January, 1899
| 9th | School reopened. {in H. Brown-Gold’s writing} |
| 10th | Registers checked H. Brown-Gold |
| 11th | Amount of Aid Grant £5 “for maintaining increased salaries” H. Brown-Gold |
January – February, 1899
| Jan 9th | School in charge of Miss Hart, |
| to | Additional teacher, as I was too ill |
| Feb 13th | to attend. |
February, 1899
| 13th | I returned to school after illness. Attendance very good this morning. |
| 15th | Ash Wednesday. Holiday in afternoon. The Rev. H. Brown-Gold visited.
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| 16th | ) I was absent through illness. Miss Hart |
| 17th | ) took charge of the school. |
| 20th | School as usual. The Rev. H. Brown-Gold visited. |
| 23rd | ) I was again prevented from attending |
| 24th | ) because I was ill with Influenza. |
| 27th | ) Miss Hart in charge of school. |
| 28th | ) |
March, 1899
| 1st | I attended school from 11 a.m. to 4.10 p.m |
| 2nd | School as usual. The Rev. H. Brown-Gold visited in the morning. R.A. Smith, Esq. visited in the afternoon. |
| 24th | Many children absent all the week owing to illness and the severity of the weather. |
April, 1899
| 21st | Attendance very good all the week. Examined Standards in their work. St. I. on slates. St. II – VII. on paper. St. I did their work well. |
| 27th | The Rev. A.R. Buckland, Diocesan Inspector visited & examined children in Religious Subjects. The Rev. H.E. Selwyn was present during part of the examination. |
| 28th | School as usual in the morning. A holiday given in the afternoon because of Holy Scripture examination taking place the preceding afternoon. |
Report of Religious Instruction.
No. present 42.
The Religious Instruction continues to receive great care and attention.
I was much pleased with the upper division. Although the children varied considerably in age and standard, all were eager to do their best and acquitted themselves in a highly creditable manner.
The younger children answered well tho’ shewing to more advantage in Old than in New Testament.
Repetition was reverently rendered.
Written work was marked “very good.”
(signed) A.R. Buckland.
Dis: Insp: St. Albans.
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May, 1899
| 9th | Visited the School E.M. Field {HMI} |
| 11th | A holiday in the afternoon, because of its being Ascension Day. |
| 19th | Attendance good all the week. School closed in the afternoon for the Whitsun Holidays. |
| 20th | Re-opened school. Attendance good. |
| 31st | Two girls in Standard vi. left to-day. |
Poetical Extracts selected for Recitation for the Year ending May 31st 1900
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Standards IV.V. Merchant of Venice.
“Is your name Shylock?”
“ I. II. III. Fidelity. (Wordsworth.)
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Scheme for Instruction in Geography
For Upper Division (St. IV. V.)
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I. Colonies. colonization. colonists.
Names & positions of English Colonies.
II. General knowledge of Cape Colony, Canada and Australia.
III. The Seasons.
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Lessons in Elementary Science for Lower Division. (St. I. II. III.)
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Lessons from Plant Life.
1. A plant.
2. Different kinds of roots.
3. Leaves and their uses.
4. Seeds, and how propagated.
5. The potato.
6. A strawberry, & a strawberry-plant.
Animals. Minerals.
1. The mole. 1. Iron.
2. “ squirrel. 2. Lead.
3. rabbit
4. horse.
5. cow.
Natural phenomena.
1. Water.
2. Flow of water. Neighbouring stream.
3. Snow.
4. Clouds. rain.
5. Parts of land. Island. Peninsula. Isthmus. Hills. Valley. Plain.
6. Parts of Water. Gulf – bay – lake.
Things in common use.
1. Milk. 5. A lead pencil.
2. Paper. 6. Coal.
3. Pins. 7. Sugar.
4. Glass. 8. Salt.
9. Porous substances. Sponge. chalk.
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List of Object lessons for Infants’ Class.
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Animal life. The cat, dog, a fish, earth-worm, sheep (woollen articles.)
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Vegetable life. A daisy-plant. An apple. An oak-tree. Flax (linen.)
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Minerals. Dif: kinds of ores. Tin. Coal.
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Common Objects. A silk handkerchief. silk worm. A cup-(clay) A cork. Cork-
tree. Bread. A piece of rope. A clock. Straw. Treacle.
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Nat. Phenomena. Dew (steam).
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June, 1899
| 20th | Being the sixty-second Anniversary of the Queen’s Accession, I spoke to the children about it, during the time the Girls had Needlework. |
| 29th | A holiday in the afternoon given, to enable teachers to attend a Meeting in Hatfield. |
July 13th Summary of H.M. Inspector’s Report
“The Head Teacher’s health has not been good during part of the past school year. It is quite clear that so far as oral work the school has considerably suffered. The character of the geography teaching both in the lower and in the upper section is not such as would justify the present recommendation under ordinary circumstances.”
M. Hart is continued under Article 68 of the Code.
Staff –
Principal Teacher: Martha Ryle, Certified Teacher of the 1st Class.
Additional Teacher (under Article 68): Margaret Hart.
H. Brown-Gold
Correspondent
July, 1899
| 14th | Attendance much reduced during the past week as several children are suffering from Whooping-cough. School closed. |
August, 1899
September, 1899
| 4th | Re-opened school. 37 children present. 13 absent. Several children absent because of having Whooping-cough. |
| 11th | Attendance slightly improved. |
| 18th | Additional Teacher Miss Hart absent through illness. |
| 19th | Miss Hart returned to school. |
| 22nd | Five children still absent all the week. |
| 29th | A holiday given in the afternoon, because of its being St. Michael’s Day. |
October, 1899
| 2nd | Attendance very good. The Rev. H Brown Gold visited. |
| 3rd | Children examined on work done during the preceding term. |
| 13th | Children examined on work done during the preceding term. |
| 23rd | Four children absent – one with weak eye-sight. |
November, 1899
| 3rd | Attendance not good, owing to illness and the wet weather. |
| 6th | A very wet day – 16 children absent in the morning. Attendance better in the afternoon. |
| 8th | In the afternoon school commenced at 2.30 because some of the children wished to go to Hertford to see Sanger’s Circus’ Procession. |
| 10th | R.E. Thomas (I.1) {HMI Inspection Number 1} Please send all forms re. this year, to above. |
December, 1899
| 8th | The Hon. Mrs Tollemache & Miss Tollemache visited in the afternoon & saw children Marching. |
| 21st | School closed for the Christmas Holidays. Amount of Aid Grant £25 – Maintenance of increased Salaries £5 Cleaning, Colouring, Painting £15 3 Desks for Class room ) _______ £5 Objects and case ) H. Brown-Gold |
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