Lyttelton

New Zealand Tablet, 14 October 1909, Page 1619

Lyttelton

In his report on the Lyttelton Convent School, the Inspector, Mr. E. K. Mulgan, says: — ' The result of the inspection visit leaves but little ..doxibt that earnest and painstaking efforts are being made to secure " encouraging results, and that the importance of and the responsibility inseparable from the successful training of the children are fully realised. Suitable schemes of work .are being steadily and for the most part successfully treated, and the teaching notes presented indicate that the methods of instruction are the result of careful and anxious inquiry. In the standard classes pupils, with few exceptions, were able to read fluently from books previously unseen, presented- commendable work in drawing from pencil and brush and in needlework, and disposed of the spelling tests with apparent ease. Arithmetic, writing, and English, too, gave evidence of faithful teaching. The pupils in the preparatory classes are being carefully taught and made a promising appearance in the programmes submitted:'