January, 1901
| 7th | Re-opened school. The monitress absent through illness. The Rev. H. Brown. Gold visited. |
| 11th | Monitress absent all the week. Attendance of some children irregular on account of the severity of the weather. |
| 22nd | Before dismissing the school in the afternoon, children sang “God save the Queen”. |
February, 1901
| 22nd | School not opened on account of the heavy fall of snow. |
March, 1901
| 15th | Children asked for and obtained a half holiday in the afternoon, because some of them wished to go to a Circus at Hertford. |
April, 1901
| 4th | The school closed in the morning for the Easter vacation. |
| 15th | Re-opened school. The Rev. H. Brown. Gold visited. |
| 23rd | The Diocesan Inspector, the Rev. A.R. Buckland examined children in Religious Knowledge in the afternoon from 2 p.m. to 4.30. The Rev. H. E. Selwyn attended. |
May, 1901
| 3 V 1901 | Visited the School (I2) E.H. Chadwick | |
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| 6th | Re-arranged classes. The Rev. H. Brown. Gold visited. | |
| 14th | Report of Religious Instruction. No. present 49. “The detailed knowledge displayed by many members of the upper division was most gratifying: it bears elegant witness to the thoroughness of the Religious Instruction. The younger children did well, indeed quite as well as they could have been expected to do without a separate teacher of their own. Order and tone continue excellent.” (Signed) Arthur R. Buckland Diocesan Inspector. | |
| 20th | The Rev. H. Brown. Gold visited. 52 children present. | |
| 24th | Victoria Day. A holiday given in honour of it. | |
| 27th to 31st | Whitsuntide – Holidays |
Schemes for Instruction for 1901 – 1902.
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Object Lessons for Infants.
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Cat. Mole. Grapes, raisins & currants.
Cow. Frog. Cocoa, nut palm.
Horse. Spider. Tea.
Lion. A fish. Sugar.
Sheep. Paws & claws. Cotton.
Elephant. Feet of birds. Orange & lemon.
Seal. birds. Potato.
Monkey. Maize, rice.
Camel. Sponge.
A Plant.
A buttercup.
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Elementary Science & Geography for St. I. II. III.
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Salt. Earthware. Lead – pencils. Silk-worm & silk. Teeth & their adaptation to habits of animals. Covering of animals. The swallow. Slate. Woollen Goods. Rain & what becomes of it. Springs. Rivers. River waste & work. Hills & mountains. Valleys & plains. Volcanoes. Soils.
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History.
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St. IV. – Vii. 1. Cardinal Wolsey. (2) Lady Jane Grey. (3.) The Spanish Armada.
(4.) Sir Walter Raleigh. (5). The Gunpowder Plot. (6.) Execution of Charles I. (7.) The Plague. (8.) The Revolution. (9.) The Duke of Marlboro’. (10.) The Union of Eng: & Scotland.
(11.) The Battle of Trafalgar. (12.) Sir John Moore.
St. II. III. (1.) British Times. (2.) Conquest of Briton by the Romans. (3.) Improvements effected by the Romans. (4). Coming of the Saxons. (5). Introduction of Christianity. (6). The Danes.
(7). Alfred the Great. (8). Manors of Saxons. (9). Battle of Hastings. (10). William the Conqueror (11). The First Crusade. (12). The White Ship.
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Poetry. St. IV- VII. The Fall of Wolsey. The Armada. Burial of Sir John Moore. Battle of Blenheim.
St. I – III. The Fusilier’s Dog.
————- The owl.
June, !901
| 13th | Mr. Chadwick H.M.I.A. visited – also the Rev. H. Brown Gold. |
| 19th | Summary of H.M. Inspector’s Report “The School is carefully conducted and the results generally are very creditable. Discipline is quietly and efficiently maintained.” Staff Principal Teacher – Martha Ryle, Certified Teacher of 1st Class. Monitor – Sarah Wrangles. H. Brown Gold Correspondent |
Scheme of Instruction in Geography.
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Standards IV – VII | II. III.
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General knowledge of Europe. | Elementary Knowledge of England
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Physical & political geog: of | Chief physical features
France, Russia and Germany | Productions
‘ | Manufactures.
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| 25th | A half-holiday given in the afternoon because of a Church Workers’ Meeting being held at Hertingfordbury |
July, 1901
| 18th | A half-holiday given in the afternoon, as the children had their Annual School-treat at Goldings. |
| 23rd | Children did not work well, owing to the heat. |
| 25th | Owing to the severity of a thunder-storm three children only came to school at 2 p.m. and as their clothes were very wet, they were allowed to go home. The Rev. H. Brown. Gold advised that the school should be closed for the afternoon. |
August, 1901
| 1st | Several children absented themselves from school in order to attend the Bengeo Flower Show. |
| 2nd | School closed in the morning for the Harvest Vacation. |
September, 1901
| 9th | Re-opened school. 44 children present. Several children absent from home. The Rev. H. Brown. Gold visited. |
| 13th | Several children absent at the end of this week, suffering from sore-throats. |
| 17th | Eight children with sore throats. |
| 20th | Ten children absent with sore throats. |
| 23rd | Attendance improved. The Rev. H. Brown. Gold visited. |
| 27th | Several children absent with sore-throats. |
| 30th | The Rev. H. Brown. Gold visited. Attendance greatly improved. |
October, 1901
| 8th | Amount of Aid Grant £3 To maintain present charge for Salaries H. Brown Gold |
{Note in margin reads: Noted W.K.}
| 9th to 11th | School closed. The Managers thought it advisable to close the school for a few days because of the breaking-out of Scarlet fever in one family. |
| 14th | School re-opened. The Rev. H. Brown-Gold visited. Several children absent. Four children from one family exempt because of Scarlet Fever. |
| 25th | Attendance still very good. Four children still exempt. |
| 28th | The Rev. H. Brown. Gold visited. Three children who have been away because of scarlet-fever returned to school. One girl still away from the same cause. |
November, 1901
| 6th | School commenced in the afternoon at 2.20 instead of 2 o’clock in order to give children time to see Sangster’s Circus Procession at Hertford. Seven children absented themselves from school to attend the Afternoon Performance. |
| 20th | Visited the School W. Kefford |
| “ | A holiday in the afternoon. |
| 25th | The Rev. Dr. Wood visited in the morning. The Rev. R. Coad-Pryor, & the Rev. Dr. Wood are Managers of this school. The Rev. H.E. Selwyn & the Rev. H. Brown. Gold have ceased to be Managers. The Rev. Dr. Wood is the Correspondent. |
December, 1901
| 17th | The Rev. Dr. Wood visited. School closed in the afternoon for the Christmas Holidays. |
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