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fundamentals. Myra and William are sound. Good Headteacher’s Final Report for 1950

progress has been made during the year. Wm Parsonage 19th Dec.
Nature Study V.F to V.G. Medium G. Work tackled
keenly and interest shown. Written Expression Still remains a weakness, but in
most cases has shown improvement. Most common faults
Std 3 are poor sentence structure and the setting out of ideas on
English (including Written Expression) V.F. Has shown
a marked improvement during the year and will probably a logical sequence. Varied from F. to G.
Formal Language Good progress made in most cases,
reach good before Final. particularly in the lower classes, but still only fair in the
Reading V.F+. Oral reading improving. A good silent senior classes who lack the fundamentals. However 1951

reader.
should see improvement. F. to V.F.
Spelling V.F. Showing considerable improvement. Social Studies Considerable individual variations
Writing G. General work tidy and making according to interest. The work on the whole proved
improvement. Transition to ink successful. interesting and the children were keen. Project work in
Arithmetic G. Improving. A good half-year’s work. F1 and F2 was most successful but interest was not
Social Studies F. Doesn’t display a great deal of
maintained in Stds 3 & 4 showing results V.F. to G.
interest, but improving. Reading Oral Reading has shown a decided
Nature Study V.F. Interested and keen. improvement by dint of continual practice of phonics and
Std 2 speech but there is still much to be done. The children are
English & Written Expression Formal Language keen readers and Library Reading was good. Silent
showed a marked improvement but written expression reading for content varied from W. to V.G.
remained V.F. Greater emphasis needed on sentence Spelling Apart from F1 where there is a decided

structure. weakness the spelling was generally good. Std 2 an
Arithmetic G. A good number class. Need Tables _____ showed great improvement, apart from F.1. which
practice. V.G. to Ex. is G. to V.G.. F1 Weak.
Reading V.F. Improving. Should reach Good by Final. Writing In this subject the greatest improvement was
Spelling V.F. to V.G. Apart from Mary the spelling is shown. In the last two years writing, written work and
very good. Mary tries hard and will improve by the end general setting out have improved beyond all measure. It
of the year. is pleasing to notice such progress. V.F to V.G.
Writing V.F. to V.G. Showing improvement. Arithmetic A good standard achieved in all classes.
Tables work was concentrated on and although some
Std 1 improvement was shown, further emphasis on Tables still
An age promotion to Std 1. Tangi is weak. Fortunately need to be required in 1951. The Model Arithmetic Book
English subjects and Writing. Art work very Fair. has methodical setting out of each new type of sum
Spelling V.F.
Reading F. Written Expression and Formal Language encountered proved most successful. V,F. to G.
Nature Study Although the gardens were not successful,
Weak. the children showed a great interest in Nature Study. An
General The standard of work is showing a gradual attempt was made to make the work as interesting as
improvement in most cases and the children’s application possible by farming live specimens in class, rearing
to their work is pleasant. Speech work though not taken
formally is improving with correction. Spoken Language insects, and so on, and these methods proved their value.
Club Work There has been a falling off of interest in
is not good and the coal(?) response could still be Calf Club activities due mainly to the fact that only half
replaced. of the children come from farms. The parents of most of
Consideration for remainder of the year the children are mere ex-players. Only three calves were
reared and these were exhibited in the Group Field Day,
* Further emphasis on sentence structure and written earning two seconds. Sweet Peas are more popular with
expression. 15 children growing them. May attempt to _____ garden
* Concentrating on oral response through class
projects in 1951.
discussions and project work too. Speech Training Little formal work taken. Common
* Tidiness of written work.
faults lip laziness and lack of expression were pointed out
I have made efforts to have the school painted and the and corrected by Verse Speaking.
playground levelled but have met with no communication Primers Wayne promoted to Std 1. Dick not making
written from the Board or the Committee. The building is much progress due to low attendance.
in a bad state through lack of paint and the grounds speak General A good year’s work in most cases. Primary
for themselves. I shall make further attempts to have School Certificate awarded to Jack Davidson. The new
those jobs done during the second half of the year. Committee displayed a little more interest than in the past
22.07.49 and after five years of discussion I have at last succeeded
in having the playground levelled off by a bulldozer, a

high-banking hedge replaced by a new fence and the
promise of a new planting of grass for March 1951. I
have not yet succeeded in having the school given a
badly-needed coat of paint, both inside and out.

19/12/50