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am hoping that it will be painted early in the new year. The Std 1 WHALWASSER William (Bill)
lawn area will be completed in the autumn. The parents Std 1 WHIUNUI Tai
have shown a greater interest in the school and have been
very helpful in raising funds. Two socials held in the Std 2 BRAND Richard
school to raise funds have brought them together and now Std 2 MacDONALD Sandy (Alex)
they are prepared to continue to raise funds for the supply Std 2 PUTERE Leo
of more operation equipment. Std 2 WILKINSON Glenys
Std 4 PURU Vina
1953 Std 5 JOHNSON Mary
Std 5 MacDONALD Stancy
Std 6 DAVIDSON Joyce
Enrolments
Sep-17 1953 P BARTLETT Gail Lynette Teacher: Mr A D Bartlett
Feb-03 1953 P4 KENNY Andrew
Feb-03 1953 S4 WHIUNUI Tai Half Yearly Survey 1953
Sep-14 1953 P WILSON Winnie A D Bartlett 28/7/53
Sep-07 1953 P YATES Kelvin Richard Written Expression The standard is really only Fair and
no great improvement can be expected quickly. The Māori
1953 Classes
children in S.2 have improved and a slight improvement
Primer BARTLETT Gail Lynette
noted among S.1. Further work based on the sentence as a
Primer BRAND Tui
complete thought. Much of the work to be taken orally and
Primer MacDONALD Christine
on B.B.. S,4 to F.2 to continue from Bradbury.
Primer NEPE Charlie Formal Language A satisfactory standard should be
Primer NEPE Jean rendered by the end of the year. Punctuation and
Primer PURU Betty connections good. Naming of clauses and phrases has been
Primer TOHE Joe
forgotten but shall be revised. Frequent revision is necessary
Primer WILSON Winnie
and shall be given.
Primer YATES Glenys
Primer YATES Kelvin Richard Reading F.—V.G. A wide range of supplimentaries has
Primer 4 KENNY Andrew been built up in which children are interested. Many in F.1
Std 1 BRAND Arnold will need more language study in close consultation with
Std 1 PURU Daniel Formal Language and Spelling. The Primers are showing a
satisfactory standard. S.1 remains the weak group. A

The Banda Machine

The machine consisted of several parts: a
drum/roller to which the master-copy could be
fixed; a handle to turn this drum; an absorbent
pad to be soaked with special solvent; an in-tray
for blank paper; and an out-tray for the copies.
The school Banda was kept in a corner of
the staff room and neither were costs a problem.
Two different types of paper were needed
to make a master. The top sheet was the master
onto which you would type, write or draw.
Below this was the dark coloured sheet, which
faced upward and was coated with a layer of
wax impregnated with colourant. The pressure
of writing, typing or drawing on the top sheet
transferred the coloured wax from the lower
sheet to the shiny underside of the master,
producing a mirror image of what was to be produced a less strong copy, while brown and
duplicated. yellow were often disappointing. You would use
Several colours of waxed sheets were
available, but purple/mauve was most several different colours for any map or
commonly used, producing a good dark copy. diagram. It made an interesting challenge to
Red, blue and green were useful, but black choose a good balance of colours.