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* No. 6.-Sacred Heart.
Staff Two European Sisters of Charity.
Discipline and Organization.-Good. There are only 3 Standards.
Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.
Floor Space.-Sufficient for 88 pupils.
Apparatus. Very satisfactory.
English-Colloquial.-Good.
Reading. Very good.
Composition.Good.
Geography-Fair. This subject has not been taught in Standard I; it should be taught. Standard II was good, Standard III poor.
Arithmetic.—Mental.-Very good.
Written.-Very good.
Standard I might do better in mental arithmetic.
Grant.--I recommend a grant at the rate of 30/-,
No. 7.-Diocesan Girls School.
Staff-Miss SKIPTON, Miss HAWKER and 2 Assistants.
Discipline and Oryunizution.-Discipline good. Some confusion is caused by the fact that the school year and the grant year do not coincide. At my annual examination only six months work in the school year had been done and as it is only fair to other schools that a whole year's work should be offered, I would suggest that if possible the school year be made to correspond with the grant year in which case no difficulties should again arise. The 3 highest standards are still taught together. This practice should be discontinued.
Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.
Floor Space.-Sufficient for 64 pupils.
Apparatus. Satisfactory.
English.-Reading.Good. The explantation of the text was fair and leaves room
for improvement.
Composition and Dictation.-Standard VII was distinctly good. The style, treatment of the subject, spelling and punctuation were all carefully studied. Standard VI was disappointing the more so as the piece selected for reproduction was very easy. Standards V, IV and III were poor, the spelling was faulty and the punctuation bad. Standard II did better than Standards III and IV.
Grammar.--This subject is very weak and it appears as though the elementary ideas of it were not taught properly in the lower classes. Standard VII did better than last year but the pupils seem to dislike the subject. This dislike was shown in examples such as; "Grammar taxes® my patience," "I dislike grammar" and others in equally bad taste.
Geography-Very good in Standards VI and VII. The sketch maps were very neat and accurate. Good in Standards IV and III and very fair in Standards V and II. Standard I should be taught this subject.