SCHOOL AT HOME.

Wairarapa Age, 13 March 1925, Page 5

SCHOOL AT HOME.

EDUCATION BOARD CIRCULAR In sending out the -first allotment of l£me work for primary pupils the Education Board says:— Parents are urged to .co-operate wb;n the teacher in this time of inaction by seeing that the scheme is carried out daily. The finished work bearing the name and the address of the child is to be posted to the headmaster ot the school not later than the 18th in stant. The work is to be undertaken by the children in their own homes, loose paper, not books, being used, and all exercises must be carefully written. When corrected, the work will be returned to the pupil by the teacher. Any change of address must be notified to the headmaster. Teachers will observe that in returning the corrected lessons by post, each envelope must be marked with the name of the education district and the words 4 1 School lessons. * 1 It the envelopes are handed personally to the officer of the post office, the postage will be charged to the Education Board. The work here suggested covers the week March 16-20, and fur ther allotments will be published each Thursday. Groups A and B are intended to cover next week, but Group C has been prepared as a suggestive course for country schools in the subjects, geography, history, nature study and drawing. This latter group is intended to occupy the whole period of closing and to be alternative to Group B above. Group A. Reading.—Parents are asked to sec that the children are provided with good reading matter, such as Whitcombe and Tombs ’ Supplementary Readers, which are graded according to age. Read at least one book this week. S. 4 to 6 will make good use of dictionary and underline difficult Rum and passages. English.—Essay: S. 2: Write a short story or describe your pet. S. 3: Write a story you have read. S. 4: Describe something you have made during the holidays or give an account of any trip you have taken. S. 5 and 6: Describe a character of a scone from the book you have read this week. Text book, 44 Lessons in English.” S. 4: Exercises 2 and 3. S. 5: Exercises 4 and 5. S. 6: Pages 58 and 59, fiist 10 examples in synthesis.

Re citation.—B. 1 to 6: Choose a poem and learn one verse per day. Drawing.—S. 1 to 6: Illustrate a story you have read or draw some group of objects in your kitchen. Arithmetic.—(Note: Parents can assist children by revising tables.) 8. 1: Make for yourselves sums of numbers not exceeding the total 25. For example: 7 x 6 x 4 x 8; 21—13; 6 x 4; 24 —3. S. 2: Progressive Arithmetic. Work first three sums of Exercises 2A, 3A, and 4A. S. 3: Prog. Arith., Exercise 4A. S. 4: Prog. Arith., Exer. 3A and B. 8. 5: Prog Arith., Exer. 54A. S. 6: Prog. Arith. Exer. 3A, B, and C. Group B. Geography.—(Note: Pacific Geographies and Atlases may be used.) 8. 3: Trace the map of the North Island, putting in four chief railways and showing eight principal towns. S. 4: Trace the map of Australia, showing the chief railways and marking in six ports. 8. 5: Trace the map of England, marking in and naming the chief iron and coal fields. 8. 6: Trace the map of North America, marking in the regions where the following are produced: Gold, furs, tobacco, wheat, cotton, coal, salmon. History.—r(B. 3 to 6 to make an effort.) 1. Make a list of place names in or around Wellington connected with, early settlers. 2. Name places in Wellington associated with the career of the Duke of Wellington. 3. Why were the following so named: Plimmerton, Ngaio, Brooklyn, Island Bay, Petone, Mt. Victoria. Nature Study.—For all standards. Keep a daily record of the weather, as regards sunshine, clouds, rain and atmosphere; or make a collection of 'different kinds of grasses and weeds growing in your district, trying to find the name of each. The collections are to be brought when the school reopens. Group 0. Covering the whole period of instruction in Geography, History, Drawing and Nature Study for Country Schools. (This is alternative to Group B above) Gather all the information you can about topics indicated below. Write down your information, illustrate with drawings in colour, if yon like, maps and plans, and preserve specimens where possible. Send your notes to your school at the end of each week. Geography.—l. Sunrise and sunset—time and place. 2. Winds—rainy or not. 3. Clouds—shapes—height. 4. Hills, valleys, plains, swamps in your district. 5. Rivers, creeks, drains, embankments, etc., near your place. 6. Draw a map of your district, mark all natural features, houses, farms, woods, etc. 7. Crops grown in your \ district, where produce is marketed, how it reaches the market. 8. Industries carried on in your district, dairy farming, sheep farming, seed growing, flaxmilling, sawmilling, goldmining, other mining, etc. Draw buildings, works, implements, etc., used. 9. Wild and domesticated animals in your district. Fish, wild birds—draw, colour and describe where -yon can. 10. What imported goods are used in your home. Name towns and eountries from which they come. 11. Describe important public works in your district, bridges, dams, waterworks, wharves, etc., and draw. History.—l. Maoris in your district. 2. Early settlers. 3. Draw from actual specimens Maori axes, clubs, etc. 4, T.ives of celebrated men who came from your district. 5. Brave deeds done by residents in your district. 6. Memorials— monuments erected in your neighbourhood, and persons or events connected therewith. 7. Government officials in your district—-

their duties, etc. 8. Public bodies in your districts and how they work. Nature Study.—l. Collect and preserve by pressing or otherwise grasses, weeds, seed pods, seeds, shells, fish, eggs, etc. Draw (and colour) or model in clay—name specimens.. 2. Draw land forms—mountains, capes, hills, islands, etc. 3. Draw and colour trees—poplar, ngaio, willow, firs, pine?, etc., etc.