In the 1870s the school year started on the first of November, and was divided into quarters for accounting and statistical purposes.
When our records begin, in 1874, the girls and boys were taught separately - girls by Mistress L. Woodward, and boys by the Master, Mr C.R. Woodward. The girls studied Needlework which included “Plain sewing, Mending, Darning, Knitting and Macking” (which used canvass), but not crochet, and were examined and helped by Mrs Percival the Trustee's wife, and later by Miss Percival.
An annual inspection was undergone and the HMI reports appear each year in the Logbook. In 1879 the new HM Mr Crowe arranged for the children to sing for the inspection: Here is a list of the songs:
When our records begin, in 1874, the girls and boys were taught separately - girls by Mistress L. Woodward, and boys by the Master, Mr C.R. Woodward. The girls studied Needlework which included “Plain sewing, Mending, Darning, Knitting and Macking” (which used canvass), but not crochet, and were examined and helped by Mrs Percival the Trustee's wife, and later by Miss Percival.
An annual inspection was undergone and the HMI reports appear each year in the Logbook. In 1879 the new HM Mr Crowe arranged for the children to sing for the inspection: Here is a list of the songs:
(1) Herald of Spring
(2) The River
(3) The Kite
(4) Before all Lands
(5) Winters Departure
(6) Try Again
(7) Holiday Song
(8) The Hardy Norseman
7
18
30
32
56
59
60
He introduced new Reading Books, Grammars and Geographics into the school, and in 1883 was teaching History as a class subject as shown in the first recorded syllabus for the school.
Here is a list of Object Lessons;
Saying and Doing
The Cripple Child
The Wind in a Frolic
The Three Fishers
Hiawatha’s Hunting
Loss of the Birkenhead
Scene from Julius Caesar
Standard II
Standard III
Standard IV
Standards V, VI and VII
Howitt
Chas Kingsley
Longfellow
Doyle
Shakespeare
