Sewing in State Schools.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11347, 13 October 1898, Page 2

Sewing in State Schools.

, THE COMMITTEES REPORT. At the Education Board meeting on Wednesday, the report of the L*die»' Committee on the tewing work done in the schools during the year' 6nded' l ßoth September was read. The' Committee had much pleasure in being able to report on the marked improvement shown 'in the* whole of the worfcj which' ia raaeh'cfeaner than usual, 1 and gathering and the working of button holes shows a great advance, 'The • following id a list of the schools <6xamindd:— Albert Road, poor j" Bell Block, fair ; (Bird. Road, fair ;' Otfntral, Standard: I very fair; Standard II j good, Standards. l£l, IV and V fair, Standard VI vary good; Oarringtbn Kdad, ,^ery fair ! Cardiff, fair : Dudley Rbad;-> fair : Denbigh' Road, poor ; Egmont Rpacf, f air> ; . Egtnon t r Vil lage,, - Very good ; Eltbam . Koad, fair, excepting Standard VI, which is very poor '; Frankley Road, ■fair; Fitzroy, ■ very good ; Huirangi, fair; Hurford Road, good} Huiroaj good; Inglewood, goodj'Koru, fair; Lcjwei Kent Road, poor? • Upper Kenfr^Sdad, fair; Kaimata; poor; Kaiaiwki, very good; Lepjpeiton, good;>liowdr'Maifigoref, < iuir; Midhirat, iair; Marigaere,' J po6rf 'Ndr'folk Road^ good; Mataaj'fair^Ngarr^gdod; Ngarikr, poorpfOpuAbke, very fair; Oadnui, good; Okato, very poor; OaWra, fair; Omata, good] Pukearuhe, 'pdor; Pembroke Road, f&k; Palmer Road,- Very ,poPr;t?Jiaboiu? fair^, |[oT)d; Rowan Road, poor; Salisbury Road, good; Stratford District -High School, Standard L» good; Standards II: and 1 11., ;; f Stir; Standards ' WI; very poor;:Stan^rt«FV., godd; and Standard VI .» fair; .Stanley Road, fair as far iis-JcompletedJ Talriki, poor; Tataraimakaj Very fair; 1 1 ikoriSgi, good; 1 Tarata, - poor;' Toko, work too incomplete to iDe- judged; -Urenul, vary good.; Warea, fair, except Standard V., which, is poor; Waitara, Standards 1.'11., and IV-, very poor, Standards V. and VI., fair;. Waihi, fair; < Waiongona, L pdbr; Wortleyßoad, fairj Upland Road,- VSry .fairj.Westlnfpbte. fair.' ' ''f ! 3^ A vote .of thanks was ; pasd<id-<io' the Committee for the report, andUt^as deqidedthat alL.teacbersv whose I 'work? is reported asii unsatisfactory: and inoQTb* plete, be asked for an explanation, ■^'i