DATE | DIARY TRANSCRIPTION |
1st Feb 1864 | Present 109. James Johnson absent without leave. Admitted Charity Whatford. School pence 12/0 about. |
2nd Feb 1864 | Hannah Harmes returns to school and takes charge of the 5th Class. |
3rd Feb 1864 | Harry Grover found a lady’s apron on his road to school. Wet morning, attendance slightly diminished. School made very dirty at noon, by the children running in and out. Punished Waller for breaking a slate. Girls particularly noisy. |
4th Feb 1864 | Great alteration made in the classes. First Class having been small for some time, it was thought necessary to raise the children a class higher. |
5th Feb 1864 | 107 present. Returned 2.1 for regular attendance. Notice that the Fourth Class under the care of James Durtnell is very still and hard at work. |
8th Feb 1864 | Number present 107. School pence about 14/0/ Richard Curl kept at home; family have scarlet fever in the house. |
9th Feb 1864 | Boys wished to have a half holiday, it being Shrove Tuesday – refused but granted them an extra half hour at noon for sliding. |
10th Feb 1864 | Emma Butcher, one of the Monitors absent again – Esther Todman to teach all the week for her. Ellen Lepperd placed in the Second C. |
11th Feb 1864 | Kept in part of the first Class for Arithmetic. Two Tidy’s and Thos. Ockenden absent without leave. Suppose the two former are playing truant |
12th Feb 1864 | Very wet only 49 present. Punished Charles Newnham for mistakes in his copy book. |
15th Feb 1864 | Admitted two fresh scholars Anne & Charles Carr from Lindfield British School. Number present 109. School pence 12/0. |
16th Feb 1864 | Election of medallists for next 3 months the following were successful viz First Class- Thos. Ockenden 18 votes & Esther Todman 15 votes. Second Class. John Gaston 15, Thos Stoner 15, Third Class Rhoda Chatfield Eliz. Knight 11 |
17th Feb 1864 | Several of the girls punished for calling names; and afterwards some of the boys. Thos. Stoner 50 lines to write at noon. |
18th Feb 1864 | Gave Fred Upton a caning for bringing snow into the school. Third Class very noisy and troublesome. |
19th Feb 1864 | Snow, only 87 present. Returned for regular attendance 2s 9d. |
22nd Feb 1864 | 110 present. John Bellchamber attends school again after an absence of 12 months. Admit one girl – Margaret Mackenzie. School pence 13/11. |
23rd Feb 1864 | A good deal of bread throwing about the school supposed to belong to the little Packham. |
24th Feb 1864 | The whole of the First Class boys, two second class, and one third ΒΌ of an hour late, punished them, and Thomas Tidey refused to do as he was ordered. He said he would come in the afternoon. Reported to the Rev. R.E. Wyatt. |
25th Feb 1864 | Edward Cook broke a slate; punished. Several of the older girls made the school in a very dirty state, by running in and out at noon. |
26th Feb 1864 | Complaint made that the first class girls are in the habit of annoying Harriet Maynard; made inquiries but found one side as bad as the other. Returned 3/1 for regular attendance. |
29th Feb 1864 | 110 children present. School pence 13/2. Made inquiries about Mary Jones leaving at 3p.m. and found it was not right. Mary Ann Bristow and Harry Wicher left at 3p.m |
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St Wilfrid's School Logbooks, February 1864
The entries from St Wilfrid's School Logbooks, Haywards Heath, Sussex for February 1864.
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#1Elaine ..Spain commented01-03-13, 07:28Editing a commentJill, what is the significance/meaning of the monetary comments, e.g. School pence 13/11
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#2Jill on the A272 commented02-03-13, 18:41Editing a commentEach family had to pay a few pence toward the schooling, not sure how much but there was a sliding scale so large families got a discount, then part was returned if the children were regular attenders. This is from the school rules from 1870:
- The School-pence must be paid weekly, in advance; as the pence do not cover an eighth part of the School Expenditure, no credit can be given.
- For one child the payment is 2d a week; for two 4d; and 1d for every additional child, whatever the number may be.
- When some of a family are in the Infant School, and some in the Upper, the eldest child in each school will pay 2d, and the others 1d each.
- A half-penny will be returned to those who pay 2d, provided they have not been late or absent during the week.
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#3Elaine ..Spain commented03-03-13, 11:20Editing a commentThanks Jill. Yes, of course - I was forgetting that education wasn't free at that time. Must have been expensive if you had a large family, but I suppose education was only available to the more "well off" families.
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