VACATION SCHOOL AT NEW PLYMOUTH
CORRESPONDENCE PUPILS OF DEPARTMENT (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, April 18. A vacation school for pupils of the Education Department’s correspondence school will be held at New Plymouth from May 8 to'May 20. The head master (Dr A. G. Butchers) said today that the splendid hostels of the Girls’ and Boys’ High Schools there had been made available and it was estimated that 200 pupils of the correspondence school would attend from both islands.
The pupils will travel in charge of members of the teaching staff. They will rub shoulders with one another, enjoy health exercises and sports and there will be an opportunity of practical work in handcraft, woodwork, needlecraft, cooking, typewriting, art and scientific experiments, singing and band work, and so on in preparation for a concert at the end of the school. Nature study, rambles and historical and geographical excursions will be undertaken.
Concession railway fares will be given by the Railway Department and the Education Department is allowing either 7/6 a week boarding allowance or actual travelling expenses with a maximum of 22/6.
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Southland Times, Issue 23796, 19 April 1939, Page 4
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