DATE | DIARY TRANSCRIPTION |
1st March 1864 | Punished H. Wicher for leaving earlier yesterday having made inquiries and found he ought not to have done so. Joseph Stone punished for calling names. |
2nd March 1864 | Noticed that Table Books are required for the second class. Kept several for not learning the Catechism. |
3rd March 1864 | Admitted a new scholar Robert Peck from a Private School in London (Fitzroy Square). Punished Rich. Harland* for calling names and Anne Cook and Helen Leppard for quarrelling and fighting. |
4th March 1864 | Kept James Durtnell for disobedience. Returned for regular attendance 3/2 to. (sic) William Packham left at 3.30p.m. |
7th March 1864 | 98 present, wet morning. School pence 11/0. Emma Bennett’s behaviour very bad. Kept at noon. Must pay more attention to the Fourth Class Writing. |
8th March 1864 | 105 present – took 1/0 extra school pence. Punished Kate Brown and Polly Newnham for bad conduct in church on Sunday. |
9th March 1864 | Complaint that some of the “first class” boys threw Saml. Upton down amongst the mud on the road. Harry Gover and Charles Newnham punished for it. |
10th March 1864 | Jethro Coomber punished for throwing stones. Fourth Class kept ΒΌ hour for bad behaviour. |
11th March 1864 | Took some marbles from Willm. Burtenshaw for playing during school hours. Returned 2/0 for regularity of attendance. Kept Sophia Holland for Home Lesson. |
14th March 1864 | Present 107. School pence 14/0. Admitted two fresh scholars. William Newnham and Harriet Newnham. |
15th March 1864 | Punished Ockenden for calling names. Fred Upton absent again, make inquiries. Took the 3rd Class in Arithmetic and found the majority perfect in Simple Addition. |
16th March 1864 | Fred Upton absent without leave. Mrs Knight explained that she must keep one of her girls away one day every week. |
17th March 1864 | Inquiry made whether Rhoda Chatfield’s sister might come on Monday next: permission granted. Ockenden & Billy Burtenshaw both absent in the afternoon. |
18th March 1864 | Returned for regular attendance 2/5. This week’s attendance has been good throughout: over 110 present every half day. Girls noisy toward evening. Fourth Class kept in half hour. |
21st March 1864 | Admitted one new scholar Alice Chatfield aged 5 yrs 7mnths. 108 present. Scholars Pence 15/2. Thomas Ockenden, James Durtnall, Charles and Thomas Tidey absent with leave in the afternoon. |
22nd March 1864 | Present 112. Find Third Class greatly improved in Reading. Punished several for not learning spelling. Fourth Class very noisy. Ockenden showing a book written “out of his own head” caused a great disturbance. |
23rd March 1864 | Sent Helen Lepperd back to third class having been kept away and neglected her work. |
24th March 1864 | Returned 3/0 for regular attendance. Boys applied for permission to leave school at 11a.m. to see the flag turned out. Refused, being “Passion Week”. Next week being Easter Week to be holiday. |
March 27th to April 2nd Easter Vacation. | |
Transcriber's notes | *Richard Harland is in my husband's family tree. |
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