January, 1915
5th | Re-opened school after the holidays. All children except one present. |
6th | The Vicar visited. |
7th | The school was inspected from 9.30 to 12 & from 1.30 to 2.15. by Mr. Shaw H.M.I’s Assistant. |
12th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
15th | Three children have gone to live in London for a time. |
18th | All children on books present except one. |
22nd | Attendance very good all the week, although there was a great deal of rain. |
26th | The Vicar visited. |
27th | E.N.Wix, Esq. H.M.I. (retired) paid a friendly visit this afternoon. |
29th | The Vicar visited. Several children of the Infant’ class have been absent during the week with colds. |
February, 1915
2nd | The Vicar visited & taught. |
5th | Checked the Registers & found them correct. H.R.Humphreys. |
5th | The attendance was much reduced this week owing to several children being absent with colds and influenza. The Vicar visited. |
8th | All children present to-day. |
9th | The Vicar visited & taught. The Assistant-teacher Miss Wightman was absent in the morning through illness. |
10th | Miss Wightman returned to school this morning but was not present in the afternoon. |
11th | Miss Wightman was away in the morning because of influenza. The Vicar visited. |
12th | School as usual. All children on the Registers made perfect attendance during the week. |
15th ) | I was absent because of illness. School in |
16th ) | charge of Miss Wightman. |
17th | I returned to school. |
19th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
22nd | The Vicar visited. |
23rd | The Vicar (the Rev. H.R. Humphreys) and Mrs. Humphreys who are leaving Hertford visited to wish us “Good-bye.” |
25th | The School Attendance Officer visited. |
26th | During the past week several children have been absent through illness. |
27th | A Managers’ Meeting was held. |
March, 1915
2nd | All children present except one boy who is still absent through illness. |
8th | Attendance smaller than usual through illness. A half-holiday in the afternoon given fro good attendance during the preceding month. |
9th | The Correspondent of the school visited in the morning. |
12th | Attendance still not good, because of two children being away from home, and two or three others having colds. |
18th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
19th | Some children still absent because of illness. |
22nd | School as usual in the morning. All children present except one, who is ill. In the afternoon the Diocesan Inspector, the Rev. Basil Reay, visited & examined children in Religious Knowledge, from 2.30 to 4.10 p.m. |
26th | The attendance was very good all the week. |
31st | The school closed in the afternoon for the Easter holidays.
Report of Religious Instruction.“There was evidence of good and reverent teaching throughout the school for which the children made a pleasing return. In Class !. the Old and New Testaments were very well known: not only the text being known but the moral and practical lessons, while answering was general. I was glad to see that the younger children answered better. The Catechism had been more definitely explained and produced intelligent answering, but a few points need attention. The Repetition was very well said and the written work was neat and accurate on the whole. The Infants showed a very good knowledge of their work considering the number of young children. I was particularly pleased with the answering in the Gospel story, while the explanation of the Creed and Church’s year was accurately known and the Repetition well said. The good order and reverent tone are much to be commended.” ‘ (Signed) Basil J.M. Reay ‘ Diocesan Inspector. |
April, 1915
10th | A Manager’s Meeting was held in the Schoolroom at 4.30 p.m. |
13th | Re-opened school. All children on the books present. |
14th | One boy who is nearly 14 years of age has gone to work on a farm. |
15th | The new Vicar, the Rev. R.H. Sharpe visited. The children attended a Lantern Lecture on the War in the evening. |
17th | Attendance very goos all the week. |
22nd | The Attendance Officer visited. |
26th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
28th | The Vicar visited & took Division I. to Catechism. |
29th | The Vicar visited. |
May, 1915
3rd | Mrs. R.A. Sharpe visted in the afternoon. |
5th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
7th | Attendance good all the week. |
10th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
11th | The Vicar visited. |
14th | Another boy over 12 years of age has gone to work at a farm. |
19th | The Vicar visited & taught. The Attendance Officer visited in the afternoon. |
20th | Three children absent through illness. |
21st | Attendance very good. |
26th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
28th | The Vicar visited in the afternoon. |
31st | The Attendance Officer visited. |
June, 1915
2nd | The Vicar visited & taught. |
4th | The Vicar visited. One child absent all the week suffering from a swollen knee. All the other children attended quite regularly. |
9th | Dr. Dunn, Assistant Medical Officer of Health visited the school at 9.30 a.m. and inspected five children. |
10th | The Vicar visited. |
14th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
16th | The Vicar visited. |
18th | Attendance very good. One child still absent with a swollen knee. |
22nd | The District Nurse visited and examined all the children. |
24th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
30th | Several of the younger children were absent in the afternoon owing to a thunderstorm. |
July, 1915
1st | The Attendance Officer visited. |
5th | Three children absent through illness. |
9th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
14th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
17th | One girl in Standard III. has been away from school for seven weeks, owing to paralysis in her leg. The Rev. Arnold Mayhew, a former Vicar of Waterford, visited. |
23rd | The Vicar visited and called the Register & found them correct. A.R. Sharpe. |
28th | The Annual School-treat was held at Goldings in the afternoon. |
29th | School as usual. In the afternoon the school closed for the Harvest Holidays. |
August, 1915
September, 1915
7th | Re-opened school. All children present except two – one who is away through illness, & the other who is still at the Herts Convalescent Home at St. Leonards. |
Scheme for Instruction during the Year
ending July 31st /15
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Subjects Lower Division | Upper Division
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Reading. As many books as |Selections from Geog.
‘ possible |& Historical Readers.
‘ (general & continuous Readers.) |Selections of Poetry.
‘ |St. 7. 6. Some of Dickens’s
. |& Scott’s Work.
‘ |St. 5. 4. One or two more general
‘ |Readers. Some
‘ |continuous Readers.
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History Stories from Modern |St. 7. 6. General History
‘ Eng. History |of British Empire from
‘ 1485 to present time.) |1558 to Present time.
‘ |St. 5. 4. Chief events during
‘ |the Tudor, Stuart &
‘ |Hanoverian Period.
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Geography St. 1. 2. Geog. Definitions | Some knowledge of the
‘ taught when possible by |British Empire, & of the
‘ physical features of the |Parts of the World
‘ neighbourhood. Some |included in the War
‘ knowledge of this country. |Area
‘ St. 3. British Isles, chiefly |
‘ of England & Wales. |
‘ Some knowledge of the |
‘ people & conditions of life |
‘ in other lands. |
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Map. St. 1. 2. Clay, modelling |Sketch maps of parts
‘drawing. &c. illustrations of Geographical |of the British Empire
‘ Definitions, & of coast-line |& of parts of the War.
‘ of England & Wales. |Area.
‘ St. 3. To draw a map |
‘ of Eng: & Wales showing |
‘ chief physical features |
‘ & counties. |
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Arithmetic Scheme B | Scheme B
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Observation St. I. Thirty lessons |Writing on local natural
& Nature Study with Infants’ Class. |things.
lessons. St. 2. 3. A few lessons on |
‘ “Nature.” |
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Hand craft Girls. Needlework and |Girls. Needlework and
‘ Knitting |Knitting. Cutting out.
‘ |
‘ Boys. Clay-modelling |Boys. Clay-modelling
‘ Basket-making | Basket-making
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Home |A few practical hints on
Management. |home-life.
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Recitation St. 1. The Skylark. |St. 6. 7.
‘ “My doll.” (Kingsley) |The Armada (Macauley)
‘ The Mushroom Seller. |Slection from Shakespeare’s
‘ “Somebody’s Mother.” |Henry VIII. (Wolsey & Cromwell
‘ |
‘
‘ St. 2. 3. 1. Common Things. |St. 5. 4. The Armada.
‘ 2. Casabianca. |The Soldier’s dream.
‘ 3. The Ant & the Spider |Selection from Shakespear’s
‘ 4. The idle Shepherd Boys. |King John (Arthur & Hubert.)
‘ The Mariners of England. |The Charge of the Light
‘ Kingsley “Farewell.” |Brigade.
