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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

