1922 Jan 13 Commenced after the Xmas [sic] on Monday Jan 9th ... Five boys in the First Division left under age limit, and the three ADAMS boys through removal from the district. ... Jan 20 ... one or two very wet mornings ... The new Caretakers Mr & Mrs OEHME are performing their duties in a satisfactory manner. Feb 3 This week has been very stormy ... Feb 10 ... G. PRIOR has now been absent for six weeks. ... Feb 17 ... there are still children in the Upper Division who have been absent the whole week through illness. ... Two children from the Union were admitted on Thursday morning. Feb 24 ... Several children have been absent during the greater part of the week through coughs and colds. ... Feb 28 A whole holiday was given today by special request of the King on the occasion of the marriage of Princess Mary. Mar 3 ... several of the Upper Class scholars in the Boys' Room have been absent the greater part of the week through influenza. ... Mar 6 The Head Teacher was unfortunately unable to come to School on this day owing to influenza. Mar 31 The Hd Teacher returned to duty on Monday March 27th/22 after an absence of three weeks viz from March 6th to March 27th. The school during that period was carried on by the assistant Mr BULL. On Thursday March 16 Miss LLOYD Certificated Assistant in the Infants' Class was absent through illness her place being taken on Monday March 20th by Mrs M.R. PADLEY Certificated Temporary Teacher from Twyford Berks. Mrs PADLEY continued her duties till this afternoon March 31. Owing to the illness of both the Hd Teacher & the Assistant no set lessons as required to be entered in the Record Book could be arranged and the Term's Exam was confined to the three R's. ... Apr 7 There was no school on Monday owing to the room being used for the Election of District Councillors. Miss LLOYD returned to her duties on Tuesday morning after being absent through illness from March 16th till March 31st. On Tuesday morning the attendance especially in the Infants' Room, was very low owing to the heavy fall of snow on Monday which covered the ground to the depth of three or four inches. Owing to the slushy state of the roads on Wednesday the boys from a distance were unable to get to school ... Owing to the absence of Miss LLOYD the children under her care were not examined until this week. ... May 12 ... Received notice of Classes for Teachers in Physical Exercises to be held at Burghclere on May 20th & succeeding Saturdays. Posted names of Teachers likely to attend to the Director of Education as requested on form. ... May 19 The Attendance Officer called on Thursday morning and reported he had received an application for an employment form from Mrs SIMPSON in respect of her son Frank. ... Jun 17 ... On Wednesday the Assistant Mr BULL was granted leave of absence to attend his brother's wedding. ... Jun 23 ... William & Henry PRATER have both been absent through impetigo on their faces. Jun 30 Report of HMI Mr E. WYNN WILLIAMS School inspected on 29 May 1922 ... The demeanour of the scholars reflects great credit on the Head Master, who has now rendered good service in this school for nearly 40 years. Jul 14 Although this week has been stormy the attendance has been better than in any previous week of the present term. Reginald POWERS & Frank MARRINER left at the end of the term ending June 30th and their names have been removed from the registers. ... Aug 4 ... Closed this afternoon for the Summer Holidays. ... Sep 15 Commenced school on Monday Sept 11 after the Summer holidays ... Two names in the Boys' Room have been taken off the books one leaving under age limit & the other being taken into an orphanage. The County Nurse for the Kingsclere District came this morning & examined the children. Thomas POWERS in the Infants' Room was sent home for having a verminous head. ... Sep 22 Posted the forms for the Eye Clinic on Wednesday to Dr LYSTER for the children who are attending on Monday for sight xamination. ... Sep 29 Sent children with defective eyesight to the Eye Clinic at the Village Club on Monday viz W. CHALK & A. CARNEGIE. Freda COLENUTT being too unwell to attend. ... Oct 6 ... Reginald FORD has been unable to attend this week owing to illness. ... Nov 3 Owing to two wet mornings this week the boys from a distance were absent ... The Head Teacher was unable to attend school on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday owing to illness. The work of the School was therefore left to the Assistant Master Mr BULL who carried out his duties in an efficient manner. Nov 10 ...Reginald FORD returned on Tuesday having been too ill to attend last week. Nov 17 About a third of the children in the Infants' Room have been absent during the latter half of the week through coughs & lds. ... Several boys in St IV & V have been kept back this week through careless work. Dec 1 There is still a great deal of illness among the children the coughs & colds having spread to the Upper School this week. ... Dec 15 The children who have been absent during the past fortnight through sickness came back on Monday ... Dec 22 ... There has been a good deal of sickness among the Upper Classes this week ... Closed this afternoon for the Christmas Holiday. Dorothy Jones" <dee-jay@jones2115.fsnet.co.uk > ==== ENG-HAMPSHIRE-KINGSCLERE Mailing List ==== > ENG-HAMPSHIRE-KINGSCLERE-L-request@rootsweb.com This is an IN and > OUT system. subscribe to join and unsubscribe to leave. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in > the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >