1909 Lacey Green School
From Lacey Green History
This report is lised in Social Snapshots 1900-1968 inc. Report from the head teacher's logbook
Edited excepts from the book "A Chiltern Village School" by Joan West
Weather
March 1st. Bad weather.
March 5th Snow falling heavily all the week.
May 25th. Very wet.
May 26th Still very wet.
July 16th. A heavy storm just as the children would have been starting for school.
Illness (Severe Colds)
March 1st Severe colds.
Distractions.
August 3rd. School closed this afternoon owing to a dress rehearsal for an entertainment at Speen.
August 6th. Attendance dropped owing to various flower shows in the neighbourhood this week.
August 12th. School opened at one to allow the children to leave early owing to Miss Elin’s tea (Gracefield).
September 27th. Wycombe Fair.
September 30th. School closed tomorrow as teachers are attending the Educational Conference and Exhibition.
December 15th. School closed this afternoon for a concert in the evening.
Extra-Curricula
March 18th. Tested the eyesight of the children who are to be examined by the medical officer.
April 26th. The juniors, in charge of Miss Parslow went out during geography lesson to learn what a valley, ridge, and so on are, from actual observation.
May 20th. Girls of I and II classes went for a nature walk to Green Meadows and Bradenham Wood. Boys went to play cricket at 3-15pm.
May 24th. Empire Day.
June 8th. Class III were taken to Slad Lane where Miss Parslow gave them a lesson on the horse chestnut tree. Class II visited ‘Home Field’, Miss Janes giving them a lesson on “Wild Plants”.
June 14th. Juniors took a geography walk this afternoon, “Journey of the Sun”.
June 15th. Juniors lesson on “Ivy” in the lane. Afternoon standards III and IV lesson on “dog rose” outdoors.
June 17th. Infants lesson on “wild strawberry”, taken by Miss Hawes, down the lane.
June 30th. The boys of I and II left at 3.20 to go to Hampden to play cricket.
October 19th. Girls of III and IV standards taken for a nature walk. Boys, with the head teacher, in the playground, making a plan to scale, of the playground and buildings.
October 21st. Assembled at 1 pm, as the boys left early to go to Princes Risborough in order to play football with the boys of the Church of England School. The master went with them and during the journey the boys noted different plants, decaying leaves and so on.
November 11th. Instead of map drawing this morning the boys of the first class made models in paper of simple aeroplanes.
Requisites
January 11th. To the present small school library have obtained and added 53 new books from Blackies’ Library of Famous Books.
November 17th. Atlases and a wall map of Canada were received from the Canadian Office.
Notes.
March 1st. George H E Wiltshire commenced as headmaster.
April 2nd. Chas Ede and Archie Lacey are attending the Labour Examination at Aylesbury today.
May 27th. Received first annual report by the County Educational Medical Officer.
July 5th Scales came from Speen School. The scholars eligible for medical examination were weighed and had their height taken. Forwarded the scales to Loosley Row.
November 19th. Wm. Saunders, Ernest Rixon and Elizabeth Baker are attending the Labour Examination at High Wycombe.
H.M.I. Report . April. The improvements relating to cloakroom and lavatory accommodation called for in previous reports should now be undertaken. I hope that in course of time a new piano will be provided. The present one is, it seems, quite worn out.
Diocesan Report. October. A good school deserving commendation and encouragement. Tone and discipline are good. The singing admirable throughout. The infants were delightful and there work most creditable. The second group were excellent in their oral work. The first group shewed evidence of careful teaching and did their written work well, but attention should be assiduously given to clear and definite explanation of the ordinary words in the church catechism. There seemed to be a lack of suitable scripture pictures for the infants.