Authority to inflict Corporal Punishment according to "regulations" of County Council delegated to Mr Nixon, Mr Slater, Miss Rollason, Hayward, Boase, Lund, Whitaker, Holmes & Kershaw.
185
Jun 16th
Closed for Coronation week.
186
Jul 7th
Have gone over C.C. Circular on Fire Drill, and, after having agreed upon a signal, I cleared the children out of their class rooms into the yard in 1 1/2 minutes.
186
Jul 7th
Report of visit (H.M.I) May 22 & 23.
The Head Master has evidently endeavoured to remedy the weak points mentioned in previous reports, and is now in touch with all the work. The school is well organised and the work carefully planned and supervised.
187
Sep 14th
Fire drill practice. Whistle went at 10 am. All the children on their lines in the yard at 10.01. am.
190
Sep 18th
New scholar. Owing to the making of a new reservoir new families are coming into Haworth. I find great difficulty in their classification. Reading and arithmetic are very uncertain.
190
Oct 6th
I have had to speak to miss Whitaker more than once this week about the general order & discipline of her class. This, and her noisy methods often interfere with the work of other classes.
191
1912
Jan 15th
Discipline in St. 2 (Miss Whitaker's) continues very unsatisfactory.
194
Apr 19th
Children are now being employed, half-time & full-time at 12 & 13 years of age, on old conditions of age & attendance in spite of Bye - Laws recently adopted.
196
July 23rd
Miss Boase took her class to the Keighley museum. I met the children on their return by the 5.0.1 train.
198
Dec 16th
Miss Whitaker's class has been very disorderly of late. I have had to speak to the teacher on several occasions.
201
Dec 20th
Closed school for Christmas.
Mr W Nixon having been appointed head master of Laycock C School ceased duty here, after 2 3/4 years service.
201
1913
Jan 6th
School reopened. Mr Norris Greenwood (U.A) from the Oakworth school, takes Mr Nixon's place.
201
Jan 10th
Miss Whitaker's class again disorderly.
202
Jan 14th
Since last April I have admitted 46 new children. A number of these are children of navvies, who have come to the new Keighley waterworks. Invariably they are of low attainment, & most difficult to classify. In fact, I rarely admit new children, who are average in attainment. This is having quite an appreciable effect in some classes.
202
Jun 30th
Seven 1st year students from the Bingley training college commence a two weeks practise here.
207
Sep 8th
Miss Whitaker's class very disorderly.
209
Nov 11th
School closed owing to parliamentary by- election.
210
1914
May 1st
Attendance affected by measles
213
Aug 28th
Good week's work. Had some trouble in individual cases of half timers attending school when mills not working.
Following "scholarship" children:-
Percy Ogden:- "teachers" scholarship
John Martin :- "Scott" "
Arthur Whitaker :- " "
Mary Bannister :- " "
Lydia Snowdon :- " & County minor
Herbert Longfield (later) "
216
Sep 4th
I am making some modification in history and geography schemes: also in drawing & singing in order to bring them into a little closer alliance with the war on the Continent.
216
Oct 15th
I was absent from school yesterday & the previous afternoon owing to my father's illness.
217
Oct 19th
I was absent from school owing to the death of my father.
218
Oct 23rd
We are having an outbreak of measles.
218
Nov 6th
Attendance 87% there is much sickness including measles.
218
Nov 24th
Mr Greenwood absent sick.
218
Dec 7th
Mr Greenwood has broken down again.
219
1915
Jan 29th
There is again much sickness among the children-an epidemic of colds & coughs.
220
Feb 5th
Attendance 81% this week.
220
Feb 19th
Attendance 94%.
220
June 29th
Miss Whitakers class very noisy. The teacher's control of her class has not been at all satisfactory lately.
223
Oct 26th
Mr Greenwood absent to join the R.A.M.C.
226
1916
Jan 14th
Owing to suspension of operations at Sladen valley waterworks, & the consequent removals, we have lost a number of scholars of late.
227
Mar 17th
Severe weather has affected the attendance, & caused considerable sickness. 87% this week.
228
Mar 31st
The year's work has been influenced by the war conditions, perhaps at the cost of progress, as far as purely school subjects are concerned.
228
April 5th
Mr Winsconi away for military interview.
229
April 7th
Mr Winsconi ceases today for war service.
