Logbook - 1887

1887 

3rd February 

Ernest and May Nicholls returned to school this morning. 

13th February 

Closed the school for Sunday School Fete 

4th March 

Opened school this morning for two hours so as to get the children to come. 

Sent word to Mrs Owen to send her children who said “I will not allow them to go while the races were on.” Gave intimation that school will be open two hours tomorrow inst.., So that all children attending will be in time to go to the races. Attendance 12. 

5th March

Opened school for two hours -  attendance 20. Other children are at the races. 

18th March 

Gave Mrs Knight notice that Maurice is not attending school regularly 

25th March 

Maurice Knight came to school at 12 am 

28th March 

Sent notice to Mrs Owen to send her children to school.

Note in log [probably from Robert Lee, Inspector.]

Visited school found 22 scholars attending. Only 3 girls. All the scholars earnestly preparing for the examination.

30th March 

Robert Lee Inspector: 

Thirty three children present for examination. The result show 26% of failures -  equal to 74 % of passes. 

The second and fifth standard arithmetic and spelling were weak. The general work of the standards was hardly so good as last year, but the children answered very well viva voce in Geography and History. 

The lower classes did very well. 

Many of the children have made very poor attendances. 

14th April 

Punished Ronald Owen for disobeying an order to of his notation - and persisting in it. 

5th May 

Burton Stilborn - one stroke with cane for going to his desk contrary to orders - he has been a good boy since I came here. 

9th May 

Ronald Owen and B Collerton two strokes with cane for remaining 15 minutes out of school 

16th May 

Received a note from Mrs Armour requesting me to punish her son for neglecting to come to school on 6th inst.., I gave him two strokes with the cane - with the understanding he is not to stay away again. 

27th May 

Mr Bellis called at the school today to see the fence and to have it repaired. 

11th June 

School cleaned out by Samuel Hounslow. 

18th July 

Gave Sarah Newcombe two strokes with the cane for stating to me “K Dillon’s head was white with dirt” which I found on examination perfectly clean. 

Mr Langdon delivered a load of trees for the committee to plant. 

27th July 

Norman and Robert Owen 4 strokes with the cane for persisting in being every morning. 30 or 40 minutes late - this was the 3rd morning this week.

24th September 

Received 11 desks from Tenui School (For use in the Whakataki School) by order of the Education board. 

F G Mangnuson (Teacher of Whakataki) 

26th September 

All the children except 3 were ordered to return home for the afternoon, which caused me to give a half holiday. 

6th October 

On the information of F Nicholls, A Rose and John Savage, I gave Norman Owen four strokes with the cane (In the Hall) who first admitted the offense of making use of obscene language and afterwards denied it. When I examined the witnesses in his presence he refused to call any of the other children to contradict it saying “they would all say the same thing”. 

I am just after receiving a letter from Mrs Owen stating “Norman denies his guilt and that she will therefore bring a complaint against me. 

Norman one stroke with the cane in presence of the other children for denying that he first admitted his guilt. R Owen, W Owen and T Knight four strokes each for using obscene language in presence of the other children. J Savage admitted making use of obscene language to Norman Owen, four strokes of the cane in the hall. 

22nd November 

John Savage fell from his horse and is severely injured. 

5th December 

Norman and Ronald Owen got wet coming to school. I sent them home to get their clothes changed as soon as the rain was over. 

At the committee meeting of the 2nd and it was decided to give the Sewing Mistress notice that they would discontinue to give her extra £5.00 per annum voted to her by that body and they appointed K Dillon to sweep and clean the school once each month 

5th December 

K Dillon washed the school. 

1886 | 1888