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September, 1915
8th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
10th | The Attendance during the week was reduced by one child being away from home, & by three others being abseny through illness. |
13th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
15th | Dr. Dunn, Assistant Medical Officer of Health visited at 3.15 p.m. & examined four children. A nurse also attended. |
16 | A boy-scholar of 12 years of age, who has been to work for several weeks on a farm, died to-day of blood-poisoning. |
17th | Attendance much reduced during the past week owing to illness amongst the mothers of the children. |
20th | Attendance good, only one child absent. |
21st | The District Nurse visited & examined Infants. |
24th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
27th | Three children have gone with thier parents to the sea-side for a fortnight. |
29th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
October, 1915
4th | The Attendance Officer visited. Two boys of Standards 3 and 1 have removed from this neighbourhood. |
11th | Five children’s names were removed from the books this morning; their parents have gone to live in some other parts of this county. The Attendance Officer visited. |
14th | The Vicar visited. |
15th | The Vicar visited. |
18th | Another child has removed from this village. The Attendance Officer visited. One child absent with a bad eye. |
20th | All children, whose names are on the registers, were present to day. |
21st | Miss Iris Smith and Miss Barclay with some wounded soldiers visited and sold flags on behalf of the Red Cross Society. nearly all the children bought one. |
25th | The Vicar visited. Re-admitted a girl who has been absent several months suffering from Infantile Paralysis |
26th | Admitted four children, one of whom, a boy of 9 years of age, is unable tor ead, and one, a girl aged 11, is in the second Standard. |
27th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
29th | Attendance good all the week. |
November, 1915
1st | The Attendance Officer visited. |
4th | The Vicar visited and examined the Upper Division in Religious Knowledge. He called the Registers & found them correct. A.H. Sharpe. |
8th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
12th | The Attendance was good during the past week. |
15th | The Vicar visited in the afternoon. |
16th | The District Nurse visited in the morning. In the afternoon a half-holiday was given for good attendance , & for the boys belonging to the Choir to attedn at the Marriage Ceremony of Miss Marjory Smith. |
17th | A boy named Charles Hart of Standard III. fell on the ice just before morning School began & broke his leg. He was taken at once to the Hertford County Hospital. |
22nd | The Attendance Officer visited |
24th | The children of this school have contributed 5s”6d to the “Overseas Club” for Christmas Gifts. |
29th | The Vicar visited. A boy of twelve years of age has gone to work on a farm. |
30th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
December, 1915
3rd ) | The school was in charge of Miss Wightman |
6th ) | for two days, because I was unable to be present through illness. The Hon. Mrs. R.A. Smith visited. |
7th | The Vicar visited in the morning. |
9th | The Vicar visited. The Attendance Officer also visited. |
10th | The Vicar visited. |
11th | A Managers’ Meeting was held to-day at 4 p.m. |
13th | The Vicar visited, also the Attendance Officer. Miss Wightman was absent in the morning through illness, but was present in the afternoon. Mr. & Mrs. Reginald Abel Smith visited in the morning. |
23rd | The School closed in the morning for the Christmas Holidays. |
24th | The Honorable Mrs. R.A. Smith of Goldings kindly entertained the children and their mothers to a Christmas tree in the school-room, and presented the prizes won for good Attendance. Prize list for good attendance during the Year ending May 31st 1915. ___________________________________________________________________________ The school was opened 418 times. Children who made perfect attendance. Elsie Farnham. (Sixth year perfect attendance. Grace Jennings. Second ” ” “ Gertrude Hills. Second ” ” “ Alice Nash. Second ” ” “ Alfred Hart. (Third year ” “ William Hart Second ” ” “ Edward Wrangles. Second year ” “ Children who did not miss more than 10 times. William Nash missed 1. Arthur French ” 2. Evelyn Sharpe. ” 2. Doris Petts. ” 2. Wilfrid Farnham. ” 3 Charles Hart. ” 7 Marjory Sharpe. ” 8 Fanny French. ” 10 Gertrude Wrangles. ” 4. Alice Farnham was presented with a Silver watch chain by the Hon. Mrs. R.A. Smith, & Alfred Hart received an extra prize from the Herts. County Council for three years’ perfect attendance.. In addition to the Book Prize, the Hon. Mrs. R.A. Smith gave a shilling to each child who had made perfect attendance. |
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