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Geography.-Very good.
Arithmetic.-Very good.
•Needlework.-Good. Patching and mending should be taught.
Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of 30/-.
* No. 6.-Sacred Heart.
Staff-Two European Sisters of Charity.
Discipline, and Organization.-Good. The drill might be made smarter. Further attention should be paid to my remarks under this heading last year,
Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.
Floor Space.-Sufficient for $8 pupils.
Apparatus.-Very satisfactory.
English.-Colloquial.-Gocd. Reading.-Fair. There is a tendency to read too fast.
Writing.-Good:
Geography.-Fair.
Arithmetic.-Mental.-Fair.
Written.—Fair.
Problems are not well done.
Grant.--I recommend a Grant at the rate of 30/-.
* No. 7.-Diocesan School, Girls.
Staff-Miss SKIPTON, Miss HAWKER and 2 Assistants.
Discipline and Organization.-Discipline is good. There seeins a need of a un
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and better graded syllabus in several subjects, especially in Geography. The ghest Standards are taught together, which cannot but be disadvantageous for all of them.
Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.
Floor Space.-Sufficient for 64 pupils.
Apparatus.Satisfactory.
English.-Reading.-Very good. Standard III might read more fluently. In the lower Standards the subject matter is well understood. Writing.-Spelling is very weak throughout the school, with the exception of Standard VII where some very good com- position is done; it should receive more attention. The construction of sentences in the Upper Standards requires attention. In the written work shewn up at examination as many as 12 or 15 lines appear without a full stop, and many of the sentences are incomplete and faulty through the omission of auxiliary verbs and of articles. Handwriting is good, and the work is neat,
Geography-In Standard II the map is not made enough use of, and the work is learned too much by heart. Standard IV on the contrary are being very well instructed.
The Upper Classes were at examination set papers from their note books, as the por- tions of text books offered for examination- -seven or eight pages in the case of Standards V and VI-were too brief to enable me to form a definite opinion. The notes given the pupils were very good as regards matter, though they might have been better arranged. On the whole, questions upon them were well answered.
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History. Some very good work was shewn up in Standards VII and VI. Standard V did poorly, making great confusion between certain famous personages.