Hastwell: 1888-1967 13 Kilometres from Eketahuna on Opaki Property Lists Kaipororo Road
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Hastwell: 1888-1967 13 Kilometres from Eketahuna on Opaki Property Lists Kaipororo Road. At the infamous Bush Sports with Marima School List of furniture appliances etc received from the Wellington in 1968 I remember this school smaller than our 12 children Education Board following their banner around. The roll was about 7. A close affinity 29th June Ten School desk, Teacher’s table and chairs, Blackboard with Mauriceville West School with many Scandinavian pupils and easel, 1 small geography globe, Registers etc, 1 Ball frame, inkwells, Copy Books, 1 Colenso’s Arithmetic, 1 map New Zealand 11th October Received Coniform? Register 2nd December 1890 Blackboard and easel 16th may 1892 1 Box of Models 13th May 1891 1 Bell 6th March 1891 Blackboard and easel, 70 song books 21st July 1892 15 pairs of clubs th 6 March 1891 1 teacher’s chair and desk 2nd December .1890 25 Dual desks, 6th March 1891, 14 dual desks Kindergarten Materials Hastwell All 1891 or 1892, Weaving frame, Mats and needles, clay boards and The Land Board has decided set apart a block of land at Hastwell’s tools, 2 boxes beads, 4 bundle sticks, coloured papers, puzzles and Clearing, near Mauriceville, as a village settlement. The sections are weaving mats, Folding paper designs to range from 5 to 50 acres. This decision was arrived at on the Maps World in hemispheres, World in Hemispheres Mercator’s motion of Mr. McCardle, seconded by Mr. Bunny, at the meeting of projection, England and Wales, Europe th the Board this morning 27 May 1886 PP Globes 2 1880 and 1891 4 Historical Cartoons School buildings 4 4 geography Charts School 1891 766 Sq ft 8 Natural History Charts 1896 Additions of 462 Sq Feet Chemical Apparatus 1936 New Building 902 Square feet, 1228 Sq feet removed 1 Clock 6th March 1891 Schoolhouse built 1909 6 rooms 1125 sq feet. Class Books; Standard reader Prep 11th May 1891, Colenso’s Section 43 Block XIV Area 4 Acres 3 Roods 05 perches Arithmetic, Blackies Arithmetic, Fairy Tale Books All 1891 13 Reading Sheets 1889 and 1891 1 Case of tin models June 11th 1894 to 29!. Weather has been somewhat better this week! Committee fixed up the 2 remaining school desks and closet yesterday! 3rd August (Friday) Wet again yesterday and today! Enrolled 3 fresh 1888 scholars this week!! Total number on roll 29. Expect some fresh th 16 July Charles Conrad Hubbard opened the Hastwell Aided School pupils next week as the chairman Mr. W J Crichton has brought his th at 9.30 on Monday July 16 1888. Unfortunately for the opening day up from Wellington! Experiencing considerable difficulty in it was extremely wet- the attendance therefore was not as good as it classifying children! Almost impossible to introduce uniform set of would be otherwise would have been. There were 11 boys and 9 girls books for the school as parents being very poor object to charge of present. books. Every other child almost has a different book! th 20 July School open 10 times not withstanding the fact it has rained 8th August (Wed) Weather somewhat improved this week and as a more or less all the week! natural consequence the Attendance has also improved! The chief The school numbers for this week has been 14 boys and 10 girls difficulty that a teacher has to contend with, in this school as Average 21.9 doubtless in the district surrounding neighbourhood, is the fact that th 25 July (Wednesday) exceptionally wet weather Heavy showers- European nationalities are so very mixed that considerable jealously morning noon and night. No fresh children enrolled as yet this week exists not only amongst the parents but unfortunately affects the 14 children yet to come to complete the number 40 promised by these children also, more particularly the girls in the school!. The only th settlers on June 11 of current year! Have made 3 unavailing remedy for this is to be invariantly impartial! attempts to induce Working Committee to fix hinges on school closet 10th August (Friday) Admitted 2 boys and 1 girl this week which door and repair the 2 remaining school desks! Have knocked up 2 brings the total rollup to 32 in all! The average for the past week has rough forms for school use! been 27.5 The highest average yet obtained in this school! It is to be th 27 July (Friday) Thursday and Friday showed a decided hoped that the average will yet improve! Commenced raining again improvement in the weather! Fervently to be hoped that there will be today! an improvement as regards Weather and Attendance! Average for 15th August (Wednesday) Monday of this week was a horribly wet past week 22.6. Heard tonight that