TABLE. Having by Ear an acquaintance with Acquainted with the elements of the Able to sing Common Psalm Tunes Able to sing Chants, Anthems, and more difficult Sacred Music, from Able to draw simple Rectilinear Able to Draw and Shade simple Acquainted with Linear Drawing, as Acquainted with the Elementary Acquainted with the more complex ATTENDANCE, REGISTERS, &c. 90. Obtain a Copy of the School Registers of admission, attendance, proficiency, and moral conduct, respectively. 91. How many Children were present at the time of inspection? Boys. 92. How many have been on the books for the last six months? Boys. 93. What was the average daily attendance during the last six months? Boys. 94. Is the number of Children in attendance on the increase or decrease? 95. At what rate? 96. Is punctual and regular attendance enforced? 97. By what means? 98. Do the Children pay for admittance to the School? 99. Do they all pay? At the same rate? 100. What is the rate of payment? 101. Do the Children take any meals in the School-house? 102. In what part of the premises? 103. Do the Children appear to be clean? Neat? 105. Enumerate the holidays which occur during the year. 106. At what age are the Children usually admitted? 107. To what age do they generally remain? 108. Are there any systematic means of keeping up a connexion with the School Children after their leaving School? SCHOOLMASTER AND SCHOOLMISTRESS. 109. What are the names of the Schoolmaster? And Schoolmistress? 110. Are they respectively married? Or single? 111. Are they man and wife? 112. Are they respectively provided with fuel, candles, and other per quisites ? 113. Do they live rent-free in the School-house? 114. Do they devote their whole time to the duties of their Office? If not, state what other occupation they have, the time it occupies, and its emoluments. 1 15. Have they received Instruction in the Art of Teaching, in any what Training-school? and 116. At what age did he (or she) become a Schoolmaster or School mistress)? 117. What was his (or her) former occupation? 118. State your opinion of the Teachers as respects their attainments; character; and method of conducting the School. 119. By whom is the Master (or Mistress) appointed? 120. Upon what conditions, and for what period, is the appointment held? 121. Is there a written agreement ? 122. Is there a sufficient facility for dismissing the Master (or Mistress) in case of need? 123. By whom is the Master (or Mistress) to be dismissed? GOVERNMENT OF THE SCHOOL. 124. In whom is the general management and control of the School vested? 125. Name the visitor (if any). Patron. President. Treasurer. Secretary. The Committee. The Trustees. 126. Do the Trustees [or Committee] meet periodically. 127. Are there general meetings of the subscribers and promoters of the School? 128. Is there any, and, if so, what system of constant superintendence by the Committee or otherwise? 129. Is the Committee active, or merely nominal? 130. Who are the active members of the Committee? 131. Transmit a copy of the printed Rules of the Schools? 132. Is there any periodical public examination of the School? What is its effect upon The Teachers, The Children; especially as respects character and manners? ANNUAL INCOME. 133. State the amount of annual subscriptions and donations. 134. Of annual collections. 135. Of annual produce of endowment. 136. Of School-fees. 137. Of any other source of income separately enumerated. ANNUAL EXPENDITURE. 138. What is the annual stipend of the Master? The Mistress? Each Assistant Master and Mistress? 139. What amount was expended last year in repairs? For books and stationery? For candles and fuel? 140. What other expenses are incurred ? Special Questions on Infant Schools. MECHANICAL ARRANGEMENTS. THE questions respecting mechanical arrangements in the former paper having been replied to, the following additional questions may be put: 1. Are the walls lined with a broad belt of black board, or prepared with mastic, painted black, for lessons in chalkdrawing and writing? 2. Is a small gallery prepared with desks and boards for the instruction of 40 children in drawing, and in the signs or sounds? RECREATION AND PHYSICAL EXERCISES. 3. What amusements have the Children? 4. What games are encouraged? 5. Have they any and what gymnastic apparatus? 6. Are the Children trained in walking, marching, and physical exercises, methodically? 7. With what result? 8. How often do the intervals of recreation occur daily, and what time is spent in recreation at each interval? INDUSTRY. 9. How many Children learn to sew? To knit? To plait straw? To keep the garden-border free from weeds? To sweep the School-floors &c ? IMITATIVE ARTS. 10. Do the Children learn to draw on the wall, or on a board, rightlined figures from objects or from copies ? 11. Do they learn to draw the Roman capital letters and numerals? 12. Are these steps the preliminaries to learning to write? 13. Do they in this way learn to write the letters with chalk on the wall, or on a board? |