Head Teachers Report Weather

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Research by Joan West.

The Head of Lacey Green School was required to keep a daily log book. The weather was frequently reported as follows :-

13 January 1919. Weather very severe.

20 January 1919. Very stormy.  Road unfit for children to stand about in, so kept all the children that were remaining for dinner in school to take their meal.

22 January 1919. Weather very severe.  Children cannot work well.

24 January 1919. Weather very severe.

27 January 1919. Severely cold.

28 January 1919. Heavy snow in the night has rendered the roads almost impassable.   Only 11 attended.

29 January 1919. Weather very severe.   All the children are wearing their coats, arranged to be as near the fire as possible.

30 January 1919. Weather very severe.

31 January 1919. Weather still very severe.   Children wearing coats and jackets.   Drill taken frequently to keep warm.

3 February 1919. Weather still severe.

4 February 1919. Thawing slightly.

5 February 1919. Snowing heavily all day.   Allowed children living in outlying districts to leave early as the snow was deep, notwithstanding the plough had cleared the first fall.   Attendance good considering the severity of the weather, the long distance many had to come and the cold of the main room.

7 February 1919. Weather still unusually severe.

12 February 1919. Weather very severe.   Thermometer 32 degrees at opening of school.

18 February 1919. Attendance very reduced owing to a heavy fall of snow and continuing at the hour of assembly.

4 March 1919. Very wet, impossible to go out to play6 March 1919. Continual rain.

11 March 1919. Raining heavily.

12 March 1919. Heavy rain.   Roads in a very muddy state.

18 March 1919. Snowing heavily.

20 March 1919. Heavy snowstorm, raining, more snow.   Roads in very bad condition, almost impossible for children coming long distances.

24 March 1919. Weather severe.

31 March 1919. Weather very severe.

8  April 1919. Rained heavily in the afternoon.

10 April 1919. Raining this morning and continuous all day.

14 April 1919. Raining very heavily.

28 April 1919. After Easter. Very cold.    37 degrees at 9am.   Showers of snow and hail at intervals during the day.

5 May 1919. Weather good.

29 May 1919. A great heat this afternoon.

17 June 1919. Again a great heat.   Very little rain has fallen since Easter

7 January 1920.   Pumps frozen, unable to get water.

20 January 1922. Dismissed school ten minutes earlier each afternoon this week, as most of the children have a long way to go and darkness sets in very early now.

25 January 1922. Owing to the slippery state of the roads only 45 were present this morning.   The roads are like a sheet of glass.

12 January 1925. The stove is now in use and appears to be very satisfactory.   The temperature is raised considerable, enabling the work to be carried on in the cold weather under improved conditions.

21 December 1927. Owing to the dangerous condition of the roads, which are covered with ice, only 31 children are present this morning.