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Formal Language  Apart from Polly, who was Fair, the   G. Apart from Myra children are not keen readers.

     standard was Good.                                     Spelling  F.-V.G.  Good improvement shown in all
     Social Studies  Good progress made here. Polly -  Fair.   cases.
     Remainder Good to Very Good.                           Writing  G.-V.G.  A very pleasing standard achieved.
     Reading  Sight reading Very fair to Good.              Arithmetic  Varied between V.F. to Ex. Outstanding
     Comprehension Very Fair. Silent Reading Good. Most     progress made by Jimmie in particular, and others.
     of the class were keen readers and library books were   Work in this class showed decided improvement in all
     much in demand.                                        subjects. A good working class, well behave with a
     Spelling  Polly and John Weak. Remainder Good to
                                                            pleasing attitude towards their work.
     Very Good.
     Writing  Work is generally neatly and tidily set out and   Std 2

     a good style was reached.                              Written Expression  V.F. to G. Showed improvement.
     Arithmetic  Roy and John made outstanding progress     Formal Language  G.  Seems to have grasped the
     but Hihi and Polly remained weak. Ray Very Good. John   fundamentals.
     Good.                                                  Reading  Sight Reading G. Comprehension V.G. A keen
     In general I was very pleased with the progress made in   reader.
                                                            Spelling  V.F.  Inclined to make careless mistakes.
     F2 except in Polly’s case. Conduct and general attitude
                                                            Confuses “b” and “d”.
     were excellent in all cases.
                                                            Writing  Half text successfully mastered. Standard G.
     Form 1                                                 Arithmetic  G+.  A good grasp of mechanical method.
     Written Expression  Elsie V.G. Jack V.F.  Both worked   Tables drill needed.
     hard and made good progress in second half year.       Joyce needs to be kept up to her work, and is inclined to
     Formal Language  Elsie G. Jack V.F. Here too good
                                                            resent correction, but her work is of a good standard.
     progress was made, particularly in Elsie’s case.
     Social Studies  V.G. Outstanding progress made in this   Std 1
     subject.                                               Written Expression  G. Neil inclined to be slow.
     Reading  Sight Reading G-G+. Comprehension V.F+-       Sentence structure improved.
     V.G. General reading very good. Both are keen readers   Formal Language  G. Rudiments seem to have been
     with a good grasp of matter read.                      mastered.
     Spelling  Jack F. Elsie Ex. Both worked hard but Jack   Reading  Sight reading  Ned and Stancy G. Mary F.
     doesn’t retain the words.                              Comprehension - Neil and Stancy V.G.  Mary V.F.  Neil
     Writing  Both reached a good standard of style and     and Stancy are keen readers with a good vocabulary.
     fluency.                                               Mary needs plenty of oral reading.
     Arithmetic  Outstanding and very pleasing progress     Spelling  F. to V.F.  Words not well retained. Neil is
     made. Both G+ - V.G.                                   good but others are only Fair.
                                                            Writing  Mary made rapid progress but Stancy and Neil
     In general a very pleasing standard was reached by the   are slower. However a good general standard was
     pupils and good progress was made in most subjects.
                                                            reached.
     Std 4                                                  Arithmetic  G.-V.G.  Good progress made.
     Written Expression  In spite of my efforts the standard
     remained V.F.  A pass standard was reached but required   Very pleasing work in general.
     greater improvement..                                  Primers  Tangiwai promoted to Std 1.
     Formal Language  Leslie and William F.-W. Valerie G.   Primer 2  Leo, Wayne, Dick Brand  - Satisfactory
     Social Studies  V.F.+ - V.G. Good progress made.       progress made. Dick inclined to be slower than the
     Reading  Sight Reading V.F.  Comprehension V.F.–       others. Leo has missed considerable time through illness.
     V.G. Les’ and William not good silent readers. Not a   Primer 1  Arnold, Tai, Ian.  Ian has made good progress.
     keen reading class.                                    Arnold is slow and difficult to handle. Tai, who is deaf
     Spelling  Les and William W. Valerie V.F. All these    and could not speak when he started school, is speaking
     pupils have difficulty in retaining word forms.        much better now and is able to read.
     Writing  Apart from William, who is F,. Standard is G.   General
     Arithmetic  F. to Ex. Valerie and Les’ reached a very   Speech Work  Little formal work taken. Common errors
     high standard and William made progress to reach F.
                                                            have been dealt with and good progress made.
     In general good progress made, apart from English      Verse Speaking  Children keen  -  speech training
     subjects.                                              assisted.
                                                            Singing  Far from satisfactory.
     Std 3                                                  Handwork  Good progress made and satisfactory results
     Written Expression  V.F.-G. Some progress made and
                                                            achieved in the second half of the year.
     general improvement shown.
                                                            Art  Satisfactory progress made.
     Formal Language  V.F.-G. Considerably improved.
     Social Studies  V.F.-V.G. A good grasp of material in   General
     most cases.                                            The year’s work was most satisfactory, particularly in
     Reading  Sight Reading V.F.-G. Comprehension V.F.-     the latter half of the year, and the results on the final
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