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language. Reading in French is also very satisfactory. Recitation is good; the children in Classes 5 and 6 especially recite with intelligence and enunciate clearly. Reading is intelligent. Special attention is devoted to English and Mathematics in the Upper School, and throughout to handwriting, which is certainly in great need of improvement. Drawing is good.
The Kindergarten Class is successfully taught.
Physical Drill, on the lines laid down by the Education Department in England, is taken regularly. It is apparent that the girls take more interest in this subject than do the boys.
At the Hongkong University Local Examinations in December 1 girl and 3 boys were presented in the Junior Section, and all passed. No other children in the School were available for these Examinations.
Six boys attended the Chinese Class, and at the examination two did very well indeed, one of them winning the Prize offered by the Director of Education for competition in the two British Schools. The Annual Prize Distribution was presided over by His Excellency the Governor. The School has the advantage of possessing an excellent sports-ground. Football, cricket and fives are played by the boys, and hockey by the girls. Swimming is indulged in during the summer months. All boys over 10 years of age belong to the Cadet Corps, and a number of the girls belong to the Girl Guides.
The girls work in connection with the Ministering Children's League, the proceeds of a Bazaar being devoted to charities concerned with the welfare of children both in the Colony and at Home. They also rendered help on Rose Day and Heather Day. A movement is on foot to establish a permanent memorial of three old boys, Lieut. E. W. H. Brett and Lieut. George Hoskyns who were killed in France, and Private W. A. T. Bullock, who was killed in Gallipoli.
Dr. McKenny has medically examined the school every quarter, and reported on the health of the children. His recommendations, chiefly with regard to the eyes and teeth, have been forwarded to the parents concerned, but the advice given is too frequently ignored.
The Peak School. The Maximum Enrolment was 45 (39 in 1915).
The Minimum Enrolment was 18 (18 in 1915). Average Attendance was 29 (24 in 1915).
The cost of each unit in Average Attendance was $151.40 ($335.75 in 1915).
The School has now completed its third year. 32 new pupils have been admitted and 16 have left during this period.
The general health of the School, which has been visited quarterly by Dr. McKenny, has been very good, although an outbreak of whooping-cough in July, which threatened to become an epidemic and which continued well on to the beginning of October, was the cause of a considerably decreased attendance during the months of July, September and October.
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language. Reading in French is also very satisfactory. Recitation is good; the children in Classes 5 and 6 especially recite with intel- ligence and enunciate clearly. Reading is intelligent. Special atten- tion is devoted to English and Mathematics in the Upper School, and throughout to handwriting, which is certainly in great need of improvement. Drawing is good.
The Kindergarten Class is successfully taught.
Physical Drill, on the lines laid down by the Education Depart- ment in England, is taken regularly. It is apparent that the girls take more interest in this subject than do the boys.
At the Hongkong University Local Examinations in December 1 girl and 3 boys were presented in the Junior Section, and all passed. No other children in the School were available for these Examinations.
Six boys attended the Chinese Class, and at the examination two did very well indeed, one of them winning the Prize offered by the Director of Education for competition in the two British Schools. The Annual Prize Distribution was presided over by His Excellency the Governor. The School has the advantage of possessing an ex- cellent sports-ground. Football, cricket and fives are played by the boys, and hockey by the girls. Swimming is indulged in during the summer months. All boys over 10 years of age belong to the Cadet Corps, and a number of the girls belong to the Girl Guides.
The girls work in connection with the Ministering Children's League, the proceeds of a Bazaar being devoted to charities con- cerned with the welfare of children both in the Colony and at Home. They also rendered help on Rose Day and Heather Day. A movement is on foot to establish a permanent memorial of three old boys, Lieut. E. W. H. Brett and Lieut. George Hoskyns who were killed in France, and Private W. A. T. Bullock, who was killed in Gallipoli.
Dr. McKenny has medically examined the school every quarter, and reported on the health of the children. His recommendations, chiefly with regard to the eyes and teeth, have been forwarded to the parents concerned, but the advice given is too frequently ignored.
The Peak School. The Maximum Enrolment was 45 (39 in 1915).
The Minimum Enrolment was 18 (18 in 1915). Average Attendance was 29 (24 in 1915).
The cost of each unit in Average Attendance was $151.40 ($335.75 in 1915).
The School has now completed its third year. 32 new pupils have been admitted and 16 have left during this period.
The general health of the School, which has been visited quarterly by Dr. McKenny, has been very good, although an out- break of whooping-cough in July, which threatened to become an epidemic and which continued well on to the beginning of October, was the cause of a considerably decreased attendance during the months of July, September and October.
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