January, 1914
6th | Re-opened School. All children present. |
7th | The School Attendance Officer visited. |
12th | The School Attendance Officer visited. |
13th | The Vicar visited in the afternoon. During the evening the children & others were present at a conjuring & ventriloqual entertainment at the Tennis Court, Goldings, kindly provided for them by the Hon. Mrs. R. Abel Smith. |
14th | The children continue to attend quite regularly. |
16th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
19th | The Attendance Officer visited in the morning. |
20th | The Hon. Mrs. R.A. Smith visited in the afternoon. |
22nd | Two infants absent with colds. |
23rd | The Vicar visited in the morning & taught. The afternoon session commenced at 1.30 instead of at 2 o’clock. in order that the School-room should be arranged for a Lantern Lecture. |
26th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
27th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
30th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
February, 1914
2nd | Two children absent with colds. |
3rd | The Attendance Officer visited. |
4th | The Vicar visited in the afternoon. |
6th | The Vicar visited & taught. The afternoon session commenced at 1.15 in order that the room could be prepared for a “Social gathering to be held in the evening. |
9th | Numbers on Registers reduced on account of four children belonging to one family having removed from the village. |
10th | The Attendance Officer visited in the morning also the District Nurse attended & looked at each scholar in the school. The Rev. H.R. Humphreys visited in the afternoon. |
11 ) | The assistant Miss G. Wightman was in |
12 ) | charge of the School, as I was unable to attend through illness. |
13th | School as usual. The Rev. H.R. Humphreys visited & taught. |
16th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
19th | The Vicar visited in the afternoon. |
20th | The Vicar visited & taught. A half-holiday was given in the afternoon for good attendance during the preceding month. |
23rd | The Attendance Officer visited. One child absent in the morning; all presennt in the afternoon. |
27th | Visit (A. M.) A.B. Adams, J.I. |
March, 1914
2nd | The Attendance Officer visited. All children on the books present. |
3rd | The Attendance was again perfect. |
5th | The Rev. H.R. Humphreys, the vicar, visited. |
6th | Checked the Registers & found correct. H.R.Humphreys |
9th | The Attendance Officer visited. all children present. |
11th | The Vicar visited in the afternoon. |
13th | The children made perfect attendances during the week. |
17th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
19th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
20th | The Vicar visited in the afternoon. Two children absent with colds. |
23rd | School as usual in the morning. The Rev. Basil Reay, Diocesan Inspector visited in the afternoon & examined the children in Religious Knowledge from 2.30 to 4.15. The Vicar was present. |
24th | The vicar visited & taught. |
25th | The vicar visited. |
26th | The vicar visited. also the Attendance Officer in the afternoon. |
26th | Copy of Report by H.M. InspectorF. J. Marvin, Esq.“This is a very pleasant little country school. The children are obedient and well-mannered, and are making good progress, more particularly in the English subjects. There is some improvement in the fluency and enunciation of the oral work, and the elder girls read some good literature. More revision appears necessary in Arithmetic. It is a great pity that the teaching of Cookery to the elder girls in this school should have been discontinued. The Infants speak well and clearly, and are making progress in their Reading and Writing. Premises. The heating of both rooms appears inadequate: careful temperature records should in future be and preserved for inspection. The lighting of the main room has been improved: but the Infants’ room is very dark and gloomy, and its present form unsuitable for the teaching of young children. Desks of a more modern type are desirable, particularly in the Infants’ room- where tables and chairs would perhaps be preferable for Babies. The lavatory arrangements are very primitive. Staff – Martha Ryle : Trained Certificated Teacher of the first class. Assistant Teacher. (Supplementary) Grace Witghtman. signed H.R. Humphreys Correspondent |
26th | Report of Religious Instruction.“Evidence was again forthcoming of careful and good teaching. In the Bible narrative accuracy of knowledge of the text was shown and care had been taken to bring out the moral and practical lessons. More definite explanation is still needed of the Catechism in one or two points, but the answering was good on the whole. The knowledge of the Litany was not so good and the explanation of many words was not known by several of the elder children. The Repetition and written work were good and accurate, especially that of the Scripture. The Infants answered well and have been conscientiously taught, the knowledge of the Old and New Testament being accurate and good, and that of the Creed definite. I should like to see the moral and practical lessons brought out in the former subject. The Repetition was very well said. Throughout the School the children were reverent and in good order.” |
27th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
30th | All children present. |
April, 1914
1st | The Attendance Officer visited. |
3rd | The Vicar visited & taught. A very promising scholar in St. II was removed from the School, as she is going to live at St. Albans. |
6th | A new scholar admitted to the infants’ Class. The Vicar visited in the afternoon. |
7th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
8th | School closed in the afternoon for the Easter Holidays. |
21st | Re-opened School. All children present. The Attendance Officer visited. |
24th | The Vicar visited & taught. The children made perfect attendance during the week. |
28th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
May, 1914
1st | The Vicar visited & taught. At the request of the senior girls who wished to go “Maying,”1 the afternoon session commenced at 1.30 p.m. |
4th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
5th | The Vicar visited & taught. In the afternoon the Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Dunn, visited from 3 to 4 o’clock & inspected eight children. |
6th | The Attendance Officer visited. A child of the fifth standard who had been absent for several months on account of ill-health, returned to school. |
8th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
11th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
12th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
14th | F. J. Marvin, Esq. H.M. Inspector & A.B. Adams, Esq. Jr Inspector visited the school this afternoon. |
15th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
19th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
20th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
21st | A half-holiday was given in the afternoon for good attendance. |
22nd | The school was visited in the afternoon by Mr. and Mrs. Reginald A. Smith. |
25th | In teh morning suitable lessons were given on the “British Empire,” and in the afternoon a half-holiday was given. |
26th | The School Attendance Officer visited. |
27th | The Vicar visited. |
28th | The R.A. Smith, and Mrs. Reginald A. Smith visited. |
29th | The Vicar visited & taught. Only one child absent one half-day during the week. |
June, 1914
1st | Whit Monday. A holiday. |
2nd | Whit Tuesday. A holiday. |
3rd | Re-opened school. All children present. The Attendance Officer visited. |
5th | Checked the Registers and found them correct. H.R.Humphreys. |
“ | The Vicar visited & taught. |
8th | The Vicar & the Rev. Ogden visited. |
9th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
10th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
11th | Dr. Dunn visited in the afternoon. |
12th | The Vicar visited & taught. In the afternoon A. Hallidee Esq. Chief education Officer visited, & looked at desks. |
15th | All children present. |
16th | The Vicar visited & taught. The Attendance Officer visited in the afternoon. |
18th | One of the elder girls absent on account of having had a bad fall from her bicycle. |
19th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
22nd | The Attendance Officer visited. |
23rd | The Vicar visited & taught. |
25th | Miss Wightman had leave of absence in the afternoon to attend the Hertford Historical Pageant. |
26th | All children present except the girl who had a cycle accident. |
26th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
27th | The Hon. Mrs. R.A. Smith gave tickets to all scholars above seven years of age for the Pageant, which they attended in the afternoon with their parents. |
30th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
July, 1914
1st | Attendance very good. |
2nd | A half-holiday was given in the afternoon for good attendance during the past month. |
3rd | The Vicar visited & taught. |
6th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
7th | The girl in the St. vii. who had an accident, returned to School. |
9th | The Vicar visited. |
10th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
13th | One child absent with measles. The Attendance Officer visited. |
14th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
16th | The Vicar visited in the afternoon. |
17th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
20th | Two children absent because of Measles. The Vicar visited. The Attendance Officer also visited. |
24th | Two children absent all the week because of measles. |
27th | The Vicar visited. |
30th | The school closed at the end of the Afternoon Session for the Harvest Holiday. |
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 possible | Selections from Geographical
‘ (general & continuous Readers.) |& Historical Readers.
‘ |Selections of Poetry.
‘ |One or two books (general)
‘ |As many continuous Readers.
‘ |as possible. A separate
‘ |Reader for each child.
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History Stories from Early |The Hanoverian Period,
‘ English History (BC 55 to Ad 1485) |
‘ the Present Time.) |
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Geography Knowledge of own | General knowledge of
‘ neighbourhood & of own |the British Empire – special
‘ county |attention given to Canada,
‘ Some knowledge of |India & Australia.2
‘ England & Wales |
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Map. drawing. Plans of school & playground, |Maps of British Isles,
‘ & village of Waterford. |India, Canada and
‘ St. III. Map of England & |Australia.3
‘ Wales. |
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Recitation St. 2 & 3 The Children’s Hour. |St.4.5. Fidelity. (Wordsworth)
‘ The Fairies of the Caldon Low. |A Psalm of Life. (Longfellow.),
‘ Bruce & the Spider. |The Retired Cat. (Cowper.)
‘ |The Inchcape Rock. (Southey.)
‘ |The Revenge. Mariners of England.
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‘ St. 1. Five little brothers. |St. 6. 7. Selection from “Merchant of
‘ “I remember.” |Venice.”
‘ My shadow. | Extract from Milton’s “L’Allegro.”
‘ |Charge of the Light Brigade
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Home- Girls |Simple practical lessons
Management |in the Management of the
‘ ” |Home and on Food.
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‘ Boys |Writing on Work done
‘ |in garden & on farm.
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Arithmetic Scheme B. | Scheme B
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Observation St. I. Thirty lessons with |Writing on local objects
& Nature Study Infants’ Class. |and on nature.
lessons. St. II. III. |Description of walks taken.
‘ A few oral lessons on |Records of wold birds &
‘ Nature. |wild flowers of the
‘ |neighbourhood to be kept.
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August, 1914
September, 1914
8th | Alterations to Premises. During the holidays a new window was put in the south wall of the Class-room, new offices with water laid on were made, and the play-ground was very much enlarged. |
8th | Re-opened school. All children present except three. The vicar visited. The Attendance Officer visited. |
9th | All children present today. |
11th | The Vicar visited. |
15th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
16th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
18th | The Vicar visited & taught. One girl absent all the week with swollen hand , the result of a wasp-sting. |
21st | In the afternoon the Rev. Philip Deeds, a former curate of Waterford, visited. |
22nd | The Vicar visited & taught. |
23rd | All children present today. |
25th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
28th | The Attendance Officer visited. All children present. |
October, 1914
2nd | The Vicar visited & taught. The children made perfect attendance dduring the week. |
6th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
7th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
9th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
12 ) | School in charge of Miss Wightman as |
13 ) | I was unable to attend through illness. |
14 | I returned to school. In the morning Dr. Dunn, Medical Officer of Health, visited and examined five children. |
16th | Mrs. Humphreys visited. |
20th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
21st | The Attendance Officer visited. |
23rd | One child absent all the week through illness. |
24th | Twelve new dual desks have been supplied by the County Council & used for the first time to-day. |
27th | Checked the Registers and found them correct. H.R.Humphreys. |
28th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
30th | The Vicar visited & taught. A half-holiday was given in the afternoon for good attendance. |
November, 1914
2nd | The Afternoon Session commenced at 1.30 instead of 2 o’clock, and will continue to do so until the Spring. |
6th | The Vicar visited & taught. The children made perfect attendances during the past week. |
10th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
13th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
17th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
20th | The Vicar visited & taught. All the children made perfect attendances during the past week. |
24th | The Vicar visited & taught. |
27th | The children made perfect attendances during the past week. |
30th | Two children absent with Chicken-pox. |
December, 1914
1st | The Vicar visited & taught. |
4th | Three children absent during part of the week through illness. |
7th | All children present at School. |
10th | A holiday for good attendance during the months of October & November. |
11th | School as usual. The Assistant teacher Miss Wightman absent, because she is attending the Examination for Teachers at Hertford. The Vicar visited & taught. |
14th | The Attendance Officer visited. |
16th | One child absent with Chicken-pox. |
18th | The Vicar visited & taught. School closed at the end of the Afternoon Session for the Christmas Holidays. Prize List for Attendance duringthe Year ending July 31st 1914.Children who made perfect attendances. Winifred Bygrave. (Seven years perfect attendance.) Elsie Farnham. Violet Jennings. The Hon. Mrs. Abel Gertrude Hills Smith presented each James Clapham. child who made perfect Wilfrid Farnham. attendance with 1/- Edward Wrangles. extra to the book. Charles Hart. prizes received. Alfred Hart.
Children who did not miss more than 10 times. Florrie French. Gladys Hart. Marjory Sharpe. Robert Wrangles. William Hart. Arthur French. Robert Hart.
Infants who did not miss more than 15 times. Albert Hart. Jessie Sharpe. The Hon. Mrs. R. Abel Smith presented Winifred Bygrave with a watch chain. |
24th | The children were given a Christmas-tree at 6 o’clock. by the Hon. Mrs. Reginald Abel Smith, and at the end of the time the Prizes for good attendances were distributed, and two needlework prizes presented by Mrs. Humphreys were also given. Winifred Bygrave who had made seven years’ perfect attendance was given a silver watch chain. |
Notes:
- ‘Maying’ is The celebration of May Day, especially by the gathering of spring flowers.
- Beneath this entry (Geography, Upper Division) is written at an angle:
‘ __________
‘ War Area
‘ ____________
3. Beneath this entry (Map drawing, Upper Division) is written at an angle:
‘ ___________
‘ ? Modelling
‘ ____________
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