HOW TO SECURE REGULAR ATTENDANCE.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 158, 26 June 1886, Page 3

HOW TO SECURE REGULAR ATTENDANCE.

This is ii pioblcm which has taxed the enoii^y and tlu ingenuity of <i great many teachers. But the problem appears to be well solved by thobC in chuigo of tho Ciivi'ish.im Public Hehool, it we in.iy judge from the follow ing fart-, which Uavo been aseeitained by in-juiries mudo by ourbel\ e i:i •— r CAVnr.SIIAM PUP.U(J Rnioni,. Memo. oL' »tl'_nd nine (Vi uiie.il'^ aw.uded i

Anuni; th" methods .dont^d fo logulai attendance may be mentioned .— The le^jstji oi! c.ich imta i-, ovei c\evy Monday ioienoon by tho head ma-iei, >\!ij was for seveial years aeeompanied by one oi tlu- ineuihoi^ of the School C'linriHtee Ab^enLv'-, foi (he pit'M'orn witk ,110 called to the fiont, ci'iv-, oL aliKiiu 1 C!iii[iiiie'l into, ■nnj wi.riin even.-! e\ uinned. List v! ib-"Mocs lot j)iev ium month aioltnl bc--T'lij 1 I'ic'. m.in.liiv m ■< tmu of L'ommiiU'e ?aie'u- 1 o ,iMSinn.\»t' d with, 01 1 iud b\ on, '•; oh > ■[ [i 1 in, tniK'i^ > jf(J(,in:niitee w!| m >'i -inai'l neee> ,ny oi a 1\ i-ablc A'">"i' . nr.tc- ,11.' the i (!k paientr. bv t^ai-hci-o v/hen i.tu it of ibsonce unkni wn. Attiaofivo certi.'U'ano im atteiul.mk", ujd foi <-oiiit }ea;-.i jiii/ie book as web .i>r pi!.--e'i^ed fo clidditn at clcs'j of r3fl!.)oi yeai. Generally cvciy cftoit i<^ ni,.'i'3 by 111, mbeio of Co, 1 unit fee and t.<" htis to '■"•no ii'r.;.i! i.-ity. W'^ Irivo ovuy li'iiiiuio l\- Mti ..• d \v-it)i all but tl'e Pliant . <" > 111 ly be by uMiit, o! Lut yyv, HB."; — A ■' <Jr,c i^k of Yf v:. V* lo£ child! -p in 1 ririi ri' 10 nil ... 103 .\ T <> oi'Tu- .nil >oii'i C!.^. Cei,ii:(..i[i'- . ... ... 25 >o oTc] "i pi> |,iiit crtoi jlan.d. i , ntl ii,, A mJ «03 No. of Fi f ,m.I c< :i-l ('!,-, (Vi-ti'L'.-.i ; ... ... . r;2"> /u a i»iatte) of eour-'j in •";- of tlu rhdd-en 1: ti •■ i.'fant iooia cnin^d th ■ .' oil (bun 4 T! >,1, 1 u'H, ,n)d so -\,-eu [)": chi I d J.oni i^aiiim;^ r 1 ['fiL.tivs' Jin i"i[iiuoni -nt. of tho i-ldn: if i r\ Act ... 5 Sicily eoi.w.U'd T!ic Committee hold Lial th- -ii.^it ;vtin(.i ictioa of thi~. Vr'Miil I io uitnou» t it 1!? n'hok* ,yitfiu An p\e-;i.>nt -iui't ha-, h^^n eiciledi-i t'iu school, and [uu'i'i (iud it a veiy dihi-juU in ilte! to if t their children to slay ,i(, huine when iL.dly ie({niied. In addition to the recipK-nN of ceitifieate^ noL a f t w childicn may be absent fiom sickness for a lew cUvs, 01 a week, a\lio aio not absent at any othei timo diiiin^ tho year. The.se do not gut cettiiicates, and are noL included in any of tho above numbcis. There aie still in the distiict sonic lamihes upon whom no impre^ion has yet been made, but, mainly by the influence o£ example, the number U diminishing every year. The cost of certificate" amounted last year to about £54. Any money jjot for the use of tho school for meetings, etc., is ! applied to this purpose, and the balance is raised locally without any difficulty whatever. One concei tin aid of tho fund is held annually, and usually lealizos. after paying expenses, about «£35. The only dilficulty in not realizing- a larger amount is that there is no hall in the borough large enough to contain the audience that presents itself. Tho parents know that their children aie to get certificates, and they accept the fact Unit th jv have got to pay foi thei;i.-2s f o\v Zealand Sdioolmustei.

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