Euclid, as was shown by their exercise books.

Wells' Farm (aided) —Mr Robertson. Qn .roll, 4 ; present, 4. Although this little school hud been classed, for several months, and had been re-opened quite recently under the charge of the present master, the children all acquitted them-, selves well, showing that they must have bten thoroughly well grounded by their late mistress, Miss Pritchard. Port Underwood—Mr Ruff. On roll, 20 ; present, 14. Oyster Bay (aided) —Mr Richard Budge. On roll, lu ; present, 6.