INTENSIVE COURSE

Taranaki Daily News, 16 October 1934, Page 10

INTENSIVE COURSE

HAWERA SCHOOL EXPERIMENT. From December 3. pupils of the . Hawera Main School will have a fortnight’s intensive study in certain elected subjects. The suggestion, made by the senior inspector, has been made to ascertain whether children make better progress in the new time-table, as opposed to the old, where frequent changes , are thought to be distracting. The subject was brought up at tne monthly meeting of the school com- ' m K C was decided to grant, the usual • holiday for People’s Day at the Egmont i A. and P. Association’s summer show. An application from the Methodist Girls’ Bible Class Union for use of the 1 school building for a camp on Easter, ' 1935, was granted. ‘ The matter of suitable towelling for ' the use of the children has been con- ' ceming the committee for some Ume 1 past and it was decided to order 10,000 towels from the Comptroller of Stores 1 for the use of the school. ’ The report of the headmaster, Mr. J. I W. Thomas, stated that the average at- ! tendance for the past four weeks was ■ 502 out of a roll number of 540, or approximately 93 per cent. ! A school concert on October 3 real- ! ised £4 13s 2d to be expended in pur--1 chasing school magazines and school - material. . , , The school tennis club reported a ’ successful year. The accounts showed ; a credit balance of £ll 18s 4d. The > subscriptions for 1933 amounted to £lB, of which £2 was given to the funds > of the school committee, and £3 3s to i the school sports funds. Considerable r expenditure would be necessary this > year to renew wire-netting, and a new i tennis net was required. Members of the committee expressed ■ their appreciation of the teaching staff I as exemplified in the report of the in--1 spectors for the last term examinations . and it was decided to place on record 1 the committee’s appreciation of the work of the staff in their efforts to give the - scholars every benefit, both educations ally, socially and in the sports field. s The matter of raising funds for the - purchase of school materials for next • year was given full consideration and a sub-committee consisting of the chair- - man, secretary and Mr. H. Askroyd, was 3 appointed to go into the matter. Dr. W. M. Thomson presided at the - meeting and those present were Messrs. ? H. Ackroyd, H. Baker, L. J. Hall, G. 1 C. Harris, J. D. Tait, E. J, Yearbury and H. Collier (secretary’).