229
May 3rd
Shakespearean Celebration. Children assembled in central hall at 11 o' clock. Rev David Arthur (Baptist) offered prayer. Rev. J. C N? (Weslyan) read from Ecclesiastics & gave a short address on good literature: The Rector, - Rev T. W. Storey gave an address on Shakespeare & his work. Children sung & recited from Shakespeare.
230
June 28th
John F. Brown & Emma Haslam have won county minor scholarships.
231
Nov 9th
Mr Winsconi, who has joined the Navy, ceased duty.
232
Dec 5th
Owing to the death of my mother I was away from school.
233
1917
Jan 19th
Much sickness owing to severe weather. 87 %
234
Jun 22nd
I had had considerable trouble with the "spirit of freedom" in the 1st daily class. There is a restlessness & talkative disposition, which is very trying.
237
July 17th
St 1, under miss Whitaker, getting very disorderly.
238
Aug 31st
7 children have won scholarships:-
"Scott" Scholarships.
Cyril Hall, Herbert Scarborough, Martha Snowden, Herbert Dyson, Doris Dinsdale, Elizabeth Ogden, Lily Firth.
County Minor
Elizabeth Ogden
238
Sep 19th
We are resorting to slates in order to economise paper, especially in arithmetic.
239
Nov 30th
Attendance fallen from 93.6% to 89.7% many children are suffering from colds.
241
1918
Jan 11th
Classes nicely at work. The attendance however, is only 84% -there being much sickness.
242
Jan 28th
Measles spreading.
242
Mar 11
Attendance 90% for the first time since Xmas.
243
May 29th
School closed this afternoon in honour of the King's visit to Keighley.
244
Jul 5th
Owing to a kind of influenza sickness prevailing the attendance has fallen 90% to 82% this week.
245
Oct 2nd
I was absent from school attending a war savings conference County Hall Wakefield.
247
Oct 31st
Influenza has rapidly spread. Closed until Monday week.
247
Nov 11th
School reopened this morning. Order received to close another two weeks.
247
Dec 20th
Closed for Xmas holidays. This has been an exceptionally difficult and disappointing period. Three weeks closure for influenza & the absence of various members of staff through sickness has very considerably affected the general progress of the school.
248
1919
Jan 20th
Mrs Sutcliffe ceased temporary duty, probably for four weeks, as her husband has been demobilised.
249
April 9th
J S Davies, C.C. I.-
"There is quite a good tone in this school. Corporate life seems to be well fostered; and the children are bright and busily employed. The reading throughout the school is satisfactory, articulation is generally clear.
Writing might be much tidier. Some children in the upper classes have a good idea of paraphrasing their essays; this should be cultivated.
Spelling is very weak: and much effort is needed to bring about a great improvement in this respect.
I should recommend a freer use of diagrams by the children in their exercise books; and much more practical work being done in this branch of the work. There seems to be too great a reliance on formulae.
I should suggest more drawing being done by the girls.
250
Mar 21st
I was absent from school after 9.30 at a war savings conference in Leeds.
252
Mar 31st
Mr Norris Greenwood resumed duty after being on war service.
252
May 5th
Mr Winsoni resumed duty after war service.
253
June 30th
July 1st
Closed for signing of peace.
253
Oct 3rd
Closed for one week:-two days mid-term Holiday & three days due from peace Week.
255
Nov 5th
All classes had a special lesson on the "gunpowder plot."
256
Nov 11th
Had short service re Armistice Day. The Rector -the Rev. G.A. Elson & the Rev. W. Backhouse gave short addresses. Hymns were sung by the scholars & King George's letter, enjoining "two minutes silence" at 11 o'clock, in honour of the departed dead.
256
Nov 14th
Total grant £ 766.4.0
256
1920
Jan 20th
Attendance 92%-the first time we have reached 90% since the week before Easter.
258
Aug 23
H. M.I Report on Inspection 9th& 23rd March
"There is evidence of careful work, e.g the composition exercises, which, in most classes are marked to some purpose. The arithmetic, when tested was not strong. This may be due to the fact that the marking of the work is not always done by the teacher.
42 children will be taken off the roll this week. 13 of them will be going to Keighley secondary schools, & the rest to the Mill. The following have gained scholarships:-
County minor :- Arthur Craven, Arnold Parker, Harry Hudson, Amy Binns. "Scott":- Vera Hinchcliffe, Marjory Hartley, Arnold Parker, Amy Thomas.
