The Archive · 1938

Yulin Road Girls Sel Public School for Girls, Yulin Ron

The curriculum which aims at the preparation of boys and girls for entry into the senior schools com-prizes the usual lower school sutacts. In the kindergarten children from four years of age are admitted and taught through the medium of games valuable lessons which to the uninitiated observer would appear to have very little instructive value. Obedience, good manners, unselfish-mess, the formation of good habits fand orderly ways, are emphasized [from the beginning and even in this, the lowest class, the attributes of good citizenship are fostered. In the ition forms work becomes mal, with daily lessons. Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, and an endeavour is made to get children to be self-reliant and to use their own powers of reasoning. Handwork continues fo be important and Singing and Poetry are Included in the week's work. In Form I the children complete the last years of their preparatory stage and are trained for the wider sphere of the junior school. The average age of this class is 94 years. In an essay competition arranged by the NS.P.C.A. the whole of Form I were entered, successes being gained by three of the publ Swedish Drill, folk dancing and organized games continue to figure fon the time table. Netball has also

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