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Psychological or other 

 Classification 



No. 



(i. Studied chiefly through 

 physical expression ; cor- 

 rective physical exercises 

 given. 



b. Aim at cultivating self- 

 control (by means of work 

 which makes the child feel 

 its own power), and self- 

 assertion (child encouraged 

 to assist others), though 

 sometimes this must be 

 checked (detailed account 

 given). 



No ; impossible, owing to 

 smallness of the school. 



Differences classified : — 



1. Defects in receptive paths 



of brain — hearing, sight, 

 and touch. 



2. Defects in retentive cen- 



tres of brain — inability 

 to perceive, to retain and 

 associate ideas, and to 

 form judgments. 



3. Defects in emissive paths 



of brain — lack of co-or- 

 dination of muscles, 

 shown in gait, speech, 

 &c. Instruction regulated 

 accordingly. 



No. of < 'hildrenwht 



reach Standard 1 1 



Proficiency 



Doubtful if any 

 attain pro- 

 ficiency in all 

 three, though 

 some may at- 

 tain it in one 

 or two. 



Out of a class of 

 eighteen, five 

 are equal to 

 Standard III. 

 in reading, 

 and four to 

 Standard II. ; 

 four equal to 

 Standard III. 

 in writing. 



Arithmetic 

 weak, particu- 

 lar^- written. 



Only one or two. 

 Eight or nine 

 per cent, in 

 reading (not 

 in spelling), 3 

 or 4 per cent, 

 in writing and 

 dictation, and 

 1 or 2 per 

 cent, in arith- 

 metic. 



School opened 

 recently. 



Time for Manual Work. Nature 



and Organisation of 



hr. 40 min. Boys : boot- 

 making, gardening, basket • 

 work, rug-making, knitting, &c. 

 Girls: Cookery, housewifery, 

 needlework, gaidcning, paper- 

 ball making, &c. Garden and 

 workshops attached to school. 



hr. 35 min. Kindergarten 

 occupations, knitting, needle- 

 work, macrame, rug-work, cane 

 and basket work, chair caning, 

 straw mats, woodwork, bead 

 curtains. On school premises, 

 under ordinary teachers. 

 Articles are made for school 

 use. 



Older boys, 480 min. ; older 

 girls, 450 min. ; younger 

 children, 430 min. Wood- 

 work, shoe repairing, domestic 

 and cookery, bead - work, 

 basket-work, netting, knitting, 

 sewing, &c. 



Yes, brought into relation with 

 class-room work. 



8 hr. As prescribed by Board of 

 Education Regulations for 

 Younger Children. All con- 

 nected with ordinary class 

 work. 