some of the parents who promised day. It is a wonder how the 22 children present in the forenoon were to send children don’t relish the idea of paying their mite towards even allowed to leave their homes on such a morning for it literally rent!!!! rained “cats and dogs” Reflects great credit on both parents and st 1 August (Wednesday) Sent off today Monthly report Working children. It is to be hoped however that the poor children some of average came to 22.08!. Have enrolled 3 children this week Roll No. them very young ones, may not be laid up by coughs, colds etc in consequence of their temerity. Admitted a boy and a girl on Monday 2 and Tuesday respectively bringing up the number of children on the 5th September (Wednesday) A decided change in the weather for the roll to 34! better set in with the first of the month!!!. Slight showers since 17th August (Friday) Most thankful to have to record that there have yesterday evening but nothing to talk of. Wish I could chronicle that been since Tuesday some fine sunny days! Alas! Alas! It has started the attendance was equally good! Some children mere dummies on raining again this afternoon and bids to continue for a day or two the roll! Scandinavians and Swiss are most regular, as a rule, in 22nd August (Wednesday) Admitted one pupil yesterday. Roll now sending their children! The British are woefully lax in this respect!! 35. Six more children yet to come to complete the number promised. 7th September (Friday) Glad to chronicle the 1st week of June Weather has been very showery and consequently dirty! Regret that Weather since the school was opened. Severe frost last night with a some children are very irregular when with a little more self denial on beautiful sunny day following it! Average for last week 26.4 Roll =31 parent’s part they might attend! Feel bound to add with much Irregularity of some children is painful to behold! pleasure that some of the children are most regular and attentive to 12th September Wednesday Fine weather of last week proved like their lessons “Silver Lining in Every Cloud”!!! most earthly blessings of short duration! Started raining on Sunday Started opening morning school @ 9 a.m.!! afternoon after occasional showers on Monday to Tuesday, 24th August (Friday) Heavy rain and violent gusts of wind last night. culminated in heavy showers of rain intermingled with snow and Door of closet torn off its hinges!! Average for past week 29.1. This sleet! Conduct of certain parents in repeatedly keeping children at is the largest average yet obtained!!! It is hoped that it may continue home, cannot but be characterised as most reprehensible! To petition high! for the establishment of a school and then fail to give it adequate 29th August (Wednesday) Heavy rain on Monday lasting until 7.30 support or at any rate, throw the burden on some few residents!! a.m. on Tuesday! Fear that average will fall this week!. Everybody in 14th September (Friday) Smartish frost for this time of year last district being more or less poor, great jealousy exists at the idea the night!! Weather promises again to be fine! Regret to add that children teacher getting what is considered here a decent cheque at the end of taking the cue from their parents exhibit certain amount jealousy the quarter!!! School Committee met last Saturday and after amongst themselves. Teacher seriously tries to be strictly impartial. journpery the Teacher as to average etc have started this week Roll 32 sending their and other’s children irregularly Cannot help thinking 19th September (Wednesday) Had squally showery weather during that it is a great pity that local board to not pay their teachers direct the week. Tolerably fine today though windy at times! Looks as instead of through Committee though we shall have more rain again soon. Average is about the 31st August (Friday) Continual Showers all the week Average past same but ought and could easily be much more improved if parents week 25.7 Average for past month 26.6 From various causes it is would only show a little more attention to appreciation of the doubtful what the quarterly average will be !! advantages of education for their children! From my short experience 3 of alien nations I cannot help to thinking, that Scandinavians are the girls this the first week of the new quarter Average for last week 26.7 most captious narrow minded mischief making people you could Roll 31. (The figures are as written to make sense) possibly meet 10th October (Wednesday) Admitted two fresh scholars this week but 21st September (Friday) Weather since writing last, totally fine, heard today that 2 Mulchay’s has left the district for Masterton so that notwithstanding the usual equinoctial gales.